When my Husband Killed Our Child, I ruined his Empire

“Are you sure you want to do this, Mrs. Valdez? Next week will be your seventh wedding anniversary. His family… they took care of you after your parents died.”

“I know, Attorney. And I’m grateful for that but I will not live with a man who killed our child just so his mistress’s child would live.”

There was silence on the line, heavy and suffocating. Before the lawyer could say another word, I hung up.

Two weeks ago, I had planned to surprise my husband Johan for a pregnancy test, again, after our first baby died because of a kidney failure. Until I overheard him,