My Husband and Mother-in-Law Tried to Kill My Child

Synopsis

I landed a huge deal at the end of the year, bringing in a five-million-dollar bonus. The company, in a gesture of goodwill, allowed me, eight months pregnant, to start my maternity leave early. My mother-in-law, Brenda, asked why I wasn't going to work. Lying on the couch, I joked, "With the company cutting back, I was laid off." "Guess I'll just be a stay-at-home wife and mom from now on." To my shock, Brenda immediately slapped my heavily pregnant belly. "Then why aren't you off your butt doing laundry and cooking?!" "Just because you're carrying a girl, you think you can freeload?!" Mark, my husband, happened to walk in, pulling Brenda into the nursery. Feeling completely wronged, I opened the hidden camera feed they didn't know about, wanting to see whose side Mark would take. But what I uncovered were chilling secret after chilling secret. 0 Brenda, flung a raw, mud-caked potato at me, hitting my eight-month pregnant belly with a dull thud. A sharp, searing pain shot through me. "Ashley! I've been wanting to tell you for ages, but I've been holding my tongue!" "Parading around, all dressed up every day! Anyone who didn't know you were going to work would think you were soliciting on the street! What kind of boss would keep such a loose woman?!" The sudden