Crossroads

Chapter 235

Chapter 235

“Dead?” Stephanie lay flat on the hed, her mind a haze, face pale, lips parched and cracked. In a raspy voice, she choked out the words “What do you. What do you incau, dead?”

“Your babies are gone. The impact from the crash was severe. You lost a lot of blood. By the time we got you into surgery, it was too late

Her thoughts scattered, unable to think.

“There was a massive downpour last night. Why were you driving so fast on the highway in your condition? It was reckless, not just for you but for everyone else…

“Your twins were full–term. When we delivered them, there was no sign of life. It’s a tragedy”

but she couldn’t understand a single word. Stephanie stared at him blankly, eyes vacant, watching his The doctor’s words kept repeating in her ears, lips move but unable to process the sounds they made.

“The stillborns are in the morgue. We did everything we could, but it was too late…

Stephanie couldn’t hold back her scream. “You’re lying! You’re all lying to me! Her heart felt like it was being crushed in a vice, than anything she could have imagined.

the

“This can’t be happening… This can’t be real… Her lips turned pale as she repeated the words, her heart racing uncontrollably. She couldn suppress the terror within her. This overwhelining fear invaded her soul, leaving her body cold,

‘My son kicked me. That’s fetal movement. The doctor said he’s quite active.

‘Dominick, you need to learn how to change diapers and make formula. You’re going to be a father soon…

‘George postponed his 80th birthday celebration. He wants to celebrate next month with the baby’s one–month party. The Wellington family hasn’t had a happy event in a long time. Everyone is looking forward to it‘

voices and fractured images overwhelmed her. Her head throbbed, threatening to split open. Scenes and memories flashed by. each

The babies are gone.

everything we could, but it

and her mind was on the verge of collapse. “No!” she screamed, her voice raw with desperation. “You’re lying! Where my babies! Give them back! Give them

hand and lunging at the doctors and nurses around her, digging her nails into their

“Hold her down!”

extremely unstable. Increase the dose of the sedative. We need to

casting long, eerie shadows as the room erupted into

are

swarmed around her, swiftly strapping her arms and legs to the cold metal bed frame with white restraints. A sedative coursed through

as a ghost, contorted as her body struggled against the restraints. “Let

was ready to be

her voice grew weaker,

consciousness fading, so tired

conversation reached her cars. “Traffle just called back. The white Porsche in the accident wasn’t

it stolen

The surgery

morgue charges several hundred dollars a day.

like her heart was being stabbed repeatedly, her flesh torn, bleeding, and the excruciating

Chapter 235

effect, plunging her

of the Reed family, her deceased mother and grandfather, and the imposing, unreachable

jumbled. From the moment she married into

took off, sprinting through the corridors of Wellington Villa. She searched every room, cranny, but then stopped short. What was she even

every nook and

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