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Teresa frowned and checked the time . She thought , ‘ It is 6:00 PM already . Our flight is at 7:30 , and Jennifer promised she’d be back soon , but now her phone is unreachable . Has something gone wrong ? ‘
Teresa stared at her empty contact list , thinking , ‘ If Jonathan already knew the truth about Mike , wouldn’t he have reached out to me by now ? ‘
Michael looked up at Teresa and called out softly , “ Mommy ? ”
His childish voice snapped Teresa out of her thoughts . She asked , “ What ? ”
Michael asked , “ Are we still leaving today ? ”
“ Let’s wait a little longer , okay ? ” Teresa said gently .
“ But Jennifer took your car keys , ” Michael protested .
Teresa replied , “ She’ll be back soon , I hope . ”
The roads of Nareigh were still slick with puddles after the rain .
Jennifer was still tailing Donald’s car , repeatedly dialing his number , but her calls went unanswered . Growing increasingly anxious , she thought to herself , ‘ Donald must be heading straight to see Jonathan . ‘
She knew a shortcut to Horizonlead Group . Without hesitation , she made a sharp right turn onto that shortcut . She took the outer road near the main bus terminal – a route that skirted downtown and had barely any traffic .
Jennifer floored the accelerator . Just as she was about to merge right , a car suddenly sped head – on toward her from the opposite direction .
Her eyes flew wide as the blinding headlights glared into them . She wrenched the steering wheel desperately , but it was already too late .
With a violent crash , her car flipped , its undercarriage screeching against the asphalt as it skidded across the ground .
Blood gushed from Jennifer’s forehead and between her thighs . An excruciating pain ripped through her abdomen . She reached between her legs and found a warm pool of blood .
Searing pain – both physical and emotional – consumed Jennifer . She had always wanted to abort the baby to save her career and prospects .
But now , in this brutal moment , she felt like a sacrificial lamb on the chopping block , struck by a merciless blade . She had lost her baby – the most precious thing of all . It felt like a piece of her soul was being ripped out .
She thought , ‘ So this is what it’s like to lose a child . Donald , is this the end for us ? ‘
Jennifer clung to the steering wheel with desperate defiance , refusing to yield , until her grip slowly slackened and her hand slipped away , powerless .
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Two men stepped out of the other car to assess the situation .
One said , “ Wait , this isn’t the woman in the photo . ”
The other man asked , “ Weren’t we told there was supposed to be a kid in here , too ? ”
The first man said , “ Right car , yeah ? Porsche Cayenne , and the plate matches . ”
The other one asked , “ She’s not dead yet . Should we hit her again ? ”
Just then , a car suddenly pulled up behind them .
The two men cursed , scrambling back into their car and speeding away .
A black luxury van pulled up right in front of Jennifer . Two men stepped out of the van .
One of them exclaimed , “ Who the hell did this ? They hit someone and fled the scene . ”
The other man said , “ Call 911 now . Get her to the hospital .”
The first man said , “ Got it . Calling 911 now . ”
The other man said calmly , “ Let’s get her out of the car first . Lay her flat .”
The man talking now was a composed and handsome man with refined features . The other man was his assistant . Working together , they slowly and carefully extracted Jennifer from the car .
Just then , a personal photo of Teresa slipped from the car’s wreckage .
The handsome man picked up the photo , his gaze fixed on Teresa’s face .
His assistant chuckled and said , “ She looks like you . ”
The man said , “ Cut the nonsense . Put it back where it belongs , now . ”
“ Got it , ” the assistant replied , placing Teresa’s photo back in the car .
The ambulance arrived within ten minutes . Unconscious , Jennifer was lifted onto a stretcher and rushed inside . Blood kept gushing from between her thighs , soaking her pants and filling the air with its thick , metallic stench .
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