NovelEnglishChapter 73 Tseemed to stretch into eternity before the ER nurse emerged, calling out a name.
Margaret Ferguson, is Margaret Ferguson's husband here?" Bryant stepped forward with urgency, "Doctor! I'm here." s His words, so brief, felt like a dagger through my heart, bleedingout, making it hard to e breathe.
ndAnd there I was, after a day filled with anxious waiting and tough decisions, feeling like a ncomplete fool..
wit was as if I was standing there, dressed in a clown's outfit.
e The divorce papers weren't even finalized...
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdAnd here was my husband, openly recognized as someone else's.
onfroma distance, I heard his anxious voice, "How is she? Is it serious?" osLost a lot of blood, what do you think? But luckily, you got her here in time. She's stable ovnow." he The surser, perhaps sensing his worry, added, "The baby's fine too." ab82by2rblargaret was pregnant? They were having a child? orkforgot how to breathe for a moment, staring blankly at Bryant.
e fine finally relaxed, his face less strained as he said, “That's a relief." aytaybe aswas my glaring stare, or perhaps he finally noticed me, but as he turned to lo my directiection quickly retreated into the stairwell.
eaneanbagainst the wall, the scene replayed in my mind.
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ane he's havingvanchal child with someone else." ou probably bloubbuciec because of his grandfather's pressure, he had to move in, and you lowed yourself tolhophopeagain." ou're so starved fodifrelove." s these thoughts rushes tecbthrough me, maybe wanted to crush that hope once and for I reached for my phophonetesmessage him, but coincidentally, he called.
Chapter 73 His voice was calm, “Hey, Jane, are you home?" "Yeah." I sniffled, trying to sound casual despite the urge to cry, "What's up?" "Really?" "Why would I lie?" I tried to keep the conversation light, "Did you see someone who looks a lot likeor something?" This time, I wanted clarity.
"No," he chose to hide the truth.
But I pressed on, "Where are you? Haven't sorted things out yet?" "L" He hesitated, only answering the latter, "Not yet, I can't make it htonight, get srest early." "Is it work-related?" I asked with a laugh.
There was a brief silence on his end, then he replied steadily, "I'll be back once I'm done." He was still hiding it.
I took a deep breath silently, "When will that be? Are you still coming to the concert tomorrow night?" "I'll be there." This time, he didn't dodge the question, giving a definite answer.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI looked up at the ceiling, letting the tears fall, "Okay, I'll wait for you." One last time.
When I left the hospital, the night had fully settled in After several showers, the chilly wind felt like it was cutting to the bone.
Wearing only a light knit dress, I felt numb, perhaps because something insidewas colder than the air outside. "Ah-"Someone bumped intohead-on before quickly running into the hospital.
I gasped, stumbling backward, slipping on something and brading for a fall when someone caughtsteadily. For a split second, I wished it was Bryant.
But looking up, it was both a letdown and a surprise, “Mark, what are you doing here?" It was Mark, whom I hadn't seen in a while.
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