Ache

Since moving to the city, Jessi Alley has had a lot to worry about. Keeping the electricity on. Keeping track of her brothers and sisters. Keeping on top of everybody's homework. Keeping her bruises hidden. Keeping her father's secrets. Getting pregnant never occurred to her. And now she has a terrible choice to make. Letting her baby die, whether at her father's hands or a doctor's, isn't an option. Sacrificing her little sister's innocence to preserve its life isn't, either. In a moment of brokenness and desperation, Jessi tells her best friend. Noah's solution is devastatingly perfect. It will keep her safe. Keep Kelly pure. Keep the baby alive. But it will destroy his reputation and deny him Africa. And, at any time, it could be unraveled.