Billy smirked through the screen. "You're going all out for this act, Isabel. Forgot what happened last time? Need to lose the baby to learn?"

"I'm not acting!" I screamed.

My abdomen sank, something slipping away. Blood pooled beneath me.

Something was wrong with the wine. I realized it had been spiked with an abortion drug.

"This is our child! He's eight months old!" I cried my heart out.

He didn't flinch. "You know how that kid happened. Good riddance. You don't deserve my child. Only Alicia does."

I knew what he meant. Teresa, desperate for a grandkid, had spiked his milk to get us together.

Billy always thought it was me, no matter how hard I tried to explain it. Since I got pregnant, he'd been cold to me and stuck with Alicia all the time, saying he owed her.

Just then, Emily sent a video of Teresa, beaten and bruised.

Her legs were detached, and she moaned in pain, "Billy, I can't take it. Save me!"

I shoved the phone at them, but Billy only got colder. "One trick fails, so you try another? Even faked a video. Good for you, but I'm not falling for it this time."

My strength gave out, and I blacked out.

When I woke up, I was at the party. Billy's arm was around Alicia as he toasted the crowd.

I crawled to him, grabbing his pants leg. "You have to save Teresa. Believe me just this once. Her life is in your hands."

The pain was excruciating, but I refused to give up.

"You're still acting?" he snapped. "That's my mom. You think I'd let her die?"

...

He kicked me away, brushing off his pants like I was filth.

"If you don't believe me, send someone to check if she's home," I insisted.

Reluctantly, he sent a guy.

Soon, a call came. "Boss, everything is fine. Mrs. Stone Sr. is reading at home."

The man even sent a video of Teresa sitting calmly at her desk. I was stunned, wondering if she wasn't kidnapped at all.

Billy sneered, kicking me in the abdomen. "You're vile. Still lying on your last breath?"

Ignoring the tearing pain, I called Emily. "Is Mom back?"

"She is," Emily replied.

Relief hit me, but her following words shattered it.