Resent, Reject, Regret by Aqua Summers

Chapter 163 The Odds of the Child’s Survival Are Almost Zero

“Saved me?” Brendan’s glare was grim. The words had taken an absurd quality the moment he had heard them escape Deirdre’s lips. “You saved me? When, might I ask?”

Deirdre pressed her lips shut in despair.

He snickered. “You can’t even save yourself!” he sneered. “For the love of God, don’t ever say something that cringeworthy again. People around you are gonna feel embarrassed on your behalf!”

He let Deirdre go. Now that his booze-addled frustration had found an outlet, there was no reason for him

to stay.

She lowered her trembling eyelids. In the darkness, she dreamed of a blurry visage. A child. She had hoped that, should reincarnation be true, it would become her child again, and she would pay the debt she owed. But now, she wondered if it was just a pipe dream after all.

Sam came to visit her the next morning. He noticed the mess, Deirdre’s unmissable fatigue as she lay on her bed, and the telltale signs on her neck and collarbones. It was easy to tell what had happened last night, and his heart ached.

“Mr. Brighthall came by, didn’t he?” he asked.

in her chest back into her stomach. “He

nodded with difficulty.

“Uh, did you…?”

by so suddenly that I didn’t have the time

and finally said, “Okay. But in my humble opinion, the sooner we get that information

colonized by something else, so it was impossible

Her infertility.

up and climbed out of bed. “I’m gonna take a shower while you help me clean this up. After doing that, let’s

“Got it.”

the room up, and the two of them left the ward. A few steps later, though, Deirdre suddenly asked, “Sam, who’s the doctor in

why she would care. Nonetheless, he said, “Want me to

“Thanks.”

entered the man’s office and shut the door while the doctor watched her, looking unsurprised. After a while, she asked, “I can’t have a baby

find the perfect response. As he paused, she added, “All I need is a clear, detailed answer. You don’t need to

answer is… yes. And no,” the doctor said hesitantly. “It’s not like you can’t ever bear a child, period. You can, but the odds are… pessimistic. The state of medicine today

But then again, the fetus’ survivability rate will still be near zero. I’m sorry,