She was sure she was impregnated on their trek through Yellowstone. Perhaps she had not followed the directions she had been given about the use of the birth control pills. She would never be certain. The condition complicated their dilemma. They pondered running away, having the child, their love child. When they learned brother-and-sister children could be born retarded, they quickly rejected that option. Their only solution was to abort the child. That took money. They didn’t have any. Not enough. They had found a place in New Jersey where the doctor would do the abortion and make sure there were no records. Above all, they did not want any record of the procedure, and they wanted to be sure there were no complications. The cost was a thousand dollars. At that point in time, both she and Scott worked after school at their parents’ jewelry salon doing odd jobs, tidying up the premises, arranging and bringing out trays of gems for customers, and generally being helpful. Their parents normally locked all their valuable stock in their big safe in a room off the main display area.
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