Bound By His Heir
Her voice trembled, mixed with confusion.
"Mom, you know very well that my wife is pregnant, and that she almost suffered a miscarriage..." he paused.
My mind flared, what the hell was this devil trying to do?
"...but that's not all," he finished.
The world around us stilled, everyone eagerly waiting for his next bombshell.
"So what's remaining?" Mom's voice trembled with urgency.
"She has an emotional disorder due to the pregnancy," he said.
The murmurs grew louder immediately, spreading like wildfire through the crowd. I could almost feel the shift in the air. Sympathy replacing curiosity. Judgment replacing shock.