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\u201cLook what you made me do!\u201d\u00a0Vanessa<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0shrieked above me, her face contorted with a grotesque, triumphant rage. \u201cThis wouldn\u2019t have happened if you hadn\u2019t stolen him!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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My mother-in-law,\u00a0Pamela<\/span><\/strong>, stood near the refrigerator with her arms crossed. She wasn\u2019t horrified. She wasn\u2019t rushing to help. The smile on her face made my stomach turn\u2014a cold, satisfied curve of the lips that chilled me more than the pain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe now,\u201d Pamela said, her voice dripping with venom, \u201cyou\u2019ll understand that you don\u2019t belong in this family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I tried to speak, but only a strangled gasp escaped my lips. The pain was overwhelming, a tearing sensation unlike anything I\u2019d experienced during the pregnancy. My hands pressed against my belly, desperately trying to hold myself together, to protect the fragile life inside me. When I pulled them away, my palms were slick with bright red blood.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLook what you made me do!\u201d\u00a0Vanessa\u00a0shrieked above me, her face contorted with a grotesque, triumphant rage. \u201cThis wouldn\u2019t have happened if you hadn\u2019t stolen him!\u201d My mother-in-law,\u00a0Pamela, stood near the refrigerator with her arms crossed. She wasn\u2019t horrified. She wasn\u2019t rushing to help. The smile on her face made my stomach turn\u2014a cold, satisfied curve…<\/p>\n

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