She let herself slide down against the door, letting her tears blur everything she could see. She buried her head into her knees, crying silently.
It was all gone. Everything was gone.
What she thought was family affection turned out to be mere exploitation, what she considered lucky friendships were merely happy accidents, and the man she believed she could rely on as her husband ultimately became someone else's.
Perhaps, as he said, someone like her really didn't deserve these things, so the heavens took them all back.
It didn't matter if they took everything away. It just mattered that they didn't take the treasure in her belly.
She was not left with nothing; she still had the baby in her belly, the only thing that kept her going, and the one thing that would encompass all her future thoughts.
"Baby, you've stayed strong with mom through so much. Please keep it up, okay? Please, please don't leave mom. You're all I have left, and all I have now."
