From the moment the doctor announced the baby's arrival, Dorothy's eyes were brimming with tears. Everett gently wiped them away several times before finally warning her that if she didn't stop crying, he'd take her home. That seemed to do the trick, at least for the moment.

Jeffrey and Karen exchanged a flurry of words until the doctor cto check on her. Only then did Jeffrey step away from the bedside, allowing Dorothy to lean in.

"Karen, you're such a trooper! Congratulations, you're officially a tnow." she said.

"Yeah... childbirth is brutal, Dorothy... I don't think I can go through this again...” Dorothy offered a wry smile, “Jeffrey just said the sthing." "That's right! Once all this is over, I'm getting a vasectomy!" Jeffrey chimed in, only to receive a sharp look from Karen. There he goes again, speaking his mind with elders around. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Their conversation continued, with Kenneth standing quietly in a corner of the room and watching the family's joyful reunion. Suddenly, he felt someone approaching him.

he saw

she went

nodded, his response void of any boastfulness, simply answering Everett's

the blood on the doctor's clothes. That was Dorothy's blood." The fear he experienced then was indescribable. He wanted to collapse just like Jeffrey did moments ago. But he couldn't afford to. Outside

for

a cigarette?" "You want to smoke?" Kenneth asked instinctively before immediately realizing the redundancy of his question. He

stepped out of the room with

be talking for a while longer. I'd just be in the way there." Kenneth explained, uncertain if Everett was

them, one after the other, made their way to the hospital's outdoor corridor. Everett lit the cigarette and

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