Chapter 14

The doctor said nothing more and injected the anesthesia into Rose's body. In her extreme terror, she didn't lose consciousness. Instead, she watched helplessly as the doctor cut open her belly. The child inside already had a heartbeat and lay there peacefully. If they just took him out, the child could live! Rose screamed and sobbed, "My baby! Please, my baby!" But with one injection, the child, who moments before had been full of life, slowly began to fade. "No!" Rose let out an anguished wail. Despite the anesthesia coursing through her veins, she felt as if every nerve was on fire. Her child—the baby she had dreamed of for so long—was gone just like that. She thrashed against the restraints, her voice breaking. "Gus, Gus! This is our baby! How could you do this to us?" No one responded to her. The doctor lifted the still form and disposed of it without ceremony, as if it meant nothing at all. Gus turned his back and walked away. He had business to handle and couldn't waste