Chapter 121

My heart felt like it had been torn open.

Tears wouldn’t come anymore, and in a frail voice, I said, “I have no husband, no family… Please, you must save my child.”

“Well..” The nurse glanced between my legs, her expression troubled, but finally, she simply said, “We’ll do everything we can.”

Hearing these words from the medical staff, I let out a small sigh of relief.

However, as soon as I was hoisted onto the operating table and after the doctor asked about my condition, he immediately said, “Call the anesthetist, be ready for a D&C.”

I stared at the blinding operating lights, my eyes both dry and pained.

My ankle-length dress was lifted by the doctor, and though it seemed he asked me something, my mind was buzzing, leaving me with no other choice.

A slight sting on the back of my hand, and then I lost all consciousness, plunging into darkness.

“Mommy. Mommy. I’m leaving, Mommy, you don’t want me anymore…”

Watching a tiny figure drift further away from me, I cried out, “No! Don’t leave me, baby!”

When I opened my eyes, all I saw were the stark white walls.

only the sound of the IV drip remained. Christine, sitting by my side, suddenly stood up, concern in her voice, “How are

baby, where is my

Christine’s eyes instantly filled with

I touched my belly, feeling utterly numb, “My baby… I dreamt

teared up and she turned away to wipe them before reassuring me, “It’s not on you,

still couldn’t protect

my fault.

felt like an empty shell, with the chill seeping in, turning

why would you think that? If it

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From outside the door, a feeble

response, “The doctor said you can’t

me

when will you ever grow

by

around like a firecracker, but I held her back.

her numbly, “Chris, I don’t want to stay

with empathy, “The doctor said you just had… surgery, and you’re also injured, It’s

to leave

seemingly immune to the nearly fatal pain in my abdomen, and under Christine’s shocked gaze, I pulled out the IV needle and got off the

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