Chapter 6

The neighborhood where I rented a place was great. Not long after moving in, I caught wind that some landlords did mind tenants giving birth in their rental homes. Not wanting to cause anyone trouble, I contacted the same agent. I asked him to help me look for any units for sale in the same neighborhood. This wasn't a big city, and the cost of living was relatively low, so housing prices weren't too high. Before long, I bought a property that matched my preferences in both size and decor. After a month of back-and-forth moving and setting up, I finally settled down. Just as I breathed a sigh of relief, my long-missed pregnancy symptoms came back. To be on the safe side, I hired an experienced live-in nanny. Thus began a bittersweet chapter of my life, a time when I struggled whilst cradling a fragile, budding hope. … Seven months after leaving Jeldora, I gave birth to a baby boy, whom I named Jonathan Mitchell. When Johnathan turned three months old, I started thinking about what