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?"

into herself. How could she have clung to hope, again and again, that Mrs. Perez

wanted a happy ending, but

approve of her. Pregnant or not, she would never become

Quincy? How does

don't know, and I don't really care. This child is gone, and we're done. Even if he has a huge fight with his

what happened, a mother and her

was behind it. It was just a suspicion. Even if she

good would that money do

better to just walk away, cut all ties, and slowly let go of the feelings

heard that a child and their mother share a bond.

he didn't. I failed him once already. He deserves a

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

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