Damon agreed as he said, “That’s right! It’s normal for Mom and Dad to be close!”
After that, he turned on his phone and took a picture. The three of them smiled like a happy family.
I stood in the shadows and tears kept falling from my eyes.
Even if I had already known the truth, it still broke my heart to hear my own child, the baby I carried for ten months, call someone else ‘Mom’.
I walked back to the ward in a daze, trying hard not to listen to the sounds coming from outside the door, but no matter how much I tried to block them out, the noises stayed in my ears like a curse, completely breaking my heart.
The next morning, Nicholas and his son came into the ward on time and kissed my cheek like they always did.
“Lily, good morning!”
“Mom, good morning!”
The father and son acted so well that there was nothing wrong on the surface. And I didn’t feel like pointing it out anymore.
Nicholas gently squeezed the toothpaste for me and said, “Lily, wash up first. Damon and I will go downstairs to buy you some breakfast.”
The father and son had just left when the door to the ward opened. Abigail stood by the bed, looking down at me with a mocking look in her eyes.