Mariah's Web: A Sister's Cruelty

cry. The

ciousness. She felt empty, a hol

was dim. Brenda was wiping her forehead wi

ah whispered, h

e baby... didn't make it, de

knowing Caleb' s intent, the fi

.. he s

her eyes filled with a mixture of pity and something else... resolve? "I told him

at her. "You.

dn't. I told him what he wanted to hear. He... he made sure the baby pass

helping her, despite Caleb. A tiny spark of something ignited in

renda warned. "He' ll pl

that day, his face a

de, took her hand. Hi

ion. "Our son... God has called him home. It seems your body..

embered Brenda' s warning, Brenda' s secret act of defiance

his eyes filled with false tears. "You were bleeding so much. It means... we can' t have other ch

r. The degradat

hestrated the death of their child, who spo

hispered, her voice

ied upturn of his lips. He

solve in her eyes. He didn' t know that Bre

, her dignity. But maybe, just m