Blessed Curse
“I
couldn’t save her. Mary bled to death,” the midwife said.
John
smashed his fist on the table. Plates and shards of broken glass clattered to
the floor.
He
heard the cries of a baby from the other room.
“God,
why did you take her?” he cursed.
The
midwife came from the other room and placed the tiny child into his arms.
John
rubbed his eyes and prayed the baby would die. He couldn’t live without Mary.
Damn
the child.
Catherine Shields
Catherine Shields is a
retired educator from Miami, Florida. She is a member of the Florida Writers
Association, and her work appears in 45
Magazine Women's Literary Journal, Levitate Magazine,
and Ariel Chart.
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