THE BABY WHO SHATTERED EVERYTHING

“Don’t play games.”
“You taught me games, Daniel. I improved.”
Thirty minutes later, the door to my hospital room burst open.
Daniel stood there in a tuxedo shirt, hair wet from the storm, face pale as bone. Vanessa appeared behind him, diamonds at her throat and fury in her eyes.
Daniel pointed at the baby. “Tell me the truth.”
A nurse stepped forward. “Sir, you can’t barge in here.”
“It’s fine,” I said softly.
Daniel’s eyes locked onto the bassinet label.
Baby Girl Carter. Mother: Emily Carter.
He swallowed. “Carter?”
“Yes,” I said. “My name. Not yours.”
Vanessa laughed coldly. “This is pathetic. You had a baby just to ruin our wedding?”
I smiled for the first time.
“No,” I said. “I had her because she survived you.”….