The Tenth Abortion
Language: en
Because I accidentally stained the dress of my husband's childhood friend, Nina, he forced me to have ten abortions. To appease Nina, he made me get pregnant and abort, again and again. On the tenth time, I begged him, my voice cracking. "Luke, please, I'm begging you. It's been nine times. This is your child, too!" Luke looked down at me, his tone as charitable as if he were tossing a coin to a beggar. "I promised Nina I'd punish you ten times. This is the last one. Just bear with it. I'll let you keep the next one." I closed my eyes in despair, surrendering to the cold, sterile…