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"How many times do we have to go through this! Arthur came down with a strange illness. No one knew what it was. And the child was dead before it was born. I didn't kill it. I loved Mandra. She was my daughter!"
Crystal swiped at the tears that were starting to gather in her eyes. Memories of seeing her beautiful little girl dead haunted her every thought and movement. Then having to explain to Arthur that their child, whom he hadn't seen be born, had died in her womb was one of the hardest things that she had ever encountered.
"Arthur and I loved each other. Mandra was the proof of our love. She died long before her birth. How can you think that I would want to kill the one man I have ever loved and the child I was carrying? Couldn't you see how it had pushed me over the edge? I know he was your brother and that Mandra would have been your neice. I know that that is hard for you, but you aren't going through the same thing. I lost my entire little family. Within a month! You have no right to sit here and threaten me."
Crystal turned away.
"Please Cordelia. Just leave me alone," she said softly.
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