A searing pain ripped through my abdomen and lower back.
Curled up on the cold concrete steps, I watched Ethan shove me and then take off running.
Within seconds, he was gone.
Warm blood spread beneath me, soaking through my clothes and staining the concrete red.
I reached out with a trembling hand, trying to grab a passerby's sleeve. But the darkness closed in too fast.
*****
The next thing I knew, someone was shaking me violently in a hospital.
"Where is my son?!"
Jennifer stood over my hospital bed, her hair disheveled and her eyes wild.
She grabbed my arm and yanked it hard.
"Susan! If you hate me, take it out on me! Give Ethan back! Give me my son!"
Agonizing pain shot through my body. Black spots danced across my vision.
The first thing Mike did was pull Jennifer into his
