Chapter 16
Neither Aaron tor Margaret was willing to back down. The tension in the room was suffocating.
Aaron’s fists clenched tight, his eyes wild with frustration. “This is my child. You have no right to interfere with my decision!!
Margaret was so enraged by his words her heart nearly gave out. She slammed her palm against the side table and snapped, “I don’t have the right? Lina does! That baby is in her body -she’s the mother, and the decision should be hers!”
With that, the pressure shifted squarely onto Alina, who was already trembling in the corner. She sat with her head down, fingers twisting the hem of her gown as their stares bore into her.
She knew this child was the last thread tethering her to Aaron–her one and remain in his life. So, she couldn’t lose it.
But the truth,was, the decision had never really been hers to make.
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Margaret did not know about the agreement she had signed with Aaron months ago, but Alina remembered every line of it–every cold, cruel clause.
That contract was why she had followed his every instruction without complaint, afraid that one misstep would send her packing. And now, hearing him say he wanted the baby gone, her fragile world shattered into complete darkness.
Deep down, she had a sick feeling she already knew why.
Even so, she still clung to a desperate hope, so she lifted her head and asked, voice barely. steady, “Why, Mr. Ford? I want a reason. Why do you want to terminate the pregnancy?”
Margaret had expected Alina to side with her, so when she asked that question, the older woman’s face turned icy. “There is no good reason! This child is staying. That’s final!”
Aaron knew how stubborn Margaret could be, especially when it came to this baby. Nonetheless, he had made up his mind, and he didn’t plan to argue any further.
Instead, he turned to Alina and spoke, his tone a touch softer this time, but just as cold. “This baby can’t exist in the same world as Nora. I choose Nora. I’m sorry.”
Hearing those words after everything that had happened that afternoon–Margaret nearly lost it. She launched into another tirade, her voice shaking with rage.
Alina felt like she had been dropped into an ice bath. Her limbs went numb, her breath caught, and all the color drained from her face. She slid back against the pillows, completely lifeless, as tears spilled down her cheeks.
The argument between grandmother and grandson exploded into full–blown chaos, their
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shouting echoing off the walls. Neither would give in, and the clash only grew louder and more vicious.
Aaron, now fed up, called for a doctor and began asking about the procedure. Margaret was so furious, she collapsed right then and there.
The room fell into utter chaos, and yet, Alina didn’t move–didn’t even flinch. She stared out the window with vacant eyes, her mind blank, except for one phrase that kept echoing on
repeat.
“I choose Nora.”
She had always known Aaron might make this choice. She had played that scene in her head more than once, but when it actually happened, the reality was unbearable.
When Margaret eventually regained consciousness and told her the child could stay, Alina broke down in uncontrollable sobs: Aaron, now hollowed out from the emotional storm, stood
in silence.
Hearing her cries only made his rage boil over again, and he stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him. But once he got into his car and looked at the empty passenger seat beside him, surrounded by nothing but darkness, something inside him cracked.
He sat there, staring into the void of the night, feeling like a forgotten island lost in the middle of the sea. The one light that had always guided him–his only beacon–had finally gone out.
And now, he was completely adrift.
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