Howard got off the boat anyway. He watched it slowly pull away, and in that moment, his heart felt utterly empty.
It seemed as if the departing boat had taken his most precious possession with it.
In her seat, Anna buried her face in her hands and began to sob uncontrollably. The newborn baby, however, was already caressing her face with its chubby little hands, which only made her cry harder.
Her mind flashed back to half a month ago. Nate Jennings, eight months pregnant, had been in a sudden car accident. By the time she was brought to the hospital, she was already a mangled wreck.
The doctors kept asking the family if they wanted to save the mother or the child, warning that the mother might never be able to have children again.
At the time, Nate's father was resolute—save the mother.
When Anna arrived, Nate Jennings was lying on the hospital bed, on the verge of death, but she refused to undergo surgery.
