Hearing Starla's words, Brinley's heart gave a violent tremor as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.
At this moment, she truly looked pathetic.
Sniffling, Brinley choked out, "I really am at a dead end. I have absolutely nothing left. Isn't this what you wanted?"
It had to be said, the moment those words left the other woman's mouth, a flash of pure satisfaction crossed Starla's eyes. "You're right. It is exactly what I wanted."
"Then you've gotten your revenge," Brinley wept. "Are you satisfied now?"
"What are you trying to say?"
"I've lost everything. All I have left is my baby..."
At the mention of the child, Brinley sobbed so hard she could barely catch her breath. She had failed Faraday Yelchin, and she had failed her own baby.
Over the past few days, crushed by Felix and the cold rejection of her own mother, she had done a lot of thinking.
Her whole life! She used to have everything. She lacked nothing.
What had she been destroying it all for?
Now, she had lost it all. The Seabrook family had fallen. Faraday was gone. Felix Fowler didn't want her anymore.
She didn't care about any of them anymore. They had all been using her. Felix was one thing, but even her own mother had just seen her as a pawn. She was done with them all.
But thinking of that poor baby in the hospital, she knew she had to keep him alive.
"My baby is all I have left. He truly needs me. Starla, I'm begging you... have some mercy and save my child."
With that, Brinley collapsed to her knees, bowing so low her forehead rested against the cold floor.
She was genuinely desperate to save the child. That tiny baby was the only person in the world who wouldn't use her, the only one who genuinely needed her.
She didn't need to put her life on the line for anyone else. What were those people to her? But her child was different. That was her own flesh and blood; she had to take responsibility.
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