I Let Her Ruin Herself Chapter 11
The staff sent her to the hospital, where tests confirmed she was pregnant.
Carol nearly had a meltdown when she got to the ER.
She had poured a fortune into Taylor’s voice lessons, dance classes, and acting coaches. Taylor had just turned eighteen, and her college applications hadn’t even come back yet.
Derek walked into the room carrying a plastic bag of grocery-store apples.
“The baby’s mine,” he announced. “She’s keeping it. I’ll take care of them.”
Carol, furious, told him to get out.
But Taylor grabbed Derek’s hand and declared she was keeping the baby.
She believed a child and a home would make him give up the fighting, the clubs, and his deadbeat friends.
“Mom, I love him,” she cried. “No one loves me the way he does.”
“You and Dad only care if I get into a good school. You just want a daughter you can show off to your friends.”
“You control everything I eat because you’re afraid I’ll get fat before an audition. Derek buys me caramel milkshakes after dance class.”
“He’s not afraid to let people know he loves me. He claims me in front of everyone.”
Mark and Carol really had been strict about her grades and her weight.