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"He was my fiancé"

She closed her eyes She waited The barrage was about to happen

Nothing

She opened her eyes again Mae was staring at her There was no judghtly "Did you love hi in her voice that Dani expected It was kindness, and compassion

Tears pricked at her eyes Dani swore under her breath Why would she start crying now? She flicked a hand over her eyes "I did, but the ti And…" She’d been a mess An absolute, complete mess, and she still was

"When did this happen?"

"Before I came here"

"That’s why you ca in her aunt’s voice "You ca the tears now They fell, but she kept her eyes closed She could try and slow them down

"Oh, honey" Mae drew her into her arms She tucked her head into the crook of Dani’s neck and shoulder Her voice cah "I have no idea We would’ve gotten drunk h some of her pain She felt the pressure behind her forehead lessening, and she stepped back "I’m fine, Aunt Mae I am" She used both palms to wipe the rest of her tears away Mae knew part of the reason she came back She didn’t know about the storhosts, not yet "What settle about?"

"Oh" Mae cursed to herself "Erica won a big settleo"

"What settleh note How many ti around the roo anywhere, but at Dani, then she stopped Her eyes found Dani’s again She dropped the bomb "The hospital screwed up sonant, and Erica stopped the chemotherapy It was a round shifted under her

Dani asked, her voice a hoarse rasp, "How ht she lost the baby Julia asked them to retest the blood from before It wasn’t until after…"

She knew, but Dani wanted to hear the words "After what?"

"After she was already gone She never was pregnant"

Her sto about an unborn child she never had, but Dani was back in that building The first child died The second They just kept dying She couldn’t stop the from a distance, "Julia pushed for the lawsuit I think if Erica had che that time, she’d be alive" Mae paused a beat "They settled for two ht she’d been pregnant…Dani ached inside There were no words It was her child’s life, or her own She chose her child, and in the end it’d been for nothing, but Dani knew that Erica would’ve made the same choice if the same lie had been told to her She knew, because it was the sale" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>