Fortunately for him, all their attention was on Michelle.


    "What happened to you, dear? You just called us saying you were admitted to the hospital," Gary asked, taking a seat beside her bed.


    Michelle’s hands gently went to her t belly as she rubbed it, feeling the emptiness since a life used to breathe there.


    "I lost the baby," she muttered in an inaudible voice. But somehow, they still managed to hear her.


    They shared a nce, wondering if they heard what they thought they’d heard.


    "Can you say that one more time?" Jack asked her.


    "Anastasia killed my baby goddammit!!" Michelle screamed loud enough for people beyond the doors to hear her voice. "She killed my baby. She and her sister, Tracie rk. They both killed my child!!"


    Michelle’s hands covered her face as she sobbed uncontrobly. "They both killed my baby in cold blood!!"


    The others nced at each other, trying to understand the words that spewed out of Michelle’s mouth.


    "I was going to use that child to get Theodore to marry me, but they ruined my n by killing my baby," she continued to sob.


    The room went silent with Michelle’s cry being the only thing that could be heard.


    "Wait a second, how did all of this happen?" Jack asked confusedly.


    Michelle wiped her tears before narrating the story of what unfolded that night from her own POV, which was of course Anastasia ruining her ns at the award show. And then ganging up on herter with her sister which led her to her miscarriage.


    "That whore doesn’t know where to stop. I thought she was finally going to leave you alone," Amelia fumed, clenching her fist by her side although there was nothing she could do at that moment.


    She no longer had any sort of power that could be beneficial to handling the situation.


    All she could do was mourn the death of her unborn child in silence while keeping a grudge.


    "She’s going to pay for everything, mother. I’ve promised her that. When I get the opportunity, I will take back everything Anastasia has taken from me, including my child." Michelle’s hands went to her belly to touch it one more time as more tears pooled in her eyes.


    "That will not be easy, you no longer have Theodore by your side," Gary finally spoke. "Does he know about the miscarriage?" He asked.


    Michelle shook her head, "I’ll contact himter. Then we will talk about it," she responded.


    Gary nodded in understanding, regretting the fact that he couldn’t do anything to help Michelle at the moment.


    Although he wasn’t her father and didn’t know where Robert was, he still wanted to fill in the position of being a good father to her. Unfortunately, hisck of resources and power made him look useless in her sight.


    "You should. Hopefully, he can help sue Anastasia and her sister for what they’d done to you. He’s in the same level of ss with them, so it shouldn’t be difficult for him to do that for his child."


    "That’s right," Michelle responded, wiping away her tears. "I’m hungry. Can you help me get some food, Jack? I don’t want hospital food. It only makes me feel more sick," she requested.


    Jack epted and left the hospital to go get her some food.


    After getting the food from a nearby fast food stall, he hurried to get back.


    However, he was stopped by a few men with baseball bats in their hands.


    "Long time no see, Jack! You got my money?" A man wearing torn clothes, the kind today’s generation would call fashion, grinned, revealing teeth so yellow they could easily be mistaken for expired mustard.


    It was hard to tell where the gold teeth ended and the normal ones began. "You better have it this time, Jack. It’s been way too damn long." His tone carried a mixture of impatience and threat, making it clear he wasn’t in the mood for excuses.


    Jack gulped down his saliva in fear, immediately regretting going out and epting to buy food for Michelle. If only he’d stayed in the hospital, then he wouldn’t have bumped into these loan sharks.


    He hissed under his breath.


    "Titanus, I already promised you, I will pay you for every dime I owe you," Jack said to the man called Titanus."


    Titanus spat out some saliva and spoke in Jack’s face.


    "Why are you making it sound like you’re doing me a favor, boi? Are you forgetting something? You forgetting you were the one who came to me, asking for help with some money. And now after that, you just disappeared." Titanus spat out another saliva. "I guess I didn’t beat you up properly the other day," he threatened.