When There Is Nothing Left But Love

When Ashton saw that she was alright, he said, “That’s enough. Go home!”

“Hmph!” Rebecca sneered. “How long do you think you can continue to keep this from her?”

I looked to Ashton, confused. “Is there something I should know about?”

The man seemed distant when his gaze fell upon Rebecca. He then turned to Joseph who had just settled things on the other front. “Send Ms. Larson home.”

The other man nodded, but Rebecca pushed him away when he tried to put a hand on her. “Do you think no one else is going to talk just because I won’t?”

She turned to regard me scathingly. “You’re a pathetic idiot—being happy and contented when everyone’s taking you for a ride.”

“Get her out of here!” Anger permeated Ashton’s voice.

Joseph got a hold of Rebecca in an attempt to have her forcibly removed.

I looked into her wild eyes and asserted myself, “Let her speak.”

I approached and pushed Joseph off her. “What was it you wanted to say?”

Rebecca replied with a smirk, “Ask your husband. You are going to love the surprise if you got it straight from him.”

on here?” I

back!” He rubbed

man pulled me into the elevator and prepared to take

stood my

pleased. “Let’s go home

momentarily before

to fetch the car from the parking lot, all the while preoccupied with thoughts about

then chimed a couple of times in a row. Messages had come

were from an unknown number, and the first opened to reveal a photo of a

baby looked to be a newborn. It was tiny, with patches of red and green on its forehead. The

far as I could tell, also of the same baby. There was also a video that featured

by a ray of enfeeblement. The phone fell loose

on—filled with scenes of what I saw inside of the warehouse and my inability to deliver the baby before its fragile little life was snuffed out of

asphyxia. By my own admission, I was weak, or should

buried him. I feared that if I did, I

had I thought that I would be able to see him under these

down the steps shortly after. “What sort of face is this? Did Ash not tell you everything? Do you realize what a fool

head throbbed as I looked at her. I