I left and rented a cheap apartment.
Mark and Brittany’s wedding was big and
important.
Nobody noticed I was gone.
I used the money I had left to buy a plane
ticket.
Before they could hurt my baby, I had to run.
This time, I would survive with my kid.
I was leaving the day after the wedding.
I nervously counted the days.
When I saw their “Just Married” post, I cried
happy tears.
They were married. I would leave tomorrow.
Right before dawn, I dragged my suitcase out
the door.
Mark was standing there.
“Ashley…I have to ask you something.”
His face was strained. I felt like I was going
to throw up.
く
“Brittany has a friend who does genetic
research, and she said the baby’s bone
marrow could save her.”
“You’re insane!”
I dropped my suitcase and attacked him.
“Get out! Get out! What genetic research!
Why my baby’s bone marrow!” I was crying so
hard I couldn’t see.
Past and present, I said what I needed to.
“Nobody’s touching my baby this time!”
“Mark, this is your kid, how can you do this?”
I was exhausted. I screamed with no answers
from last time.
“Ashley! If you didn’t come home, Brittany
wouldn’t be sick. You owe her!”
Mom and Dad came behind him, begging me.
“You only lose a kid, you save Brittany!”
Mom held me and cried. “Don’t be this mean.
We are your parents. Please!”
“What are you doing begging her! She is from
く
us! You can’t save her!” Dad yelled.
“You’re killing me!”
