Chapter 5: Coma

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"Nathan, I'm pregnant. It's your baby. I am one-hundred percent sure." She looks down. I guess she does want to see my reaction. I tilt her head up and stare into her eyes. I feel my eyes filling with tears, and she wipes them away and hugs me as tight as she can.

After all, we've been through, and after all we've put each other through, I am happy we are still together.


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December comes too fast. It's been four months since he last laid a hand on me. Though lately, he's been acting suspiciously, and he's been out late every night this week.

"Where the hell have you been lately?" I stand at the top of the stairs and watch him slowly stumble up all of them.

"None of your damn business." He pushes past me, making me fall all of the stairs. My entire life flashes before my eyes as I fall down.


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"Oh no! What have I done?"

More months pass before any of us hear any progress on Lucy. She slipped into a coma after I made her fall down the stairs. If she dies, I could be charged with manslaughter.

I don't want the love of my life to die at my hands. Or at all, for that matter. She's my best friend and my wife.

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