"I didn't actually go through with the treatment." Mrs. Perez felt a deep wave of regret.

She had schemed and plotted, yet, in the end, she had outsmarted herself. If she had known it would come to this, she never would have gone down this road.

"But it's all clearly documented in your medical record."

"I didn't take the medication, and I poured out the IV fluids," Mrs. Perez confessed, regretting every word as she spoke.

The doctor could only look at her, baffled. "If you don't want treatment, then just go home and save the money. Young people today work hard to earn a living, and it's embarrassing for our hospital if this gets out."

treatment from now on." Mrs. Perez was suddenly

the ones who talk about it the most are often the ones most afraid of it. She genuinely wanted to live. Life was good

with your family, and our hospital will need to conduct a review." The doctor sent her back to

Quincy had just completed his vasectomy, his heart heavy as he thought about the child he'd lost. He had not been able to protect his child, and he knew he would carry that regret for the rest of his

his phone rang.

familiar number etched into his memory. Without

at the courthouse for the divorce papers." Lydia hesitated, deciding to keep her pregnancy a secret for now She would tell him in a few years, maybe. Otherwise, Mrs. Perez would surely start scheming

say another word. Instead, he told her, "I had a vasectomy

Lydia was caught off

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