The doctor trying to save my life in the delivery room was my ex-husband—the same man who left me pregnant in the rain. What I told him made him stumble back.

you didn’t think to tell me?”

“I didn’t want to upset you,” he admitted. “I didn’t want to bring up the past when we’ve built a life together. But Alice… she was in trouble.”

I folded my arms. “What kind of trouble?”

He hesitated before answering. “Her husband. He’s not a nice man. She told me she was trying to escape, but she had nowhere to go and no continue reading …