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Miraculously, she survived that darkest hour, but just as she began to tentatively pick up the pieces of her shattered life, fate delivered another seismic shock. At the tender age of seventeen, barely out of childhood herself and still reeling from the profound trauma that had defined her formative years, Pattie Mallette discovered she was pregnant. This was not a carefully planned step into adulthood; it was an unforeseen whirlwind that threatened to capsize her already fragile existence. A young woman still struggling with her own demons, facing an uncertain future, suddenly confronted the ultimate responsibility: bringing another life into the world. The shock was immense, the fear palpable. How could she possibly nurture and protect a child when her own emotional scars were still so raw, her path so uncertain, and her resources so limited? The weight of this unexpected reality pressed down on her with suffocating force, thrusting her into an impossible situation that demanded an immediate, life-altering choice, one that would define her strength and courage in ways she never imagined.
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