The Sea You Have Forgotten

That's what her fiancé said, one month before their wedding.He wanted his dying ex-lover to have his baby. Not surrogacy drama — a real betrayal, aimed straight at her.She said no. He kept demanding she "understand" — until an ultrasound report showed up. Three weeks pregnant. Dated a full month before he ever "asked" for her permission.The conversation was never a negotiation. It was a notification.Fifteen days before the wedding, Eleanor made one decision — the kind that would haunt Vincent Moretti for the rest of his life.She didn't cry. She didn't scream.She just picked up the phone.