She’s traumatized, she believes that if she gives birth to Winters child, the abuse will stop because she will be needed. That winter will acknowledge her because the child will depend on her to a certain point. It’s a method of survival rather than bandaid for a bullet wound. She has been abuse for the past several years. She most likely has sever Stockholm syndrome as well. I mean, why would she have a divorce anymore if they locked her in a closet for it, traumatizing her and showing her the punishment of that suggestion.

So not going to bother mentioning the ML and his crappy behavior and the gaslighting from the parents. Everybody else already is. My concern is our FL went from suicidal, to wanting a divorce, to wanting to move (while still holding out for the suicide option if changing bodies doesn't work) and now she wants a baby. Yes prompted by the abusive parents, but why would she even think to try and convince Winter for a baby? Does she think a child will solve all their problems now that its in her head? Every character here is so fucking flawed that the pacing the author is using for the sake of the story is going to ruin it. I understand that since its a story the author needs to keep people interested but the progress of character development is being sacrificed.