I stared at her, disbelief lacing my voice. “No, no, Adele ….you can’t do that. That’s not an option.”“Of course it is, Daisy! It’s an option, and it’s the only option we have.”“Stop pushing it, Daisy. We lost. It’s okay to lose sometimes, stop trying to fight where we can’t win.”Her voice broke as she spoke. She wiped her tears and took a deep breath.“First thing tomorrow morning I’ll go tell them that I killed Matt,” she said, and my legs wobbled.“I will go there and tell them plainly what happened that night. I will tell them it was an act of self‑defense when he tried to hurt our baby. I will ask for their forgiveness and wait for whatever punishment they give me.”Silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating.“They’re not going to kill me if I go to them first,” she said flatly.The words landed hard. It felt like a knife to my heart.My chest constricted painfully. “That’s not an option, Adele. I will never let you do that.”“You have no choice, Daisy! I’ve made my c
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