Nora's POV"Push, Miss Ashford. One more push."The doctor's voice sounds like it's coming from underwater. Everything hurts. My body doesn't feel like mine anymore. It hasn't for nine months, but right now, it feels like I'm being split in half.I grip the hospital bed rails and push. A scream tears out of my throat."Good, good. I can see the head. Keep going."The fluorescent lights above me are too bright. I squeeze my eyes shut and push again. Somewhere to my left, I hear Jade's voice. High-pitched. Fake-crying."Oh my God, Marcus. Our baby. Our baby is almost here."Our baby. The words make my stomach turn, but I don't have time to think about it because another contraction rips through me and I'm pushing again, harder this time, and then suddenly there's release. Pressure gone. Emptiness.A baby's cry fills the room.My baby.No. Not mine. Never mine.I open my eyes, trying to catch my breath. The doctor moves quickly, holding a tiny, wriggling thing covered in blood and white
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