Chapter 98

Maybe this is just how fate works. That baby probably wasn’t meant to be born in the first place, and Yvonne just happened to be the one that ended it. Now that Denise thought back on it, she was actually kind of… grateful to Yvonne. If she hadn’t stepped in, Lily—being the hopeless romantic she was—would for sure have kept the baby and tried to raise it on her own. But she was only a sophomore in college. Marriage was a long way off. If she had a baby now, she’d have to drop out, no job, no income—and it’d only get harder from there. Her life would’ve gone down a whole different path. "Denise... don’t leave me, please... I’m really scared." "I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. I’ll tell your parents you’re staying with me for a few days to keep me company." "Okay." Lily nodded sheepishly. This wasn’t just about physical pain—it cut deep, emotionally too. What Mark did... that pain might follow her for life. Time might dull the sting, but Denise knew—when they got old and thought back to