"Take care of yourself, Lucy. We can't have you risking the heir of our lineage!" exclaims the 50 year old man, as he observes his Daughter in law, trying to tidy up the couch and its cushions. Lucy returns a warm smile, "Dad, you worry too much. Nothing is going to happen." The old man scoffs as he takes his seat at his recliner and picks up a newspaper, "As if, I'm not risking a single thing about this baby boy." "You sure are already attached to the boy, huh dad?" This question was proposed by the guy who hasn't left Lucy's side for the past 5 months, her Husband. Seating himself on the sofa, now all tidied up by Lucy, the man continues as he cleans his shoes, "My wife can take care of herself well, you don't have to nag her for everything." Lucy takes her place by her husband, still smiling, "As the heir of the Khana family, it's only normal for him to be worried about, Dear." The young man glances at Lucy for a second before returning to his shoes, "You sure are a daddy's girl." Lucy's smile widens as she tries to cover her mouth with her hand, a light chuckle is heard from behind the newspaper. The fire cackles as silence fills the air. December 22nd. Outside, the world is blanketed in thick snow, each flake glistening under the soft glow of a crescent moon. Tall trees stand silently, their branches heavy with white, while the wind whispers gently, creating a serene atmosphere. Inside, the warmth of the fireplace casts a flickering light across the room, shadows performing their own dance. Lucy closes her eyes, wishing for this moment to be for eternity. But she also wished for another member to join this serenity. She places her hand on her stomach as she smiles to herself once again. "I wish your mother was here to see this..", a voice filled with sadness comes from behind the newspaper. "How happy would she have been to hold her grandson." Lucy trying to reassure the old man, "Then you do it for her as well Dad." No reply comes back, other than the noise of the newspaper being flicked to the next page. His shoes now shining, Lucy's Husband gets up, "Well I suppose we ought to sleep now. Need to visit the clinic tomorrow." "Ah, for the gender reveal?" Lucy replies as she tidies up the spot where the couple sat. "Is there such need?", a voice devoid of any emotion comes from the newspaper. "There isn't. It's gonna be a boy.", the man exclaims as he puts his shoes in the cabinet. The room didn't have a trace of empathy anymore. Something the family had noticed and so the old man gets up and leaves the room. Followed by his son, and then Lucy. The day comes, the day that will reassure them of the heir they'll have. But alas, that was only what they had hoped for to come. The Goddess of Misfortune itself had decided to greet the family instead. The car ride to the clinic was silent. The car ride from the clinic was also silent. But two of them were different. One of them had hopes, dreams and warmth. The other had nothing but despair. The family was once again seated in the same room. "Kill it." Lucy's face slowly turns towards her husband, almost as if she didn't hear what he said clearly. Or rather, she didn't want to hear those words. "...what?" "Kill it." "T-the child?" Her husband's cold blue eyes stare right into hers frightened brown ones, "We can always have another." "N-NO!" "Lucy. I was not asking." Lucy's back instinctually backs up a bit. She turns to her father in law for help, "Dad, are you not gonna say anything?!" There was no answer. The old man just sat there with his face in palms. Silence fills the air once again. Lucy looks down at her baby, her eyes starting to water. Who cares about it's gender? It's her child. Her's and her husband's. Who decided that if it can't be a boy, it didn't deserve to live? Who decided that that boys will always be "right" gender? Who decided that the girls were "mistake"? After a while, Lucy breaks the silence, "I will not give up on her." She stared at the wall. She knew she didn't have the courage to say it to either of the men's faces. So she said it to the wall. The father in law, finally, voices his thoughts, "I'm glad your mother didn't have to see this." With the little he said, his blow was the hardest. With just this, he leaves the room. The moment Lucy hears those words, tears flow down her rosy cheeks as her stare is petrified to the recliner old man was satisfied in. "P-please...don't kill her....please." Her husband leaves as well, as Lucy watches him to do so. With her head down, she starts crying. Using the last of the restraint she had to not let any noise out of her mouth. She hears footsteps returning to the room. She gets up hastily, deciding to try and convince them to have the baby. She stops in her tracks as her husband stands at the door. He had something in his hands. A coat hanger. He slowly steps towards Lucy. Lucy terrified, steps back. ""Lucy, just come to me. Don't make this harder than it needs to be." Lucy shaking her head, tears flowing out of her eyes as she covers her mouth in disbelief, continues stepping back. "LUCY JUST COME TO ME DAMN IT" Lucy not being able to think straight tries to bolt out of the door, her husband tries to catch her by the hair but misses by an inch. She runs straight up to the bedroom and locks the door. She could hear her husband's angry hurried footsteps up the stairs. She slowly falls down with her back against the door. She starts crying out, not holding back anymore. Her husband starts banging at the door, "Lucy, open the door." Lucy barely being able to form words, "i...i-i can-n't...I'm sorry... please..please don't hurt me....or my child.." "It's not your child. It's deadmeat. OPEN THE DOOR." With this, her husband starts banging at the door with his full force. Lucy gets frightened and crawls away from the banging. Her back now facing the eindow, she can see the door's hinges coming out from the continuous banging. She slowly gains her footing, and tries to escape through the window. It's a winter night. There's nothing but blackness of the night and whitness of the snow. She slowly crawls out of the window, she'd have to jump to escape. She's on the first floor after all. But there is no other way. She decides that she's going to go to her mother's. That's the only place she can go to. But she'd have to jump. She reconsiders if she can go back but there is no way she can sacrifice her child. And even if she did, what's the guarantee it won't happen again? It has already happened twice now, what's more? No, she will not stand for this anymore. She will jump. Or will she?

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