She lay down on the sofa but the pain didn’t ease, so she ended up curling into a ball in pain. The warm blood that was spilling out of her body became more and more vigorous to the point that she felt she was going to be completely emptied soon. The severe pain began to make her feel that something was not right, so she then tried her hardest to get up and go and call for help.
Although Hudson had broken her phone, she saw the landline phone on the cabinet about less than ten meters away from her; however, now these ten meters was a long distance for her to get to. She found that she was unable to move her legs and her stomach was like all of her nerves were being torn, it was a kind of extreme neuralgia and she really couldn’t bear it. She then suddenly started to sweat cold sweat.
She managed to crawl over in a struggle, but before she called the hospital, she wanted to call Hudson. But as she held the phone, she gave a sad smile for she knew that he would not leave Esther. So she just called the hospital and as she spoke she could barely say her name and address, but after she had given them the information they told her to open the door and wait.
She had almost used up all her strength by the time she crawled to the door and when she finally unlocked the door she then collapsed completely onto the ground. She didn’t cry but instead laughed miserably and suddenly felt that everything was getting darker around her, however, blood was still flowing out from between her legs.
From the sofa to the telephone on the cabinet and up to the door there was a shockingly large amount of blood everywhere. It was as if an artery had ruptured, it was a terrifying sight to see with blood dripping everywhere.
When Winnie woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital ward. She had thought that she had died and did not expect to still be alive.
Someone was calling her name; it was a familiar voice. “Winnie, what’s wrong? What happened to you?”
She turned her face slowly and saw it was Ethel.
She raised her eyebrows feeling puzzled and wanted to speak, but she found that she didn’t even have the strength to talk and could only silently look at the rather exhausted Ethel. However, she then managed to ask without making any sound, “What happened to me?”
Although she couldn’t use her voice to talk, Ethel understood what she was asking.
“You were pregnant; however, it was an ectopic pregnancy. The embryo ruptured and caused a hemorrhage, and if you had got here any later then this would have been fatal!” Ethel found it hard to say this, but he knew he must tell her.
Winnie closed her eyes, and two teardrops began to slide down her face.
Her child! The child seemed to have lost its way inside of her, could it be the child was also silly? Just like her and Hudson, perhaps this pregnancy was just a mistake. She knew exactly what an ectopic pregnancy was; the fertilized egg, instead of finding its way to the uterus it had implanted itself outside the womb onto either the fallopian tube or abdominal cavity. So it turned out that their child was just a bunch of deformed flesh and blood, and now she wondered whether this could prove that their relationship was also deformed, that even god was wishing evil upon them.
“Winnie, don’t think about it, just take care of your health!” He couldn’t dare now tell her that she had also lost the opportunity to ever give birth normally, for it had been discovered that her fallopian tubes had a congenital deficiency, and this meant that her next pregnancy would also end up like this! However, the doctor said that they could still assist her in her next pregnancy in that she could have it done by IVF. Now that science had advanced so far, it was now impossible to never be able to have children!
He took out a tissue and wiped away her tears, “It’s going to be ok, please don’t cry!”
Although he was worried about Esther and wanted to go back to her immediately, seeing Winnie like this, he really couldn’t leave.
He had a house here but never expected that it would be in the same building as Hudson. When he had gotten off the elevator, he saw someone being carried on a stretcher by people from the emergency centre. He couldn’t help but take a look but never expected the person to be Winnie, so he immediately followed them to the hospital.
“Ethel, I’m fine!” Winnie shook her head, and more tears began to flow out of her eyes.
Ethel looked at her feeling slightly distressed. She was very sad and she was even crying, yet she was the one comforting him. He frowned and said, “Where is Hudson?”
As soon as he asked this, he found that she began to cry even more so he immediately shut up. Hudson must have gone back, he had just tried calling him from the operating room just now but his phone was turned off, so he must be on the plane right now!
Ethel couldn’t reach both Hudson’s and Elijah’s phone. He then tried Christ’s phone, but also to no avail.
“Winnie, you are still very young so don’t worry, you can still have a child in the future!” Ethel couldn’t help but say this to comfort her.
She and Hudson would never have a child again. Now that life had reached this point she needed to give up this idea, she had already died once before and their love was also dead. She would never be the same Winnie again.
Ethel looked at Winnie and sighed deeply. He didn’t know what he could say to console her, but at the same time, he also felt that there was nothing that could be said to console her.
Ethel had even signed her operation form and he knew what signing it meant. It meant that she would never be able to get pregnant normally again, and even if he didn’t sign it then the next time she became pregnant it would end up the same as this, ectopic pregnancy, and be just as life-threatening.
Right now he wanted to return to his country because he was worried that Esther’s life was in danger, but he was also worried about Winnie. If he left then he wasn’t sure what Winnie would do.
Winnie wasn’t saying anything, and instead was biting her pale lower lip which was leaving some blood.
Ethel didn’t ask any more questions for he understood clearly. He stroked her hair and said, “Hey, it’s just good you are awake, you are going to be ok.”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...