True Love Waits

Evelyn had slept a long time. By the time she was awake, Debbie and Carlos were there by her bedside.

She called out weakly, "Dad, Mom..."

Hearing her voice, Carlos darted to her side. When he saw her pale face, he held her hand. "Eve, you feeling okay? Tell me if you don't." Debbie stroked her daughter's hair, giggling and crying at the same time. "Are you okay, Piggy? Maybe I should call the doctor!"

Evelyn shook her head. "Mom, what's wrong with me?"

She didn't have any memory of what happened, and all she could do was just lie in bed, weak as a kitten.

Carlos' face darkened. He looked at Debbie and stood up. "I'll call the doctor."

After saying that, he left the ward.

Actually, he could have called the doctor using the nurse-call button. But he wanted to give mother and daughter some space so he went to summon the doctor himself.

Debbie gently tapped Evelyn's hand. "You really don't know? Seriously? I'll tell you what happened! You had an ectopic pregnancy, and you almost..." Debbie's voice trailed off and she began crying again.

'An ectopic pregnancy?' Evelyn's eyes widened. That was a shocker. They used condoms that night. She remembered that.

How could she be pregnant? And ectopic to boot? How was that even possible?

"Didn't you even notice you were pregnant?" Debbie was angry at her daughter, but she was worried about her as well.

Evelyn shook her head. Aunt Flo had visited her once, but it was not as heavy as usual. She had thought it was because she stayed up late recently. But now it seemed that it wasn't her period but intermittent bleeding.

She also suffered from abdominal pain, but she just chalked it up to feminine pains and didn't bother to get it checked out.

"Evelyn, you're almost thirty. How could you do something so stupid? Who have you been with? I'll call him now!" How could he not be here after what happened to Evelyn?

Evelyn stayed silent, still trying to process everything.

while, she said,

tell me. Is he

him away. She wouldn't let him take

you an idiot? Just tell me who he is! I'll find him and bring him here!" Seeing Evelyn stammering, Debbie

I'm tired. Let

didn't want to talk now, so she decided to let Evelyn have a rest

next day, Evelyn managed to get out of

bored, so she asked Matthew to wheel her to the garden near the inpatient building to

How could he treat you like this?" Matthew really didn't know what was going through Evelyn's mind. After a short pause, Evelyn turned around and

let you out of my sight." He knew she didn't want to talk about it, so he stopped asking. But he would be worried if he

me. You can come and pick me up in a few minutes," Evelyn

Matthew looked around and nodded. "Okay. Call me if

he was gone, it was just

in the garden, head bowed, and touched her flat

she didn't know.

That you?" She heard a familiar voice. He

right. This is Y City

pretending like she didn't hear

her in a hospital gown and pale, he got anxious. He ran to her and took her hand. "Evelina, are you sick? Are you okay? Why didn't you tell me? What's wrong with you?" Evelyn looked at the man in a doctor's uniform and said

first time she had seen Sheffield wearing a white gown, over a sky-blue shirt and a crooked tie. He

his eyes. "Oh, your face is so pale. What on earth is wrong? Tell

his every move. Silently, she withdrew her hand and showed

are you? The patient's in the OR now. We're waiting for

pen from his pocket, caught the cap in his teeth and held her hand. Regardless of her reluctance, he wrote a string of numbers on her palm,

me I need to know what ward you're in. I'll come visit

forehead. "Call me.

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