I had barely stepped into the stairwell when Ava came after me. "Jessica!"
The instant I turned, she seized me by the shoulders. My back crashed into the fire door, sending it swinging open and revealing the staircase below.
"If you lose that baby, the doctors will reassess you!"
She shoved me backward with all her strength.
I clung to the doorframe with one hand and covered my stomach with the other. "Ava, let go!"
"That isn't a baby!" she shrieked, lunging at me again. "It's an excuse to kill me!"
My heel skidded over the edge of the step.
"You can have another baby later! Mom will pay for IVF. You can have as many as you want! But once I'm gone, it's over!"
As my foot slipped, a nurse screamed.
Two security guards came charging down the hall. One seized Ava while the other caug
