136 I Don’t Want Kids

Samantha stepped out of the hotel. She followed the directions and walked across two streets until she finally reached a streetside drugstore.

The pharmacist asked her kindly, "Hi there, Miss. What can I get you today?"

Samantha clenched her hands slightly before answering, "The morning-after pill."

After paying the money, Samantha walked out with the pills and bought a bottle of mineral water from the vending machine beside the street. She uncapped the mineral water, placed a pill in her mouth, then drank the water and swallowed the pill.

Even though she was unable to stop Timothy's request, she could not bring herself to have a child when her relationship with him was still open to question.

A child was a human life, not a toy that one could have on a whim and abandon when it was no longer wanted.

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When Timothy woke up, the first thing he did was tighten his embrace, but he soon realized that there was no one in his arms.