It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Abi Knight is startled awake in the middle of the night to a ringing phone and devastating news – her teenage daughter, Olivia, has been in a terrible accident. Abi is told that Olivia slipped and fell from a bridge into the icy water below, and now she lies silent, dependent on life support. But then Abi sees the angry bruises around Olivia’s wrists and learns that her sensible daughter is in fact three months pregnant . . . Would you believe it if they told you it was an accident?
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Sexual assault of a minor
- Teen pregnancy
- Death from a fall
- Daughter on life support
*Context : The protagonist’s pregnant teenage daughter fell off a bridge after being assaulted. She is on life support until she is able to deliver the baby or the baby dies.
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