Chapter 509

I barely managed to get out before Sasha raised her hand, cutting me off and gesturing toward Milly. "She's just... lucky."

I blinked, lost. Sasha raised an eyebrow. "You're totally confused, aren't you?"

"It's... kind of a lot," I admitted.

Sasha let out a dry laugh. "Thorsten and his wife had this terrible car accident once. He almost didn't make it, and she was in a coma for, like, ten days—maybe two weeks. We all thought she was done for. But then she woke up."

Sasha shook her head like she couldn't even believe the story herself. "And when she woke up, she told everyone she'd dreamed about a little girl—a young girl standing in front of some kind of saint or angel. This girl offered her a 'magic pill' that would save her life."

I raised an eyebrow. "And... then what?"

"Right after she woke up, I found out I was pregnant. She made Thorsten take me to get my blood tested immediately. She said if it was a girl, I could keep it. If it was a boy... well, I'd have to end the pregn