Chapter 1: The Fall That Exposed the Perfect Wedding
“Don’t touch me!” Emily cried, one hand wrapped around her stomach.
Clara stood over her in the red dress, breathing hard. “You stole him from me.”
“I didn’t steal anyone. Daniel chose me.”
“Chosen?” Clara laughed. “You think a ring makes you his wife?”
Emily tried to move, but pain shot through her body. “My baby…”
Clara froze for half a second, then looked toward the door. “Get up.”
“I can’t.”
“Get up before someone comes in!”
Emily’s voice broke. “Call an ambulance.”
Clara stepped back. “No. You fell. You slipped. That’s what happened.”
“You pushed me.”
“You were screaming at me.”
“You came into my room and told me to disappear.”
Clara bent down, her face inches from Emily’s. “Because you should disappear.”
The door suddenly opened.
Daniel stood there in his wedding suit.
His smile died.
“Emily?”
Emily reached for him. “Daniel… the baby…”
Daniel ran to her and dropped to his knees. “What happened?”
Clara immediately cried, “She slipped! I tried to catch her!”
Emily shook her head. “No…”
Daniel looked at Clara. “Why are you in here?”
“I heard her scream.”
“You heard her scream before or after you pushed her?”
Clara’s face turned white. “How can you say that to me?”
Daniel pulled out his phone. “I’m calling 911.”
Clara grabbed his wrist. “Don’t. Think about the wedding. The guests are waiting.”
Daniel stared at her. “My pregnant wife is on the floor.”
“She isn’t your wife yet.”
The room went silent.
Emily gasped in pain.
Daniel’s eyes turned cold. “Get out.”
Clara whispered, “Daniel…”
“Get out before I forget we grew up together.”
Clara backed toward the door, trembling with anger. “You’ll regret choosing her.”
Daniel looked down at Emily. “Stay with me. Breathe.”
Emily gripped his hand. “She said something.”
“What?”
“She said… the baby was never supposed to be born.”
Daniel slowly looked toward the open door.
Clara was gone.
Then Emily’s phone lit up on the floor.
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A message appeared from an unknown number.
THE PUSH WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
