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, "Mom,

me. Is he denying

pushed him away. She wouldn't let him take care

and bring him here!" Seeing Evelyn stammering, Debbie

I'm tired. Let me

didn't want to talk now, so she decided to

next day, Evelyn managed to get out of bed and

bored, so she asked Matthew to wheel her to the garden

treat you like this?" Matthew really didn't know what was going through Evelyn's mind. After

out of my sight." He knew she didn't want to talk about it, so he stopped asking.

with me. You can come and pick me up in a

nodded.

he was gone, it was just Evelyn.

the garden, head bowed, and touched her flat stomach,

but she didn't know. And it almost

familiar voice.

This is Y City First General Hospital. He

turn around, pretending like

hand. "Evelina, are you sick? Are you okay? Why didn't you tell

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

written on his face, reflected in his eyes. "Oh, your face is so pale. What on

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

you? The patient's in the OR now. We're waiting for you," someone said on the other end of the

Sheffield took a 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

call me I need to know what

forehead. "Call

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