The Road North and South, You Must Walk It Alone

The day I was diagnosed as pregnant, my husband forced me to get rid of the baby. When I demanded an explanation, his eyes were full of tenderness, but his voice was cruel: "Madeline found out today that her uterus is deformed. She can never be a mother in this life." "If this baby is born, it will only hurt her. Let's give up the child and go through it with her, all right?"