The Heartbeat Countdown
Language: en
On the day I felt our baby kick for the very first time, I was so thrilled I recorded a five-second video and sent it to my husband, Ethan. But by sheer, cruel luck, the video was seen by his childhood best friend, Chloe—a woman suffering from a severe phobia of pregnancy. That very night, overwhelmed by a panic attack triggered by my video, she attempted suicide by slitting her wrists. In a blind rage, Ethan marched into my mother's hospital room and yanked her oxygen mask off for exactly five seconds. "I warned you over and over again! Why the hell did you send me that video?!" "You…