Return of the Abandoned
Every humiliation, every injustice from my last life—I was unleashing them all now.
By the time the police arrived, Dr. Price was standing there with bruises on his face, holding a newborn baby. I stood in my pajamas, clutching a slipper, seething.
Neighbors crowded around us. When the officers heard what happened and saw the infant with its umbilical cord still attached, they were stunned.
"What is going on here? Tell the truth."
"This is the address and name the patient left," Dr. Price stammered, pulling a medical record from his pocket.