And The Daddy Is… The Infertile Guy?!

Chapter 83

Eve lay crumpled on the floor, her complexion ashen, clutching at her chest before consciousness slipped away from her.

Gwendolyn’s face set in a mask of determination as she rapidly hit the emergency call button beside the hospital bed.

“Mrs. Lopez!”

“Mrs. Lopez, wake up.”

With the urgency of the situation and the nursing staff thinly spread during the lunch. break, Gwendolyn carefully laid Eve flat on her back. Eve’s breaths were shallow, her heartbeat dangerously slow.

Placing the heel of one hand in the center of her chest, Gwendolyn positioned her other hand on top and began CPR.

“1001! 1002!” She counted out loud with tense focus until a nurse arrived to assist and call for the cardiology team.

“Get the oxygen mask on her and attach the electrode pads.”

“Right! Gwendolyn, keep it steady!” the nurse said, kneeling to prepare the equipment. In these moments, no one dared interrupt a trainee executing life–saving measures.

“No need for defibrillation! Keep up the compressions!”

golden four minutes

of sweat dotting her

ECG, body taut with anticipation. Suddenly, the erratic lines. steadied. “Dr.

hands, collapsing onto the floor,

for oxygen therapy. Run a

slumped into a nearby

subjected to a series of tests,

been a simple fall that led to

Eve murmured, regaining consciousness with embarrassment. “I thought

again and wanted to

under the skilled

of her stability, the doctors and nurses left, entrusting Gwendolyn to keep

rhythm of

you. I was nearly knocking on heaven’s door.” Eve spoke weakly from the bed, “It would’ve been nice

reddened from the tight straps of her mask, Gwendolyn advised, “You should consider hiring a caregiver, Mrs. Lopez. Next time, luck might not be on your side.” She wasn’t a critical patient, and with her cantankerous nature, the medical staff couldn’t always afford

don’t want a caregiver. I only want to go home. Every corner of that house reminds me of

used to pray for

her deep love for her husband

wonder she had missed him so