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.”

going on here?”

tell you when we get back!” He rubbed his forehead in

pulled me into the elevator and prepared to take me

stood

did not look pleased. “Let’s go home first,

momentarily before I

waited by the hospital’s entrance while Ashton went to fetch the car from the parking lot, all the while preoccupied with thoughts about

in a row. Messages had come in,

and the first opened to reveal a photo of a

with patches of red and

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

limp, as though struck by a ray of enfeeblement. The phone fell loose from my hands and onto the

I saw inside of the warehouse and my inability to deliver the baby before its

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

not seen that child even once before Marcus buried him. I feared that if I did, I would be scarred for

I would be able to see him under these circumstances. He had the same features as the child in my

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

I looked at