Samuel Johnson's eyes widened in disbelief, and he bellowed, "Amanda Smith, do you BLANKing want my child to call that man dad? Have you lost your mind? I will never allow such a thing, so you can just give up on that idea right now!"
He pushed her away forcefully, watching coldly as she stumbled and fell against the wall, looking at him with a pair of bewildered, tearful eyes.
His thoughts grew cruel, and Amanda's words only reinforced his belief—that child must not be kept.
He would not give Amanda Smith a chance to give birth to this child, nor would he give Evan Willow the chance to have his child call him dad.
That would be an insult to him.
Amanda Smith's body weakly hit the wall; she seemed unable to feel any pain anymore. When the soul begins to despair, the pain of the flesh can easily be ignored.