The neighbor, who was a midwife, tried to help, but my sister curled into a ball, screaming not to touch her stomach. My uncle was on the phone with his lawyer, saying we needed to press charges for attempted murder of an unborn child, while my sister’s mother-in-law fainted and had to be laid on the couch. My sister kept her arms wrapped around her stomach so tight nobody could get close, crying that she could feel something was wrong inside.

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