Chapter SixMaryanne:The pain came in waves all over my body. Sharp. Unforgiving, and impossible to ignore.I gripped the bedrail, knuckles white, breath catching somewhere between a scream and a sob. Time felt warped, like I was suspended in a world made only of blinding light, walls, and the relentless pressure tearing through me. I wasn’t ready. God, I wasn’t ready.But my body had decided otherwise. It was now nine whole months. It was inevitable.And in that moment, as another contraction twisted through me like fire, the only thing I could do was hold on and pray I’d come out of this still myself.This hadn't been an easy journey, and what struck me even more than the pain did was my hopes, my fears, my past, my future.This was it. I knew this was just it for me. After having this baby, I would be kicked out and neither my sister nor my boyfriend, no, I mean my sister's boyfriend would want anything to do with me again.Remember, I was nothing but a surrogate mother.A whim
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