My husband Locked Me in a Burning Building for Her

"Xavier, I know I was wrong!"

"My stomach hurts so much. Please... Please just let me have a little milk."

He didn't so much as soften.

"Listen carefully. You keep eating those peppers until Zoey wakes up. That's the only way this ends."

I lay on the cold floor, barely able to breathe through the burning in my body. Through the haze of pain, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

Then maybe I should just get an termination of pregnancy surgery. That way, can’t I eat even more.

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