They Broke The Wrong Woman

Summary

The first thing I saw when I turned from the billing counter was a strange woman dragging my fifty-five-year-old mother-in-law toward the abortion clinic by a fistful of her silver-streaked hair.

The sight sent a splinter of ice straight through my heart. I started to run, to scream, but a nurse grabbed my arm, her grip surprisingly strong. “Don’t,” she hissed, her eyes wide with a mixture of fear and excitement. “That’s Eleanor Reed, our Dean’s wife. She’s dealing with a mistress. You don’t want to get in the middle of that.”