Because this heartbreak on her face was too real to fake.
The door opened moments later.
Rob walked in carrying coffee cups.
“Hey,” he said casually. “How are my favorite—”
Then he stopped cold.
The room had changed.
Carol stood up slowly.
“You lied to me,” she said.
Rob’s face drained of color.
“Carol—”
“You let me believe this was our baby!”
“It is our baby,” he argued quickly.
“No!” she shouted. “You stole my sister’s choice!”
The baby stirred softly in my arms.
Rob looked panicked now.
“I did it for us,” he insisted. “You were falling apart. I couldn’t watch you disappear anymore.”
“So you used my sister’s body behind our backs?” Carol cried.
“She would’ve said no!”
“Because it was wrong!”
The entire hallway had gone silent outside the room.
Even nurses were pretending not to listen.
Finally Carol whispered something that broke my heart completely.
“I would’ve rather stayed childless than become a mother this way.”
Rob looked stunned.
For the first time since walking in, he had no response.
Security was eventually called after the argument escalated.
