Venus It hurts. It hurts so much. Please, make it stop. Make the pain go away. Was this all mothers felt before? What my mother felt? Going through the pain for us? For their children? I wanted to meet Levi, badly. Some part of me regretted my decision to do this in a normal way. I’d chosen this path. There was no way I’d back down now. Not when I was this close. Levi was going to be here. “I love you, Venus Donovan.” He loved me. Micah said he loved me. Levi would be here. Anytime. Soon. “Oh!” With my last scream, everything went silent. I was heavily panting. Feeling the tears streaming from my closed lids. The relief took over me. Forgotten how much the unbearable pain was. And all I could hear was the sound of the mighty cry. Compelling. As I slowly opened my eyes, meeting th

