"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."

with treatment from now on." Mrs. Perez

most afraid of it. She genuinely wanted to live. Life was good now, with no financial worries, and except for Lydia, Quincy was devoted in every other way. Dying would

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

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 phone rang.

locked onto the screen, that familiar number etched into his memory. Without hesitation, he answered,

hesitated, deciding to keep her pregnancy a secret

word. Instead, he told her,

Lydia was caught

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