Non Fiction • Oct 11, 2024 • 5 min read

SURVIVOR'S SECRETS

A nurse arrives at a house call, expecting to assist with a routine childbirth, but is immediately unsettled by an eerie atmosphere and an unspoken connection with the soon-to-be mother. As she assists in delivering the baby, the nurse is haunted by the unspoken truths she and the mother share—both women trapped in a cycle of abuse. The nurse witnesses the woman’s silent plea to save her newborn daughter from the same fate, but is overwhelmed by her own helplessness and trauma. Bound by a shared pain, the two women communicate in a language only they understand.