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‘

to split open. Scenes and memories flashed

The babies are gone.

did everything we could,

of collapse. “No!” she screamed, her voice raw

out the IV from her hand and lunging at the

“Hold her down!”

of the sedative. We need to get her under control before she does any

flickered, casting long, eerie

are

the cold metal bed frame with

pale as a ghost, contorted as her body struggled against the restraints. “Let me go! Let me go she

I was ready to be a mother… Tears welled up

voice grew weaker, and her eyes

fading,

back. The white Porsche in the accident wasn’t registered to her. The owner

it stolen

a phone, wallet, or any identification on her. The surgery fees haven’t been paid yet. Should we stop the

morgue charges several hundred dollars a day. What

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

Chapter 235

hear the noise around her. The medication took effect, plunging her into a deep coma and temporarily numbing

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

the moment she married into the Wellington family, her days felt like a surreal

sprinting through the corridors of Wellington Villa. She searched every room, cranny, but then stopped short. What

every nook and

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