Chapter 7
I sobbed as I tried to pick up the small pile of ashes, but they only slipped through my fingers like sand.
Before I succumbed to the anaesthesia, I had begged the doctors to help me preserve the remains of my baby so I could have them
cremated. Then, I would be able to carry the ashes close to my heart every day.
Yet, my baby boy was now scattered all around because of his bastard of a father.
Steven started to panic.
“What is this?” he asked.
I raised my head and flashed him a deathly stare.
“I thought you didn’t believe me? Now that you’ve scattered all his ashes, do you believe me now?”
It was as if Steven had been struck by a bolt of lightning as he stumbled backward.
But soon enough, he seemed to recall something and stood up straight again.
He tilted his chin up, and his tone was cold.
“So what if the child is gone now? I can only say that this is karma for all the despicable things you’ve done! You bullied Wendy and made her miss the opportunity to secure a spot in the postgraduate research program, and now you’re the reason she nearly
lost the use of her hands!
“You deserve everything that’s happening to you now! It’s your own fault!”
A low chuckle escaped me when I heard this.
The other people around us gasped in shock too. It was probably the first time they came across a person as inhumane as Steven.
“Why are you laughing? Feeling guilty? Do you dare say those things were not your doing?”
I lifted my right hand. Scars marred my skin, and a few fingers couldn’t even be extended properly. There was even a constant involuntary trembling.
“Yes, it’s all my fault. I lost my child, and I can’t ever have any more children. My right hand is crippled now, and I will never be able to hold a scalpel again!
“Oh, how precious your Wendy is… I merely went to hell and back, but she nearly lost her career!”
My best friend, Beth, had seen enough. She ran over to help me up before glaring at Steven.
“When are you going to stop torturing Yelena? When she lost her child–and we didn’t even know if she would make it out alive- you were prancing around town with your beloved first love! And now you came all the way to her birthday party to yell at her?”
Steven looked at Beth in disgust.
“I remember you. You were the one who locked We
