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.

she said, "Mom, I'm so

me. Is he

she who pushed him away. She wouldn't

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

tired. Let me

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

out

little bored, so she asked

who he is? You're a mess, but he still hasn't shown his face. You almost died. 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 said to

weak! I can't 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 left her

pick me up in a few minutes," Evelyn said with

moment's hesitation, Matthew looked around and nodded. "Okay.

gone, it was just

garden, head bowed, and touched her flat stomach, a hint of sadness

once, but she didn't know. And it almost

She heard a familiar voice. He

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pretending like she

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

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

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

she withdrew her hand and

name, his phone rang. "Dr. Tang? Where are you? The patient's in the OR now. We're waiting for you," someone said on the other end of the

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, and tucked the pen back

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

her forehead. "Call me. I

left in a