Chapter 141

Elis looked at Tiffany. "Why didn't you ask what surgery it was?" Tiffany faltered. "That's your privacy." Elis smiled. "There's nothing to keep secret. I just had an abortion, that's all." Despite her smile, there was a thin veil of sadness in her eyes. "An abortion?" Tiffany was extra sensitive to things like that because of her pregnancy. "You…" Elis looked guilty. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "I didn't know anything about it, so I took a lot of medication. The doctor said the volume affected the baby, so it would be better to abort it." Tiffany's ears rang. "Do all babies have to be aborted once you've taken medication?" "No," Elis said. "It's best to stay away from it, though." She looked at Tiffany's belly. "You should be some months along now, right?" "Yeah." Tiffany reflexively shielded her belly, feeling worried. She'd taken some medication. The birth control pills had already expired, but who could be sure whether they would affect the baby? She'd even had