After My Miscarriage, He Forced Me to Get My Tubes Tied

It was only after I married Sebastian Sever that I learned his ex-wife hadn't just taken away custody of his daughter.

She'd also walked off with a promise from him.

Every season, he had to spend half a month on a family trip with the two of them, mother and daughter, with the ex-wife deciding the time and the place.

So on the day of our honeymoon, I was left alone on the plane.

For three years running, our wedding anniversary always ended with me stood up.

Until his daughter mailed me a prank gift that frightened me so badly I tumbled down the stairs.

The fall caused an on-the-spot miscarriage with heavy bleeding, and they needed to reach a family member to sign off on surgery.

But it took more than a dozen calls before Sebastian finally picked up.

His voice was tired and impatient.

"Shelagh Cooley, you're so jealous now that you've learned to lie and sling mud at my little girl?"

"Today is the first day of the fall family trip. There's no way I'm leaving the two of them to come back and keep you company."

"Oh, and tomorrow you go get your tubes tied. I promised her mother I'd only ever have one child, and that's Nina Abbott."

So it turned out that even if I hadn't miscarried.

He'd never intended to keep the child in my belly at all.

I hung up calmly and signed the surgery consent form myself.

Since he couldn't let go of his ex-wife and their daughter.

Then the title of Mrs. Sebastian was one I'd simply hand back.