Chapter 3 - Strike the Deepest Blow

Haunted by shame and buried under the weight of survival, Alice returns home with a lie to cover the truth—but her secret is a child. As Cyrus devises a cruel ultimatum, Alice faces a choice no mother should ever have to make. In this devastating chapter, we witness how despair, deception, and depression collide at the cost of one fragile life, and how Maury’s survival becomes nothing short of a miracle.