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Was that fetus she aborted her own grandchild?The handbag slipped straight from Dr. Jones' hand, hitting the floor with a dull thud.Charles sank onto the chair, tears streaming down his face. "Mom... I think I've made an unforgivable mistake. Margo, I'm so sorry..."However, the howling wind outside carried only freezing snow, and no one was left to give him an answer.-Margo's POVThree years later, in Alderney.The barista placed a steaming cup of coffee in front of me, speaking in a gentle voice. "Your latte, Miss Hailey."I gave a polite smile and nodded. "Thank you."I had survived that emergency procedure three years ago, and after participating in the drug trial, my cancer was completely cured. However, the damage to my optic nerve was absolute. The specialists said it was a permanent injury caused by the lethal overdose of anesthesia.However, it didn't matter. I had long since adapted to the darkness.I was working as a simultaneous interpreter now, learning to
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Seeing it was cancer medication, Charles' breath hitched.He frantically tore through the drawers. One bottle, two bottles, three bottles… There were twelve bottles of cancer medication hidden.At the very bottom of the drawer lay a crumpled medical diagnosis form: Stage Four Leukemia."No... this can't be..." Charles muttered under his breath, his hands trembling so violently he could barely hold on to the paper."She was just supposed to be anemic!"The memory of listening to Nicole's idea of secretly swapping out Margo's medication surged back to him. A wave of overwhelming guilt crashed over him, and he lunged toward the trash can like a man gone completely mad.Wads of blood-stained tissues filled the bin, stinging his eyes with a burning sharpness, and at the very bottom lay my bucket list diary, soaked in dried blood.As he opened the first page, tears slammed down onto the paper.[Nov 15: Threw up a lot of blood today, but I have to hide it from Charles. He's been spend
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Third-person POVCharles' knuckles turned white around his phone as the seventeenth unanswered call cut to voicemail.Nicole pouted, a spike of resentment tightening her chest. Normally, Charles' attention and devotion belonged exclusively to her. But right now, every shred of it was consumed by that low-class woman she looked down on.She leaned heavily onto Charles' shoulder, tapping her manicured nail against the crumpled abortion form."Stop worrying. This procedure was scheduled at Mom's hospital, and I personally checked with the main desk. Margo’s name isn’t even on the patient list. She's just playing hard to get!"Charles' tense shoulders relaxed slightly, but in the very next second, Nicole wrapped her arms tightly around his."Charles, our engagement party has already been postponed three times. We definitely can't push back next Monday's date again, okay?"Nicole’s palms grew clammy upon realizing her effortless game was spiraling into an unsettling ordeal. She cou
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His eyes turned bloodshot in an instant.He looked far too dirty, far too disheveled. His rubber boots were torn to shreds from hiking miles of rough mountain trails, and his face was smeared with mud and rainwater. In the eyes of these finely dressed high-society guests, he didn't look like a father trying to save his daughter. He looked like a lunatic, a vagrant.Without warning, a security guard slammed a heavy baton viciously against his head. Blood gushed out immediately, staining his graying hair crimson."Dad!"My soul shattered into pieces. I began to cough until blood spewed, choking on my words into unintelligible cries.Charles, acting completely oblivious to the violence, held a vice-like grip on my arm, sharply berating me. "Margo, stop making a scene! Apologize to Nicole right now! You were the one who started this!"He couldn't see a daughter's heart breaking into a thousand pieces nor did he give a damn about anything I cared about. The only thing on his mind wa
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"You're not married yet, right? Maybe if you dress a little nicer and act a bit more open-minded, a man will actually want to take you off the market! Oh, by the way, when you collect the charity payout later, you'll have to sign the registry under 'unwed and pregnant.'"Her words cut like knives. Yet, Charles' silence rang far louder.Nicole yanked me straight into the dressing room and carelessly pointed at a random dress. "I specifically set this one aside for you. It's twenty-nine hundred bucks. You weren’t planning on freeloading off us, were you?"Faced with her malicious attempt to humiliate me, I slowly pulled out a stack of crumpled tens and fifties, barely managing to piece together the amount.Nicole let out an exaggerated gasp. "Whoa, don't tell me you broke open your piggy bank for this?"I gave a calm nod. "I did."Charles' face instantly turned pale.We had bought that piggy bank right after we got together. Back then, I had told him that once we saved enough mo
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My head spun violently.It's no wonder my condition had deteriorated so rapidly.Feeling my stomach churn, I scrambled into the bathroom and threw up violently into the bowl.Charles dropped his phone and rushed over, pounding urgently on the door. His voice carried a sudden edge of panic. "Margo? Is it morning sickness?"I stared blankly at the streaks of blood coating the toilet before quietly flushing it away. When I opened the door and stepped out, I brushed away the hand he extended to hold me."I'm fine."The corners of Charles's mouth stiffened. My strange behavior throughout the whole evening was clearly driving him up the wall.When his eyes landed on the unopened gift box, his temper finally reached its boiling point. He slammed his hand on the table. "I bought that for you. Why haven't you even opened it?"Was I supposed to act eternally grateful for a cheap fake?"I really like it," I said flatly.Before the words could even settle, blood burst from my nose withou
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