Chapter 97

Natalie was in so much pain that she couldn’t even speak. Cold sweat drenched her hair, gluing it to her forehead. She just clutched her lower abdomen and moaned in agony.

Rosie immediately threw back the covers to see what was wrong, and as she did, a pungent metallic smell of blood filled the air. Natalie’s pajama bottoms were wet through with blood on one side!

“Oh my God…” Rosie screamed, her voice laced with terror. She spun around to grab her phone. Natalie needed an ambulance, and fast!

But as she turned, Natalie grabbed the hem of her clothes, saying, “Don’t call anyone…”

“What else can we do?” Rosie was nearly incoherent with fright.

Natalie had some medical knowledge and understood what was happening.

“Just… get some hemostatic drugs… It’ll be okay…” she gasped out between breaths.

“I’ll go get the meds. Don’t move! I’ll be right back!” With tears and snot mingling on her face. Rosie grabbed her purse and bolted out the door.

and clammy with sweat. She couldn’t even

muscles in her lower body had become rigid, spasming with excruciating pain whenever

suitcase right by the bed. She tried to get out of bed to reach them, but as she pushed herself up,

“Hey, little dummy!”

feel the pain, but she heard someone

anyone had called her that.

for a while when she was little, back when

condition, but it was likely due to

need to keep threatening her not to speak of their dirty laundry because

when she embarked on her elementary

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the Howard family, she was practically silent, which

person would call her that to her face, always with

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