Chapter 11 - "You're Mine"His mother screamed.
"You're mine!"
David stared down at her.
The words no longer frightened him.
They simply sounded empty.
"You are my son!"
David's voice was quiet.
"I was."
Her expression collapsed.
"You don't mean that."
He looked toward the operating room.
"My family is in there."
She shook her head violently.
"She's stealing you!"
"No."
David swallowed.
"I gave myself to them."
The officers pulled her away.
She screamed his name again.
But David didn't follow.
He didn't apologize.
He didn't look back.
Then the red light above the operating room turned off.
The doors opened.
A nurse appeared.
She was holding a tiny bundle.
For one second, nobody spoke.
Then the baby cried.
It was loud.
Fierce.
Alive.
David covered his mouth.
Tears filled his eyes.
His daughter had survived.
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Leah had survived.
And somehow, after everything, the family his mother had tried to destroy was still standing.
