The Fatal Favor
Day by day, my body wore down. I slept more than I lived. The time I spent awake grew shorter, and the time wracked by unbearable pain grew longer.
My friends invited me on a trip, and I said no. I wanted to stay here, alone, in the house that once held so much joy, and see this last stretch through quietly.
But Mia refused to let me have any peace.
She kept sending me photos and messages—she and Eric doing territory rounds, their intimate selfies in some luxury hotel, and the two of them at the infirmary for a prenatal checkup.