Like A Lamb To The Slaughter

I begged the nurse with red-rimmed eyes to help me.The nurse, herself a mother, hesitated as she saw me clutching the lifeless fetus and crying my heart out, but she eventually agreed. She was about to leave while holding the freezer box when she bumped into Jake Bertrand.The stench from the freezer box made Jake cover his nose. He frowned and lowered his hand only after the nurse’s figure faded into the distance.However, nothing seemed to dampen Jake's good mood at that moment. He was like a general returning triumphantly from battle. His voice was cheerful, and it almost seemed like he was talking to himself. “Luna’s experiment was a great success. Her dream has finally been realized.”From the moment he entered, his eyes were fixated on the dazzling night sky outside the window, not sparing me a single glance. When he noticed my prolonged silence, he gave me a calm, appraising look and furrowed his brows.“Joy Friedman, Luna begged you for this small favor when she returne

Jake poured a significant amount of startup funding into setting up Luna’s laboratory. He allowed her to test her self-developed drugs on living people, even indulging her in extreme electroshock therapy.Every time, it was Jake who cleaned up her messes, and he seemed to enjoy it. Even still, I never imagined that one day, Jake would let Luna torment me like this.I didn’t resist strongly because I owed him too much. After all, once the experiments were over, surely the debt would be repaid in full, right?Luna shattered the silence with a few claps. Moments later, a group of doctors holding various tools entered the room. As the equipment was set up, Luna suddenly leaned coyly against Jake’s shoulder, pouting. “Jake, I’m feeling a bit scared now.”His heart seemed to ache for her. He gently covered her eyes with his hand as he spoke in a tender voice, “Let’s step outside for now. We can get them to send the data over later.”In the room, I lay on the cold hospital bed, staring a

Before the nurse could finish speaking, I opened the video she had sent.Jake was calmly adjusting his attire backstage. His tie matched perfectly with Luna’s evening gown. Following my instructions, the nurse had brought the cryogenic container with the fetus to him.Recognizing the nurse, Jake paused mid-adjustment of his tie and said mockingly, "Did she send you here? Given how petty she is... could there be a bomb in here?"The room of makeup artists and stylists erupted in laughter. The nurse, however, placed the container on the table and said calmly, “Miss Joy asked me to deliver this to you as a gift."Luna frowned coquettishly and looked at the container with disdain. "Jake, what good could possibly be in there? Just have someone throw it out. The awards ceremony is about to start."Jake let out a scoff and gestured for his assistant to get rid of the box.However, the nurse held on tightly and warned him once more, "Miss Joy was very clear—you must open it yourself."A

After entering the sanatorium, Dr. Ollie Joseph drew the heavy curtains across the windows and door, shutting out all outside noise for me. He then skillfully lit the fireplace, quietly adding firewood.There were countless moments when I wanted to explain what had just happened, but he didn’t press me to say anything.He stared at the flickering flames in the stove, speaking with a hint of melancholy, “Letting go of love is really hard. Take your time."I was momentarily stunned before softly replying with a grunt.The peaceful atmosphere in the room was suddenly interrupted by a nurse coming in to deliver my medicine. She was always cheerful and loud, and as she mixed the medicine for me, she muttered under her breath, "Men, huh? It’s not like he’s the only one in the world. What’s so hard about it? Just kick him to the curb and find someone new."Her words made me burst into laughter, giggling uncontrollably, but as I thought about it, what she said made a lot of sense.Before

I ignored him and didn’t want to speak to him anymore, but his grip tightened.He asked again, “I’m asking you—who is he?”Before I could answer, Ollie pulled me behind him, completely shielding me with his body. He faced Jake coldly, his voice cutting through the air like ice as he stated, “I’m her doctor. If you had a shred of conscience, you wouldn’t have dumped a perfectly sane person in a psychiatric hospital to suffer through that kind of torment. Doing that—what makes you any different from scum?” Ollie, who was normally reserved and composed, rarely spoke so much, let alone with such emotion.Jake clenched his teeth and, without warning, landed a punch squarely on Ollie, knocking him to the ground. His emotions were utterly out of control. “This is between me and Joy! Stay out of it. You’re an outsider!”I quickly rushed forward to help Ollie up, this time positioning myself between him and Jake. I glared at Jake with deep disgust, his arrogance grating on me. “You’ve alr