Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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No response.

I fired off a couple more messages, but still nothing. She was probably swamped-again. And yep, nailed it. Turns out the mom of the 1,385th baby had a serious postpartum bleed, so Lena had to ditch her phone and bolt back into the OR.

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By the time Lena finally stepped out of the OR, the sun was up, and she was still wearing the chaos of the night-scrubs streaked with blood, hands showing traces of the battle. But the mother had made it.

"Have the family meet me in my office," she told a nurse on her way to the locker room.

During the surgery, Lena found out the real reason for the mother's bleeding: stress. And not just any stress.

Turns out, the husband had completely lost it over the baby being a girl. He'd spewed garbage about how they'd "wasted ten months on her, pampering her with good food and care, just for her to pop out something "worthless." Oh, and the cherry on top? He casually mentioned selling the baby-apparently, someone out there would cough up one grand for a girl.

It wasn't Lena's first rodeo with trash like this, but it never got easier. This kind of stuff lit her up inside.

She hadn't even finished changing when the guy stormed into her office, finger jabbing the air. "I didn't sign off on anything! I'm not paying for her surgery!"

already fraying. She took two steps toward him. "What did you just say? Say

hands or the way she squared up, but the guy's swagger faltered. Still, he muttered, "I'm not

really? Let's see how that goes for

Women bleed after childbirth-it's normal. She wasn't in any danger. You just wanted to

jabbed a finger right at his face. "Your wife just gave birth to your child, and instead of showing her an ounce of care or

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my family's business. You're just a doctor. Your job was to deliver the baby-so stay out of it." A middle-aged woman strolled in. No introduction needed-it was obviously the mother-in-law. Clearly, terrible attitudes ran in the family. Lena's voice was ice-cold. "While she's in this hospital,

you! Acting like some

"Call the police. Women and children are under legal protection in this country. Let's see who's so bold now."! With

slammed into

someone could just hold her for a minute. But

a plane right

yesterday-he'd

if the last time he'd been too busy to really be there, she couldn't

and a wardrobe refresh, Lena hit the hospital room to check on her patient. Predictably, the vibes were grim. The woman looked like life had punched her

family? Total no-shows of care or love. If they