Sydney gripped the water glass tightly, her hands trembling slightly.

Sebastian sat on a nearby chair.

Rosalie spoke up, "Mom, now that you're here, there's something important I need to tell you."

"What is it?" Sydney asked, looking up.

Rosalie held Sebastian's hand tightly. "Sebastian made a decision outside the operating room, and it was me who pushed him into it." Sydney looked startled. "What?"

"Mom, I told Sebastian that if anything went wrong during the surgery, the priority should be to save the baby. I also told him that if I woke up and found out the baby was gone, I would be devastated and might even end my own life. I forced Sebastian to promise me, which is why he made that decision outside the operating room."

"Rose," Sebastian interjected urgently, "You don't need to talk about this."

shook her head. "I need to

gaze back to Sydney. "Mom, I forced Sebastian to make that choice with my life. If the baby was safe, I would be safe. If the baby was lost, I would be lost too.

insulted him. He has endured it all silently, not because he felt guilty, but because he was trying to protect me. He was

Rosalie had to stand up for Sebastian. The decisions he made

long time before looking at Sebastian's

at the time and hearing Rosalie's words now, Sydney realized she had misunderstood Sebastian. He hadn't intended to harm

ached.

more guilty. How could she have misunderstood her child so badly? She had scolded him struck him, and looked down on him, leaving him with such a negative

me?" Sydney struggled to keep her voice steady, her sadness barely contained. "If you had told

wouldn't have hit

if he had explained. Back then, she didn't know he was her son,

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