Chapter 37

"What, still pretending you don't know anything?" Chloe blinked away her tears, sarcasm lacing her voice. Hank quickly defended himself. "I swear I didn't know. By the time I got to the hospital, the baby already had no heartbeat. That's why I signed the papers. Later, the hospital told me they'd already handled everything. I wanted to wait for you to wake up and talk it through, but then you woke up talking divorce. I panicked and didn't even get a chance to explain." Chloe froze, her mind reeling. So the baby was already gone before the hospital, and it wasn't Hank who made the call to end the pregnancy... Even though Hank still had his share of blame, hearing it wasn't him who pushed for the abortion eased a bit of the hatred buried in her heart. Piecing everything together, it became painfully clear who was pulling the strings— Irene. She was the one who told Chloe the doctor had followed Hank's orders, then used the baby as leverage to force her out of Hank's life. If she had real