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Olivia

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I tried hard not to let my emotions cloud my judgment. Throughout the time I sat in court, I kept on thinking about how unfair it was for the father of my unborn baby would be in prison during his birth.

Part of me hated him for everything he’d done but another part of me couldn’t ignore the reality that my child would be without a father.

I wasn’t even sure I was going to tell Ethan that the baby was his. I had been a great single mother a few years back and I didn’t have any problem being one again.

I knew I was giving birth to a boy but I hadn’t told anybody about it. Not even my sister or Maya. I knew they weren’t going to judge me but I still felt ashamed whenever I thought about it.

For the past week, I have been visiting the doctor’s regularly. I had come to accept my fate and I needed to take the necessary precautions, so I would give birth without complications.

“Are you satisfied with his sentence?” Alexander asked and I jerked back to reality. I was leaning