Lahat ng Kabanata ng No More, Never Again: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 8

“Miss Simmons, congratulations. You’re pregnant.”The news hit me like a wave of euphoria and left me lightheaded and overwhelmed. Holding the pregnancy test report in my hands, tears welled up in my eyes.Before I left the hospital, I called Shawn Parker.“Are you coming home tonight, Shawn? I have a surprise for you.”Shawn said, “I got it. I’ll be home tonight. Just wait for me. Don’t worry. I’ve prepared a surprise for you, too. You’re going to love it.”Unlike his usual cold and detached tone, there was tenderness in his voice.The joy clouded my thoughts and made me subconsciously overlook the sound of laughter coming from his end of the line.I hung up and held the pregnancy report in my arms as if it were a precious treasure while I made my way home.I was pregnant. Shawn and I were going to have a baby. I was going to be a mom.Shawn loved kids more than anything.I could not help but start imagining what it would be like for our family when the baby was born.My he

I stood frozen.I stared at them in confusion.Jenna feigned an apology, but her eyes could not hide her smug satisfaction.“You should’ve seen her face just now. She looked so miserable. Shawn, you’d better go home and comfort her.”“Shawn, do you think she’ll be mad if she finds out we tricked her?”I felt like I had been struck by lightning. I could not move.So all of this was a lie?But what about my baby? What about me?“She has no right to be mad at me.” Shawn frowned in annoyance. “She’s always so paranoid. She’s nagging all the time while constantly calling and questioning my relationship with Jenna. Even if she’s not tired of it, I sure am.”A cold wave washed over me.But I was not doubting him at all.Shawn had a weak stomach and loved drinking with his rowdy friends outside.After we got married, I had to call him three or four times a day to remind him to take his medicine on time.Apparently, he found that annoying.Shawn’s parents were just as stunned.Af

Shawn’s expression darkened.He pulled out his phone, but his finger hovered over the screen for a moment without pressing down.Through gritted teeth, he muttered, “Mr. Moore, are you in on this too, playing games with me? Do you think this is funny?”Mr. Moore shivered. He lowered his head as he was too scared to speak.Shawn clenched his jaw. “Do you think this will make me back down first, Samantha?”I smiled bitterly.Even at this point of time, Shawn still thought I was just sulking.Jenna quickly shoved Mr. Moore aside and pulled a new tie from her bag. She tied it around Shawn’s neck.“Shawn, don’t be mad. I’m sure Samantha didn’t mean it. This tie was actually a birthday gift I picked out for you, but since you need it now, I thought I’d give it to you early. Do you like it?”Shawn flashed a smile and tossed his phone aside.“I do.”As if out of spite, after work, instead of going home, he accepted Jenna’s invitation and went with her to a bar for drinks.They got

“Enough!”As Mrs. Taylor continued, Shawn’s face grew paler.Finally, he could not take it anymore and snapped at her.Mrs. Taylor sniffed. She was trying to hold back her tears. She pulled out her phone and showed him the death certificate issued by the coroner.Shawn’s face went completely white.He grabbed the phone from her hands and held it with both trembling hands.“It’s impossible. This can’t be true.”However, the official seal at the bottom right corner could not be fake.Shawn must have seen it too. With a loud “thud,” he suddenly collapsed to his knees.When he lifted his head again, I was shocked to see tears in his eyes.Tears rolled down his cheeks. In matters of seconds, Shawn seemed to crumple. His posture became weak and defeated.“Oh, Samantha… No, this can’t be true. You’re just messing with me, aren’t you? You were still so full of life when we argued last time. How could you possibly... I’m sorry, Samantha. I’ve learned my lesson now. Please come back