Ignore Her Existence

How long had Nine sat there next to Mom waiting for someone to return?

It was beginning to feel like they had probably forgotten them, or planned to do something with them. It would make sense, wouldn't it? If they tried getting rid of her and her baby.

For the first time, since that day began, her hand rose to touch her stomach. There really was something growing inside of her. Something that would live. Something that she created.

How could she never have known? Seen the signs? Was that why she had been sick?

"Oh, yes, touch it."

Mom's voice brought her out of her thoughts as she turned to the woman who now bore a devious grin. "Because that thing is going to make me very rich,"

Bile rose to Nine's throat. How could she have forgotten? She still belonged to Mom, and now that she had a child, the same thing would happen.

The thought that she'd bring a child into her life, to suffer the same way she had, made tears come up again. She couldn't let that happen. That would be— Oh, Godd