"Nothing in life is promised except for death." -Kanye West

Two weeks after the belly pains incident, Anita suddenly woke up at around 1:30 in the morning. Surprisingly, it wasn't Victor's soft snoring that had woken her up or even the twins crying out for whatever reason. Rather, it was Lily's movements that woke her up... or at least, lack thereof.

"Victor," Anita murmured. "Victor, wake up."

No response.

"Victor," Anita murmured again. "Victor, wake up."

Victor yawned and turned to look at her. "What is it?"

"It's Lily."

"What about her? Her kicking keeping you from sleeping or something?"

"No... actually, I can't feel her anymore."

"Maybe she's tired? You'd be tired, too, if you kicked your mom all day long."

"I mean... I know I had a problem with Liam and Millie using me like a punching bag when I was pregnant with them, but at least I knew from that that they were still alive. What if there's actually something wrong with her? I know Dr. Pertwee said last time that she was healthy, but I have a bad feeling that something's happened to her..."

Victor continued to look at her, noting the worried look on her face. "Alright, I tell you what, Anita. Just try to get some sleep. If she's still not moving or kicking by the time you wake up, go to the doctor, okay? Also, let me know if the doctor says anything, okay?"

Anita nodded. "Okay."

Victor smiled at her. "Okay. Remember, we're partners at work and in marriage."

Anita smiled back at him. "I still remember."

Anita sat in the waiting room, her hands resting tensely on her swollen belly. She had to come alone after Victor was called away on an important mission with Delphine. She asked Mildred to come watch the twins while she saw Dr. Pertwee about Lily. She wasn't sure what to expect to hear from Dr. Pertwee, but she couldn't help but get the feeling that it wasn't good. She tried to distract herself with happier memories, memories from before she'd gotten pregnant again... so many amazing memories. She remembered the first time she and Victor had brought Liam and Millie home from hospital. She remembered the first time she actually got to meet her first children. A feeling of relief had washed over her, knowing that the babies hadn't suffered any major injuries.

Meanwhile, Dr. Pertwee and a nurse waited on the other side of the door, both of them very nervous as to how Anita would take the news. Dr. Pertwee could practically feel his heart breaking just thinking about it. He knew it could only go downhill from there. The nurse was about to cry when Dr. Pertwee excused her for the rest of the day.

"Mrs. Knight?" Dr. Pertwee called out as he emerged from behind the door.

Anita looked up and followed him inside.

"Just give it to me straight, Dr. Pertwee," Anita simply said. "I can take it."

"A-Are you sure?" Dr. Pertwee asked uncertainly.

"Yes."

"Okay." Dr. Pertwee took a deep breath before he continued. "There's no other way I can say this… but while I was doing the sonogram on you, I couldn't find Lily's heartbeat…"

Anita didn't show much reaction to what she'd been told. "She's dead, isn't she?"

Dr. Pertwee sighed, trying desperately not to cry in front of his patient. "I'm afraid so."

Dr. Pertwee then did something that he had never done before in his professional career and gave her a genuine hug. It was rare and painful to inform people of these sort of things, but he figured it would be better to give her the painful truth now than to sugarcoat a lie and postpone her grief.

Anita remained deathly silent for approximately fifteen seconds.

Dr. Pertwee took it as a cue to speak again. "Well, we've got three choices on what we can do from there. One, we can perform a late-term abortion. Two, we can induce labor now. Or three, we can induce at a later date…"

Anita wasn't sure what she wanted to do with the pregnancy right then. If there was one person who could help her decide on how best to deal with this situation, it was Victor.

"Uh, Dr. Pertwee?" Anita quietly asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Knight?" Dr. Pertwee asked back.

"I'd like to talk to my husband about this first. May I?"

"Of course." Dr. Pertwee started gathering his things. "Take as much time as you need. Just let me know when you're ready. I'll be right outside."

Once Dr. Pertwee had left the room, Anita quickly called up Victor on her cellphone. It didn't take long for him to answer.

"H-Hello?" Victor asked.

"Hey, Victor," Anita said. "I saw the doctor and..."

"And what?"

"Well..." Anita told Victor everything that happened. "All that's left now is to decide on what happens with Lily. Dr. Pertwee said we could go through with a late-term abortion, we could induce labor today, or we could induce labor later this week or next week."

"Well, what do you think?"

"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you."

And so, after a lengthy discussion about the issue, it was decided that she would have labor induced a week from today. Once they'd come to that decision, Anita informed Dr. Pertwee about it and he approved.

Later that evening, Victor and Anita found themselves in the nursery that had been intended for Lily. They'd been so happy about their Surprise Lily, even after their initial doubts, and then... and then this happened. Anita sat in the rocking chair, silently crying and mourning her loss.

"It's gonna be alright," Victor tried to assure her while he stood beside her. "I promise."

"No, it's not, Victor," Anita just contradicted.

Victor firmly grasped her hand. "C'mon, Anita. Don't say that."

"Victor, I'm telling you it's not going to be okay!" Anita suddenly yelled, aggressive tears streaming down her face. "It's not! Our daughter's going to be born dead and it's all my fault!"

"Anita... it's not your fault..."

"Yes, it is, Victor! It was my body that failed her! It was my body that killed her! I killed her, Victor! I have nobody to blame for this but myself..." Her full body trembled with more silent sobs. "I... I'm so sorry. I should've aborted the moment I found out I was pregnant again..."

Victor bent down to hug her. "Anita, Anita, listen to me... this is not your fault. It's not your fault, it's not my fault, it's not our kids' faults... it's nobody's fault. Now I don't know why Lily had to die, but it wasn't our faults, okay? I don't know why these things happen, but they do, and we just have to live with that."

Anita clutched his chest and sobbed harder before quickly calming down. "O-Okay... okay. I believe you. But how do we tell the kids?"