The Man I Loved Left Me After Asking Me To End My Pregnancy

She told me you had been happy to have a clean exit.”

“I know.”

“She knew I would believe it because I was looking for a reason to believe it.” He paused. “That’s not an excuse.”

“No,” I agreed.

“Your mother,” he said. “What she did—”

“She protected them,” I said. “In the only way she could see to protect them, with the tools she had, which were not enough continue reading …