Chapter 6

"His father won't care once it's born. It's better this way—better to end it."

"Its demise won't impact our separation."

My heart ached more for my unborn child than for Zach's disloyalty.

That small life, extinguished before its first breath, never experienced the world. It departed silently, unnoticed, while still inside me.

Zach clutched my shoulders, shaking me frantically.

"You can't talk about him like that!"

Seeing his agitated state, I let out a harsh, mirthless chuckle.

"How can you say that? Weren't you the one who ended his life?"

Our dispute concluded in frosty silence. Zach left looking utterly crushed, but it brought me no comfort.

I resumed my own life, intent on moving forward.

But Zach kept interfering. He appeared uninvited repeatedly, forcing me to relocate and change my contact information to avoid him.

One night, while shopping for groceries, he showed up again, blocking my path at the store's entrance.