For His Missing Ex, I Lost Nine Months of Pregnancy

On the day I turned nine-month pregnant, Thalia Fenty, my husband’s beloved ex, was kidnapped.

All the evidence found in her room pointed straight to me.

Without asking a single question, without giving me a chance to explain, Cortland Dorance, my husband, tied me up and dragged me onto the frisbee. It was a cruel contraption of his own design. He wanted me to confess his ex’s whereabouts.

“Even nine months pregnant, you’re still not worth a single toe of Thalia’s! You’d better tell me where she is, or else—”