Her belly was completely flat.

"A while back, I had gained a bit of weight, so I already had a little bit of a belly. Then, when I got pregnant, there was a slight bump. It wasn't that obvious, but you could tell. But now, look! There's nothing left." No fat.

And no baby.

Nina was stunned. She struggled to speak, "The baby... the baby's gone?"

For a mother, there was no greater pain than losing a child. Nina knew just how much Lydia had looked forward to this baby, and as a mother herself, she could deeply empathize.

In that moment, words felt so inadequate. Nothing she could say would ease the pain in Lydia's heart.

"Yeah," Lydia nodded. "Right after I lost the baby, I was in a daze. My mind was blank. I couldn't make sense of anything. But I'm not stupid. After I got off the operating table, a lot of things started to make sense. Mrs. Perez never thought highly of me, so why would she suddenly start treating me well?"

could go back in time and slap some sense into herself. How could

happy ending, but

approve of her. Pregnant or not, she would never

does he feel about all

and we're done. Even if he has a huge fight with his mom and they never speak again, is that going to bring my child back?" Lydia had come to terms

thicker than water. No matter what happened, a mother and her child could never truly

Even if she did have

that money

away, cut all ties, and slowly let go

heard that a child and their mother

her head, her sadness deepening. "I'd rather he didn't. I

have foreseen such a horrible thing, and no one expects a grandmother to be so heartless." Nina was still reeling from what she had

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