Chapter 5

My hand froze right above the paper.

The ink bled out from the pen tip, but I didn't move to finish the signature.

Eric's words kept ringing in my ears, making my head feel like it was about to split open.

One million dollars in accidental death coverage, with him as the beneficiary.

I had thought he was only greedy, only calculating and selfish to the bone.

He had counted every dollar before we married, and he had counted on my not risking the baby to force a signature out of me.

But I had been wrong. This wasn't greed.…