Mariah's Web: A Sister's Cruelty

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had insisted on a home birth, attended only by Brenda, an older woman from the chur

hoing in Sarah' s mind, quickly dismissed as the ramblings of a sick w

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ut her eyes held a worry Sarah

her hand, whispering pr

fted in a haze of pain, she heard his

ve, Mariah. It's a testamen

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ing. Mariah was there, standing near the f

g," Mariah purred. "Our

to scream, but only a

her, his handsome fac

nda, busy at the washbasin, wouldn' t hear clearly. "This... thing," he gestured to Sara

l not trouble us. I'll say it was God's will. A stillborn, perhaps. Or maybe it will live

eled. This could

ur sins. You' ll work. There' s a place in the city, a bar. The owner owes me. You' ll earn

needs to be taught a lesson, Caleb. Make

Brenda, who was now looking

nderlying steel. "After the child is delivered... ensure Sarah can have no more.

or in Brenda' s ey

ess threatened to swallow her whole. The man she lov