“You’re always so dramatic. Just call a doctor for help. I’m not your midwife!”
I had lost all my strength listening to his rant. I dropped the phone to the floor and closed my eyes as tears of despair stained my cheeks.
Quietly, I waited for the grim reaper to arrive.
But Juliet showed up at the last minute. Five months pregnant, she covered my face with a wet towel and carried me down 13 flights of stairs. However, she held her belly and grimaced after she placed me on the floor.
…
Unlike me, Juliet had lost her child to an emergency abortion.
“Elsie, I’m in so much pain…” Juliet was resting in the bed next to mine. Tears rolled down her pale cheeks. Her eyes had lost their sparkle.
She murmured, “I’m not just in pain. I’m heartbroken too.”
Her words were gut-wrenching. I couldn’t think of how to comfort her because I overheard Zach’s voice in the background of my phone call with Soren. From the sounds of it, he was gently comforting Jenna.
How ridiculous! Juliet and I thought we married for love, but our husbands made a joke out of us!
At that moment, Juliet received a call from Zach. He snapped at her, “Is this what they call baby brain? I told you many times to stay away from that vicious sister of yours! You’re not listening, are you?”
Zach further explained, “Jenna was involved in a scary and mysterious abduction. If Soren made a mistake in the rescue mission, she would have fallen off the building!
“Eliza knew that, and that’s why she timed her call to when Soren was rescuing Jenna, hoping that Jenna would fall to her death!
“You’re going to be like Eliza if you hang out with her all the time. One day, if you get into serious trouble, I promise I’m gonna arrest the both of you and give you the worst sentence possible!”
He immediately hung up on Juliet after chastising her. She didn’t have a chance to explain herself before he blocked her number.
“Elsie, why is this happening to me?” Juliet asked. “Even if he had some misunderstanding about me, he should have asked me about our baby! He hasn’t been home for a month now…”
She sobbed as she gently placed a hand on her belly. Soon, her oxygen mask misted over. Her short breaths felt like a stab to my heart.
“I’m sorry, Jules. It’s all my fault…” I covered my face in regret as I sobbed uncontrollably.
