Chapter 311 A Painful Decision
After a long talk, the experts decided to save the kid first.
Joyce's injuries weren't life-threatening, but if they didn't get the baby out soon, it wouldn't make it.
Forty minutes into the surgery, Sebastian and Joyce's baby was born.
When Sebastian saw the baby for the first time, tears rolled down his face again. He stared at the tiny thing in the doctor's hands. The baby's eyes were closed, its tiny brow furrowed, an expression that seemed it was in pain. Sebastian immediately asked, "How's my baby?"
The obstetrician said, "It's hard to say right now; we need to resuscitate and then check."
Sebastian clenched his fists tightly. The veins on his neck popped out.
Another hour passed. Sebastian was told his baby had been resuscitated but, being premature, needed to be in an incubator.
Joyce had broken two ribs and lost a lot of blood; she was unconscious.
Benjamin had a severe head injury and might end up in a vegetative state.
Hearing this, Sebastian sat dazed in his chair, like a vegetable himself.
lost her baby and her life. And now Benjamin was in a coma because
keep Joyce by his side, the truth was clear: he
Winters Family, not only had Connie lost her life, but Joyce
to Cordelia's and Isabella's constant scheming, Joyce suffered many
Benjamin to
fault. Every tragedy, every scar that marred her once-carefree existence, was a direct consequence
bear to part with her. But in the end,
his head tightly. The heart-wrenching pain made
was the best way to protect Joyce and their
motionless on the chair outside the
with a pained voice, "Sebastian, Joyce's grandparents are here. Don't you have anything to say?" Sebastian got what Derek meant. He slowly raised
"Dad, my heart hurts
one sentence, both of them started to
moment. Wiping away his tears, he said, "It's our Winters Family that owes Joyce. Luckily, both your baby and Joyce are okay. Otherwise, I wouldn't know what to do. Sebastian,
appearance anymore. He said in a deep voice, "Release the news that Joyce is
kid's life. So, even if I split from Joyce, she
watching Benjamin's almost
ended up like this for Joyce and her baby. If Joyce
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