The woman in white opened her mouth, but no words came out.<\/p>\n
The maid tried to speak, but pain bent her forward.<\/p>\n
The man rushed to her side and dropped to his knees.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t touch me,\u201d she whispered, terrified.<\/p>\n
That hurt him more than anything.<\/p>\n
His hands froze in the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought you were gone,\u201d he said, his voice breaking. \u201cI looked for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The maid looked at him through tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe locked my phone away. She told the staff I was stealing. She said if I came near you, she would make sure my baby was born with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man slowly turned toward the woman in white.<\/p>\n
The chandelier lights reflected in her shaking eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said she betrayed me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a maid. She was never supposed to matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The whole room went silent.<\/p>\n
The maid clutched her stomach and whispered, \u201cBut the baby mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s face collapsed.<\/p>\n
He looked back at her, tears filling his eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur baby?\u201d<\/p>\n
The maid nodded once, barely able to breathe.<\/p>\n
The woman in white stepped back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did it for this family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The man stood slowly, his voice cold now.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. You did it because she had the one thing money couldn\u2019t buy.\u201d<\/p>\n
He took off his jacket and gently wrapped it around the maid\u2019s shoulders.<\/p>\n
Then he looked at the staff gathering in the doorway.<\/p>\n
\u201cCall a doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The maid looked up, shaking.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd her?\u201d<\/p>\n
The man stared at the woman in white, who suddenly looked very small in her perfect suit.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe leaves this house tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he knelt beside the maid again and whispered, \u201cI\u2019m sorry I believed the lie before I protected the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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