Second Chances
Psychological Drama · fiction

The Burden He Learned to Carry

The first thing my daughter ever heard her father say about her was that she was a burden. Not that she was beautiful. Not that she was brave. Not even that she looked like me. A burden. “I need a son,” Grant said coldly. “Not another burden.” The divorce papers struck the clear plastic wall of Lily’s incubator with a soft slap that sounded...

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Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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