The elevator doors slid shut—and so did my breath. Her red nails clamped around my wrist. “Stay away from him,” she hissed, eyes glittering like a threat. I cradled my belly, trying to step back, but the lift jolted and her palm cracked across my face—hard. “You think a baby makes you untouchable?” she spat. Blood tasted metallic on my tongue. Then the security camera blinked… and I realized someone was watching.
The morning I found out I was pregnant, I thought it would bring my husband back to me. My name is Emily Carter, and my husband, Jason, had been “working late” for months. He’d started wearing cologne again. He guarded his phone like it was a second heartbeat. Still, when that test showed two pink…