A Heart Shattered by an Earthquake
There's an earthquake. My husband, the captain of the rescue team, abandons me to save Wendy Smith, his true love.
I don't stop him. I let him go.
Why? Because when he was faced with the same choice in my past life, he saved me because I was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, Wendy remained trapped under the rubble. She ultimately died due to a lack of oxygen after the delayed rescue.
Later, on the day I went into labor, my husband brought me to Wendy's grave. He watched me coldly as I collapsed on the ground from the searing pain. He ignored my pleas.
"Does it hurt, Yelena? Wendy's pain was a thousand times worse when she was trapped under the rubble!"
I stared at him in disbelief as he descended into insanity. "You were safe that night—you were in the safe triangle zone! Wendy would never have missed the best time for rescue if not for you using your pregnancy to threaten me! I want you to experience all the pain she went through!"
He forced me down on my knees and bumped my head on the ground before Wendy's grave. He ignored the blood that flowed down my legs.
Ultimately, I died after major blood loss from a difficult labor.
When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day the earthquake happened. This time, neither I nor my child will wait for him.