She Chose His Puppies Over Me

Summary

The day my heart gave out, my parents died in a car crash trying to reach the hospital through a torrential downpour.

I was still on the operating table, clinging to the fading edges of consciousness, when they slid the consent forms into my trembling hand so the surgeons could try to save them.

When I finally woke from the jaws of death, all that was left for me to see were their cold, silent bodies.

The woman who should have been holding my hand was busy posting a celebration on Facebook.

“Huge congrats to Coco! She worked so hard all night and is finally a mommy!”