A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 39

Chapter 39 Why Are You Dodging Me

After leaving the Cornell Residence, Stella was sent by the police to a nearby hospital. She lay in bed alone with a doctor standing next to her in the examination room as nobody else was allowed inside.

After palpating Stella’s tummy and listening to the fetus’s heartbeat using the stethoscope, the doctor said, “There’s nothing serious. Everything is normal, so you just have to wait until your due date.”

“Doctor.” Stella straightened her clothes and slowly sat up with her hand on her waist. “If I don’t want this baby any longer, may I ask if it’s possible to induce labor?”

“Huh?” The doctor was startled for a moment before she shook her head. “You can’t do that. There’s nothing wrong with your pregnancy, so we can’t induce you. Certain conditions must be met to induce labor, and it can’t be done unless the baby has any birth defects.”

Stella couldn’t resign herself to this, though. “Can’t I induce labor even if I no longer want this baby?”

The doctor frowned while looking at Stella with scrutiny. Still, she shook her head in the end. “No, you can’t. The regulations are strict nowadays, so you must come up with a reason if you want to induce labor. Otherwise, our hospital can’t perform such an operation on you.”

Stella’s face instantly darkened at the doctor’s words. This baby was what she relied on to be together with Norman. Although Norman was from a poor family, he was a capable man and a director with a pretty sizable annual income. Besides, she did love him a little, so she felt that such a life was perfect. However, things had now changed dramatically in just one to two months. Not only did Norman lose his job as a director, he was now locked up in jail.

Both Stella and Elizabeth had gone to the police station the day before to visit Norman and ask about the case after the police called. Those in the police station said that Norman’s case was difficult to handle, for there were orders from above that he had to be punished severely. Since he would be punished severely, no one knew how many years he would serve in jail. She couldn’t bear a child for such a convict, could she?

Furthermore, it was apparent from what Diane said that Norman wanted to run away alone with the money. What an *sshole! I have been together with him for so many years, yet I haven’t enjoyed much of a comfortable life. What’s more, he was going to run away, but he planned on doing so without even thinking of me. Upon thinking about this, she was even more unwilling to bear a child for such an *sshole.

After leaving the consultation room, Stella supported her waist with her hand and followed the police officers to the police station to have her testimony recorded. She kept thinking as she walked. Unexpectedly, her thoughts were eventually fixed on Christopher’s extraordinarily handsome face.

Diane, that woman, is really lucky to have actually hooked up with Christopher. Even sloppy seconds like her can be together with Christopher and become Mrs. Wayne, so why should I make things difficult for myself by insisting on bearing Norman’s child? No, I mustn’t keep this baby. It won’t be long before this baby is born, so I must find a way to get rid of this baby as soon as possible. Regular hospitals like this can’t perform induced labor, but this shouldn’t be a problem for those smaller private clinics, she thought to herself while taking a look at the sign of the hospital behind her.

While Stella was being taken to the police station, Diane had arrived home with Christopher. Christopher didn’t speak much along the way, whereas Diane felt that the dull pain in her waist seemed to have worsened as she leaned back in her seat for a while.

After changing her posture, she put out her hand and massaged her waist. Such movements were hardly noticeable in the first place, but she didn’t expect that she would startle Christopher, who was originally looking ahead of him. He instantly looked back and stared at her for a while before the displeasure immediately showed on his face. “Didn’t I tell you to rest well at home? Why didn’t you listen to me?”