“That’s none of your business.”
“Can you stop making a scene? You’re hurt. Just focus on healing instead of being unreasonable.” Ethan’s tone was impatient.
“If you don’t agree to divorce, I’ll tell the police the truth.”
I stared at him. “Tomorrow morning at the County Clerk’s Office. Don’t think I won’t show up, even if I have to hobble there on crutches.”
His face paled, his expression twisted with anger.
I longed for the divorce. What good were a husband and daughter like this?
All this, just because of a parking spot? Sarah brought her death upon herself, yet they blamed me.
Why should I stay in such a family?
Near midnight, a loud knock woke me.
Startled, I sat up to see several men entering my hospital room—disheveled, dressed like vagrants. My heart pounded.
“Who are you? This is a hospital. You’re trespassing!”
The gang leader smirked.
“What, lady? Already forgotten us? You sure have a short memory.”
My face went pale. This wasn’t simple.
“Was it Ethan? Did he send you? Tell him to come here. I’ll face him myself. I’m his wife. This is our family business. Outsiders have no right to interfere!”
I shouted, but they ignored me.
“Ethan? We don’t know him.”
“You offended the wrong person.”
“Lady, in your next life, learn to behave.”
The group surged forward. My heart seized.
“I’ll pay thirty thousand dollars—no, seventy thousand! Just stop this. Let me go!”
The leader froze for a moment, then sneered.
“Sorry. No matter how much you offer, we keep our word. Otherwise, how could we survive in this business?”
“Nothing personal, lady.”
He raised a chair leg and smashed it into my other leg. My scream tore through the night before I blacked out.
When I woke again, the world spun, but I was alive.
Alive… but both my legs were gone. Amputated.
And worse—I wasn’t whole anymore. The medical report told me the truth: my womb had been ripped from me.
Tears streamed silently down my face.
Then I heard a voice from the bathroom. Ethan, talking on the phone, on speaker.
“Daddy, because Mommy caused Aunt Sarah’s death and tried to force you to divorce, you had no choice but to send the gang again. But Daddy, you let them take Mommy’s womb. How will she ever have more children?”
Ethan’s voice was chilling:
“She has you. That’s enough. Why would she need more? Breaking her legs was the point—now she can’t push me to divorce. And I had the leader record everything. If she dares threaten me again, I’ll release it. She’ll be ruined in New York City, disgraced, abandoned even by her parents. Let’s see how she survives then.”
