Chapter 2

“Damn shame. The mom pulled through, but the baby didn’t make it. She didn’t get to the hospital in time.”“Where’s her family?”“No one was here. The mother signed the consent forms herself.”The words drifted into Evangeline’s consciousness as she slowly surfaced from anesthesia, the terror of nearly dying still clinging to her. She heard the doctor and nurse talking just beside her bed.Almost involuntarily, she laid a trembling hand on her stomach.Just as the doctor had said, the baby was gone.Where her belly had once begun to swell, there was only emptiness now.