There were stains on her hands from trying to help her mother.
I knelt and pulled her into my arms.
“Is Mommy going to die?” she whispered.
For the first time in decades, I struggled to find the right words.
“No, sweetheart. The doctors are going to help her. We’re going to stay strong for Mommy and the baby.”
I followed the ambulance to the hospital, with Lydia beside me.Find Hospitals
The moment we arrived, the medical team rushed Cassidy straight into surgery for an emergency delivery. A physician later explained that her injuries were consistent with repeated blunt-force trauma, not the kind of damage doctors would expect from an ordinary fall.
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My daughter was fighting for her life.
And somewhere out there, the man who had hurt her was free to walk away.
The baby boy was delivered prematurely at thirty-four weeks and taken directly to the neonatal intensive-care unit. Cassidy had lost a dangerous amount of blood, but the doctors managed to stabilize her.Track Pregnancy
