In the morning, she dressed and went in search of Max. She has already decided to leave him, much as she didn’t want to. She doesn’t know of any other way to help him or to stop Ava from preying on him. Maybe he will be better off with Laura, she thought.
She had never felt so heart-broken. Not even when she found Nick with Bella. This is so different. She touched her belly. Their little girl is doing little turns inside. “My dear girl, I will protect you from now onwards,” she whispered her. It will just be her and her baby from now onwards. The thought was daunting but she knows she can get through this. Every mother in this world, even first-time mothers, can survive on their own and protect their children in any situation, she knows. She may not have a model mother to look up to but
