The Canto of Sin and Love

Two years after my best friend got married, she introduced me to her brother-in-law. She married the younger brother, a judge, and I married the older one, a renowned surgeon and team captain.

Eight months into my pregnancy, I was kidnapped.

The kidnapper used my phone to call my husband.

The line got disconnected seven times, and after each call, his patience wore thinner. Finally, he lost it and sent a hard kick straight to my stomach.

Pain erupted, twisting through me, and I broke into a cold sweat. A faint smear of red pooled beneath me on the floor.