Shattered by His Own Hand
After my father-in-law, Oswald Leyton, is diagnosed with a complicated form of heart disease, I rush to Germasia for an intensive training on the most advanced medical technique just so that I can operate on him and treat his condition.
When I return home after the training three months later, I gleefully find my husband, Nicholas Leyton, to tell him about the good news that I have mastered the technique.
The plane lands. However, the luxury car that should have come for me turns out to be a broken-down van instead.
Someone throws a sack over my head, and I can hear Nicholas' cold laughter next to me.
"Did you have lots of fun with your boytoy overseas for the last three months, Victoria Rosewood?"
After he and a few other men force themselves on me multiple times, Nicholas slides open the door, planning to abandon me in the wilderness.
"Nicholas! You can't do this to me! I'm pregnant…"
I try to explain myself, throwing myself at him despite all the cuts and bruises on my body. However, Nicholas gets even angrier after hearing that and forcefully shoves me aside.
I feel an excruciating pain coming from my lower abdomen. Warm, sticky blood starts flowing down my thighs.
Then, my vision blacks out, and I lose consciousness altogether.