Behind me, Sophie's wailing grew louder.
"Rhys, make her disappear. I can't stand looking at her anymore. If she finds out we're getting married soon, she'll try to ruin our wedding."
Rhys's voice softened as he soothed her. "Shh, trust me, baby. I won't let anything go wrong on our wedding day."
"You're going to be the most beautiful bride in the world."
"..."
The freezer door groaned shut.
Minus fifteen degrees. The cold hit like a thousand ice needles, piercing straight through to my bones.
I curled up against one of the storage units, pounding on the door. "Rhys Abbott, let me out!"
"This is false imprisonment! It's illegal! Let me out!"
My thin surgical scrubs were useless against the biting cold. My thoughts began to blur, freezing over like frost on glass.
I don't know how long I'd been there when Rhys's voice cut through the haze. "Learned your lesson yet? Going to try this again?"
"Leonora, don't think that giving me a child entitles you to touch what's mine."
"I'm making sure you understand exactly what happens to anyone who does."
Rhys stood just outside the freezer, carrying Sophie in his arms like a princess.