Chapter 5
The doctor looked very guilty. After all, the ability to bear a baby was very important for women.
The removal of the uterus not only caused women to lose their ability to conceive but also accelerated their aging process,
But I didn’t feel sad at all. Instead, all I felt was freedom.
Without a uterus, I wouldn’t be Antonio’s reproduction tool for Bailey anymore, and I didn’t need to endure the pain of uterine prolapse
anymore.
Later, I stayed in the hospital for observation for seven days. During these days, no one had visited me.
After being discharged. I reissued my ID card and bought a new phone and SIM card..
When canceling my original phone number, the staff asked me if I wanted to check my message box.
After a short moment of hesitation, I still inserted my old SIM card into my new phone.
Logging into my Line, I found that only three people had sent messages to me. One of them was Antonio.
“Grace, where are you? Answer my phone, OK? Stop making a fuss, will you?
“I don’t know how I messed with you, but you’re still pregnant, remember? So come back!
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“Are you blaming us for leaving first? Well, it’s because Bailey wasn’t feeling well and wanted to go back for some rest. Besides, I let the waiter give you a message and let you take a taxi back yourself. Don’t be so petty, OK?”
This was a long voice message, and Antonio was a bit careless and accidentally recorded some of Bailey’s words in the end.
She said. “Just leave her alone. She’ll come back when she wants.”
“But she’s:
But Antonio was very anxious, saying, carrying the baby for you. What if it’s a boy this time?”
Bailey chuckled casually, “Don’t worry. It’s fine. Her whole world is spinning around you. She’ll come back to you sooner or later. If this one is gone, then let her have another one.”
She really sounded like treating me as a reproduction tool for her.
I closed the chat box with Antonio. The second person who sent me messages was Bailey.
Like always, she texted me to show off and provoke me.
In the photo she sent me, I saw sexy underwear and several used condoms on the messy bed. Also, I saw Antonio’s naked back..
Bailey was just trying to tell me that she had sex with Antonio again on the day of me having abortion surgery.
But I was not interested in their sexual life.
The third and the last person who sent me messages was my closest classmate during college.
“Grace, happy birthday.”
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Just three words with a happy birthday emoji touched me, making me
want to cry.
Yeah, the day of my abortion was my birthday.
Antonio didn’t remember it. That day, he organized a family reunion because he wanted to meet Bailey.
My parents didn’t remember it because all they cared about was Bailey, who had married into a wealthy family.
The only person who sent me birthday wishes was actually an old classmate, whom I hadn’t contacted in many years.
Looking back, I found my life was really like a joke.
As a daughter, I had never received any love from my parents.
As a woman, I had never received any love from my man.
As a mother, I gave birth to four children, who weren’t my biological ones. Even if they grew up in my womb, I didn’t have the right to be their
mom.
In the end, I was still alone in this world.
After canceling my phone number, I checked my balance and found that I only had less than 3,000 dollars.
After being with Antonio, he asked me to quit my job and focus on taking care of myself and the baby. Even this money was saved before my relationship with him.
To save money, I bought a train ticket to Chicago, a bucket of instant food, and a bottle of water. Sixteen hours later, I finally got off the train.
It wasn’t a good experience taking the train. Especially since I hadn’t
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completely recovered from the abortion, the hard seat on the train made. me sore all over.
But looking at the bustling crowds, I actually felt very good in my heart.
After all, in the past five years, I could only stay at home and sit on my butt, listening to the antenatal training radio over and over again.
At first, I also wanted to go out with my friends for some fun and fresh
air.
But Antonio always told me, “Grace, just endure it for ten months, OK? For the sake of our baby.”
Ten months after another ten months, Antonio gradually manipulated me and turned me into his reproduction tool for Bailey.
After arriving in Chicago, I rented a cheap house, bought a second–hand computer, and started taking orders for photo editing online.
I used to work in graphic design, so this job wasn’t hard for me.
Moreover, with a five–year career gap, I knew that even if I wanted to find a formal job, it would be difficult to find a satisfactory one.
The most important thing was that Antonio and Bailey still didn’t know about my removal of the uterus,
They still thought I was hiding somewhere outside with an eight–month- old child in my belly, so they would catch me back sooner or later.
Working part–time from home could minimize contact with people and prevent them from finding me that easily.
