Love Unspoken

Quinn found herself staring at her now-empty suitcase, its contents reduced to a mere handful of undergarments. A wry smile tugged at her lips as she chose silence over protest. The woman who had just left had no idea that the few pieces of clothing she'd just acquired could have covered the down payment for a decent apartment.

However, Quinn's mind was not preoccupied with clothes. Her thoughts were consumed by the child growing inside her.

It was only after the woman had departed that Quinn summoned the strength to visit a doctor. The local clinic was unimpressive, a simple two-story building where the first floor served as the outpatient area and the second housed infusion and inpatient care. With only five doctors working in shifts, it was far from bustling.

Finding no other patients around, Quinn quietly knocked and entered the consultation room. The doctor looked up in surprise. He recognized her from the previous night when she had been rushed in, causing him and his colleagues to work overtime. The initial plan was to transfer her to a larger hospital, but with no next of kin, she ended up being treated here.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, sliding a pen and paper across the table toward her.

Quinn picked up the pen and wrote, "Doctor, how is my baby?"

the pregnancy is at risk. Even if we manage to save it, you're likely to face complications, possibly even a miscarriage." He paused, then added, "My advice is to consider a termination for

between relief that her child was still alive and distress

if it has to be done later." Quinn bit her lip, taking a moment before responding.

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one final line on the paper, "I want to

one, aren't you? If you decide to keep it, the suffering will

and scribbled a note, "I know, thank you, Doctor. I'm ready to

if you're set on it, I won't try to stop you. Go rest up for a bit, and then you can be discharged. You'll need a bigger hospital. We can't handle this here." He then asked, "Do you

to her name. She had even