When I Realized That Our Love Had Faded and Disappeared

My step-sister, paralyzed for six years, suddenly became heavily pregnant. I picked up my phone to call the police, but my father grabbed my hand.

“Felicia, this is your child too!”

My husband, George Gervase, stood silently beside my father. I understood that the child in my step-sister’s womb was his.

Seeing my silence, George stepped forward, separating me from Helena. “Felicia, it was Dad and I who made this decision on our own. Don’t blame Helena.”

He comforted me with a tone of condescension. “You always refused to have children. You know how cruel the gossip outside is.”