Chapter 4

I knelt outside the door all night while my daughter cried nonstop.

The pain in my heart was so bad I could barely breathe, and I dug my nails into my palm until the skin broke.

With my daughter's crying in the background, the two of them still carried on inside.

I kept gagging, and everything around me felt like a blur.

I collapsed before morning came.

When I opened my eyes again, I was already lying in bed.

Seeing that I was awake, Jonathan reached for my forehead, but I flinched away.

"Where's my daughter?"

My voice was so…