Chapter 5

Three months have passed, and my life has returned to normal.

Life has been so calm that sometimes I wonder if everything that happened that night was just a figment of my imagination.

However, I'm pregnant.

I didn't dare delay, and before I could develop too much attachment to the child, I quickly scheduled an abortion.

I remember the class president joking that night, telling Locke to invite him to his wedding.

I don't want my child to be born fatherless, carrying the stigma of being illegitimate for a lifetime.

I believe that the mistakes of adults shouldn't be borne by a child.