Chapter 2 - YOU KICKED MY BABY
Rachel crossed the gym in three steps.
“What did you do?!”
Tyler shrugged.
Jason laughed behind him.
Rachel dropped to Emma.
Scooped her up.
Checked:
head,
arms,
breathing,
eyes.
Emma clung to her neck.
“Waaah… Mama…”
Tyler said:
“It was just a joke.”
Rachel slowly stood.
“You kicked my baby.”
Tyler spread his arms.
“So what?”
The gym went quiet.
That was the moment Jason’s phone captured perfectly.
Rachel’s face went cold.
Emma buried her face against her shoulder.
“Mama…”
Rachel turned toward the weight rack.
One free hand.
A heavy dumbbell.
She grabbed it.
Tyler’s smile disappeared.
Rachel lifted.
Pulled her arm back.
Jason shouted:
“Yo—”
Then gym manager Daniel Brooks moved faster than anyone expected.
He caught Rachel’s wrist.
“RACHEL!”
She froze.
The dumbbell never left her hand.
Daniel took it carefully.
Rachel stared at Tyler.
Breathing hard.
“If you ever touch her again—”
Daniel interrupted.
“Not here.”
Not because Tyler deserved protection from consequences.
Because Rachel had almost given him the exact image he wanted.
Jason lowered his phone.
Too late.
He had the clip.
Rachel holding a baby.
Dumbbell raised.
Tyler stepping backward.
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No footage yet showed Emma being shoved.
At least not on Jason’s version.
