“What are you scared of if you don’t have an affair with my husband?”
“What’s wrong with you? Don’t be over suspicious. Frankie just talked to me for something which is none of your business. If you don’t trust me, go and ask him yourself.”
Jenny glances at Jessica in displeasure and doesn’t feel like telling her anything else. She turns to go downstairs, “don’t turn things upside down.”
“Stop. You can’t leave before making it clear to me. Here is my house.”
Hearing that, Jenny feels a firm grasp on her arm which is quite painful, she subconsciously shakes her arm, “let me go.”
“Ah...”
Before Jenny realizes it, with a scream, the person on her side falls straight down. The sound of hitting the stairs scares Jenny that she can’t even move.
That is Jessica.
She witnesses the whole process that Jessica is screaming and falling downstairs.
People in the house are startled. Two follow directors in the kitchen runs out with cameras on their shoulders. Frankie’s mom first stands at the door and looks at it confusedly. When she hears someone shouting, “there is blood”, she faints.
Frankie runs downstairs passing Jenny, and knocks her down.
All the people gather around Jessica. Jenny’s legs get weak, and she goes downstairs slowly holding handrail. Through the gap between the crowd, she sees Jessica with blood on her face. She opens her eyes looking miserable, and points at her using finger.
“Jenny, I was just... I was just asking you... Asking you what did Frankie talk with you... How could you push me... Oh, save my baby...”
Frankie is scared, and screams out like crazy, “where’s the driver? Call 911!”
He holds Jessica’s hands and says, “Jessica, don’t be afraid, our baby will be safe...”
“Frankie... Save our baby...”
“Where is the driver?” Frankie’s eyes are red which scare Jenny. She is holding handrail and could barely stand.
She looks at her hands unbelievably. Did she just push a pregnant woman downstairs?
But she didn’t shake her hands hard.
Frankie carries Jessica in his arms. When he leaves, he looks at Jenny with great grief which makes her cold.
Cecelia is so scared that she comes over in a panic, “what’s going on? I just went to have a meal. What happened?”
Jenny is spaced-out.
“Her skirt is full of blood. Who did it?”
“Do you think I am the sinner?” Jenny asks sadly. When she asks this question, her legs become weaker and she sits down on the ground.
“You did it?” Cecelia’s face turns pale with fear.
...
In the VIP room of inpatient department of City Maternity Hospital.
Looking down from the window of the corridor, there is a crowd of people standing outside the hospital.
Someone disclosed it. Jessica’s miscarriage is known to all in less than an hour. The voice of the netizen is critical, and now even newspapers have released this news.
Jenny raises her head and looks at the ward. Frankie is standing at the door and calling for the doctor anxiously.
Then doctors and nurses go to the ward in a hurry. Jenny’s hands clench, and she stands up and walks to the door, looking inside through the window.
Jessica just opens her eyes and mumbles Frankie’s name.
“I am here.”
She holds Frankie’s hand, looks at the ward with empty eyes, and chokes, “Frankie, how is our baby?”
Frankie stops for a moment, avoiding direct eye contact.
He doesn’t know what to say. He feels sad for losing the baby which is as strong as how Jessica feels .
Jessica holds his hand. Her face turns pale and murmurs, “Frankie...”
“That’s fine. We still can have a baby in the future.”
Frankie is avoiding eye contact with Jessica. He dares not to say much for fear of revealing his emotions.
“My baby...” Jessica seemingly can’t believe it and wants to confirm it by seeing the facial expression of the doctors and nurses. But after finding that everyone is sympathetic to her, her face suddenly turns pale and she bursts into tears, “no! I can’t accept that. Our baby is very healthy. I just had a pregnancy test. Frankie...” She starts coughing.
She cries breathlessly, and her hands holding Frankie are almost having spasm. Finally, the doctor has no choice but sedates her. And then she falls asleep.
“Frankie, come with me. I need to tell you about the patient’s condition.”
Mr. Thomson sighs and looks at Jessica meaningfully as he leaves. He seems to be torn between.
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