Chapter 6

Tears pooled in Shawn's reddened eyes. He seemed like he was in despair. "Does she know about this?" "I didn't tell her," Brenda said. "I failed her parents, and I failed her. I couldn't bring myself to tell her." Shawn began trembling uncontrollably, and tears streamed down his face. "Mom, she's gone. She's disappointed in me…" He finally noticed Roy in Brenda's arms. He found it unbearably difficult to get his next words out. "And the child… She doesn't want the child either? She used to protect him so fiercely…" When he had first found out that I was pregnant, he had tried to make me get an abortion multiple times. One time, he had even dragged me to the hospital by force, determined to make me go through the procedure. But I had refused. Even after being sent into the operating theater, I had still fought and managed to escape. I had run all the way home barefooted, cradling my stomach, until I had found Brenda, who had protected me. "I can't believe your audacity. I've