Chapter 98
Lightning was all I could see when I turned my head to stare at the night sky from where I lay. The silence that had settled since morning was already too deafening.
There were no stars tonight, and somehow I knew rain was coming. The kind that washed evidence, scrubbed scenes clean, and brought a cold calm to the soil.
Only, there was no rain capable of washing anything inside me. The news had hit like a tidal wave, dragging me into a shore of sorrow and pain too heavy to stand under.
A brain shrinking. A womb shrinking.
My story was the kind hungry mouths would feed on and point at.
Doctor Catina had been sweet to me, smiling as she gave me a report declaring me healthy and fertile.
That was a lie too.
Why would she say it? Why make me believe I could conceive when I never truly could?
The questions circled, but the answer settled fast, like the heaviest boulder crushing a chest.
Barren.
Ares had told me he wanted children with me, but in truth, it was all performance. He had intentions of lying with me simply for the sake of it, and each time blood appeared monthly instead of pregnancy, the blame would quietly pile on me.
Meanwhile he would pamper me, be sweet, and I, foolishly, would believe him to be a supportive husband,
I didn’t even realize tears had gathered until their heat slid down my face. My heart twisted painfully.
What am I going to do with myself? How do I live through this? How?
“Snow p>
Kashi’s soft voice broke through, and I swallowed the bitter stone lodged in my throat.
I tried to appear normal.
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I wiped my tears and slowly sat up to face them again. My family was there, everyone except Pinky.
She had flown out for a new gig earlier, but Eshan had called her. She sent good wishes, and I would forever appreciate that.
“Snow.” My father’s voice reached me gently as he grasped my hand. “I spoke to the doctors. They know how to handle your brain. It’s good news. They said it will only take one day of surgery and everything will return to normal p>
He smiled as he said it, but I could see right through him, through the mask, through the words.
What he truly meant was clear. They had already decided for me. Heal the brain and abandon the womb. Save my life and sacrifice motherhood.
What use was a functional womb if the brain deteriorated into a coma?
I blinked quietly and covered my father’s hand with mine.
“Dad… I don’t want to press charges,” I whispered, firm. “Not for abuse, and not for this p>
Silence filled the ward, shifting the air. I could feel disagreement brewing, but I understood my choice.
If charges were pressed, the truth of who orchestrated my suffering would surface. Viviana.
I would not drag her name through the public, nor stain the Frosts any further.
Tears fell despite my attempts to hold them. I wondered how my family would feel when they learned it was their own blood who triggered what happened to me four years ago.
“Dad, please. I know my brothers won’t like this but… let them understand. If I press charges, the public will tear us apart. The divorce already bruised Eshan’s long–standing relationship with his beloved. I will not bring more ugliness the Frost name. I’ll do the surgery, and… I’ll be fine. I just want to go home, be with you all, rest, work, and live like a normal person. 1 don’t want to go to court anymore, not when it involves me p>
He looked at me for a long time, the stare of a father, heavy with love and understanding, but also the awareness of how fragile reputation is.
The Frost name had stayed clean for generation.
I would not stain it more than I already had. He caressed my palm and slowly nodded.
“Your brothers are here, and they’ve heard your request. Eshan will not prosecute Ares Baní anymore. We will all forget the incident. You’ll have your surgery and return home to heal.
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That’s final, my
dear p>
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I sniffed, nodding.
Kashi finally stepped away from the window and walked toward me, sitting down to pull me into his arms. I buried my face in his chest and released my grief fully.
He held me, kissed my hair, and reminded me softly that this was a season, one that would pass and soon, it would be a story we looked back on only to say We survived it.
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Lucia Morh
Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.