My runaway ex ran into my ER with his injured daughter, not knowing I was the doctor on duty. He begged me to save her. But when the sweet little girl pulled me close and whispered, “Grandma said your baby shouldn’t be born,” I looked at my ex-husband as his face turned pale with fear…

my head up to glare at him, letting him see the fury burning in my eyes. “I wanted you to fight for me. But instead, you let me walk away.”

His dark eyes swam with a deep, agonizing regret. He looked older, more hollowed out than I remembered. “I was a coward, Val.”

“Yes,” I stated coldly, swallowing the massive, painful lump rising in my throat. “You continue reading …