Chapter 7

Dad had gotten white strands of hair overnight.

I didn't ask any more questions. Maybe it was better that the baby was gone. That way, I had finally severed all my ties to Harvey completely.

In the days that followed, I stayed in the hospital to recover. Dad and Edward took turns watching over me, never leaving me alone for a moment.

Harvey, of course, tried to come a few times to make his presence known, but he never managed to get anywhere near me.

Even when he tried to break in through the window in the middle of the night, the bodyguards Edward had hired didn't hesitate to toss him out the window from the fourth floor.

During the two months I spent recovering, I never saw him again. It wasn't until the day I was discharged, when Dad and Edward escorted me to the car, that I caught sight of a familiar figure across the street.

Harvey stood silently in the rain, a baseball cap on his head. He had grown so thin that he was barely recognizable.

He stood still in the downpour, h