Grace begged him to stop and take her to the hospital. She cried and screamed that the baby was coming, but James refused to listen to her desperate please. The servants heard the commotion and came running, but they were too afraid to interfere with their master’s anger. James opened the front door and pushed Grace out into the cold night with all his strength.
Grace fell hard on the concrete ground outside the gate, crying and holding her stomach in terrible pain. She looked back at James standing in the doorway and could not believe this was the same man she had married 2 years ago. James threw Grace’s small bag of clothes at her. He shouted that she should go back to her poor village family where she belonged.
James said he never wanted to see her face again as long as he lived. Then he slammed the door shut, leaving Grace alone in the darkness with nowhere to go and no one to help her. The security guard at the gate was shocked when he saw what happened. His name was Peter, and he had always been kind to Grace.
He wanted to help Grace, but James shouted at him from the window to stay away. James told Peter that if he helped Grace, he would lose his job immediately and he would make sure Peter never worked anywhere in the city again. Peter stepped back in fear because he had a wife and three children to feed. He watched helplessly as Grace struggled on the ground trying to stand up.
