After I talked to her, she went to Jared instead. She was smart, but one would need to be responsible for one’s choice.
She was an arrogant woman, so my reply must’ve been a sharp blow to her. Luckily, the bodyguards stood in her way when she tried to launch herself at me while hurling harsh curses.
Quickly, I stepped into the elevator and watched her emotional figure disappearing behind closed doors. I pity her for loving someone she could never get.
When I arrived at Hannah’s ward, she was lying in bed, pale and exhausted. Upon seeing me, she forced out a faint smile.
My heart ached at the sight. “Do you feel better?” I wasn’t good at comforting others.
She nodded and tapped on the chair beside her. “I feel much better now,” she croaked out. “The anesthetic shot had worn off, so it hurts.”
I took her hand. Before giving birth, the doctor would inject the anesthesia right at the spinal cord. The expecting mother would feel nothing throughout the whole process, but after the anesthesia wears off, the pain would be excruciating.
I knew how that felt.
I rubbed her cold hands, trying to provide some warmth. “Have you eaten something?”
She nodded slowly. Perhaps touched by my action, her eyes turned red. “The doctor told me to drink some soup. I had some earlier.”
I struggled internally for some time before asking, “How is your child doing?”
incubator. I think he’ll be there for a couple of days
her answer. “It’s fine. Summer was a premature baby
up with delight.
lips, I poured her a glass of water and gave her the straw. “Have some water.
while, but no one had shown up. John, especially, was nowhere to be seen.
she replied, “The
ask about John’s whereabouts
child’s name? Is it a boy
will give him a name.” She was still talking when
aside as both nurses folded her legs up before
lip from the agonizing pain. She said nothing, but tears were trickling down
my feelings and pulled the
tiny smile. “It’s not that painful as we imagine it to
me. I lowered my gaze as
same pain,” I told her. Back then, I was so focused on my dead child that everything after that didn’t even
I paused for a moment before answering his
“Mrs. Fuller, Mr. Fuller is in a meeting. The bodyguards
so Kristina might inform them of my whereabouts as she had just bumped into met at the