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It had been three years since I married Anthony Bartlett. After a difficult labor that lasted a whole day and night, I finally gave birth to our daughter.
But when Anthony took the baby from the nurse, he named her Bonnie Bartlett. I stiffened on the delivery bed.
I knew that Anthony’s ex–girlfriend was named Barbara Dorsey.
During my postpartum recovery, I received a video. In it, a drunk Anthony complained to his ex about my body, about how I had changed, and about the unpleasant smell of breast milk.
He said that while he married me, his heart would always belong to her.
I looked at my daughter’s peaceful sleeping face in her swaddling blanket, and Anthony had no idea that this time, I was done. I didn’t want him or his love anymore.
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It was the fifteenth day after I gave birth.
Anthony hadn’t come back once.
It all started when I fought desperately on the delivery bed to stop Anthony from naming our daughter Bonnie.
He looked at me in disappointment and said, “It is just a name. Why are you making such a big deal out of it?” But I couldn’t accept it.
Why should I?
Why did Anthony think he could name our daughter after the woman he still longed for?
Even though I nearly bled to death on that bed because of the stress, Anthony still went ahead and registered our daughter under the name Bonnie Bartlett while I was being rushed into ICU for emergency care.
I was left alone at home, holding our daughter in her swaddling blanket.
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Barbara had once said that postpartum recovery wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be. Her friend had managed just fine looking after bar own child on her own.
So, Anthony thought it was fine to refuse to hire a postpartum nurse for me.
“Nina, my Nina.” I whispered softly, calling my daughter by the nickname I had chosen for her. I tried to feed her, but because of wesrything that had happened, I had no mulk left.
na red loudly from hunger.
At that moment, I couldn’t hold back any longer and broke down, crying along with her.
Anthony and I had m
when we were both volunteering at an orphanage.
From the moment he saw me, he started puring me. But no matter how kind he was, I never felt anything for him-
It wasn’t until the time when I was haramed by some
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thugs becation of work and Anthony risked his life to protem me that I slowly started to accept him.
I
was an orphan.
Anthony made me feel what it was like to be loved and cared for.
He told me he loved my kindness the most.
But after we married, I realized that the reason Anthony had pursued me wat because of who I was. It was because my eyes locked really like Barbara
How laughable. Both I and bur daughter had become tools for Anthony to miss Barbara.
Anthony and Barbara had bem college sweetheart. But when they were about to get married, Barbara left him to purnus opportunities abroad
To my surprise, not only did Anthony not have her, but he continued to cherish her as his true love, the perfect love he could never forget.
I heard footsteps at the door, and the door opened.
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It was Anthony coming back.
was about to call out for help when my arms, are from holding Nina day and night for the past two weeks, fully gave in. My body ached all over, and my eyes were red fromhauen. I was barely holding it together.
Anthony, Na….sha…
Anthony frowned.
“What Nina 1 sold you already her name is Bonnie Bartlett, I really don’t get it. Why are you so patty over a name?”
“Look at this place, it’s a me. And Bonnie’s crying. Don’t you know how to
to take
care of her
My eyes filled with bears I wared to argue with him.
But I had barely at anything nutnous in days, and I was completely drained. “I don’t have mike. Could you please make some soup for ma
I weakly ploaded.
Affectionate late
