In the hospital room, after Mr. Berger left, Jane couldn't hold back her tears any longer and they flowed down her cheeks.
The surgery had started at 3 PM and it was now past 10 PM. She had only been able to spend less than five hours with Vivian.
Thinking about this, Jane got up unsteadily and stumbled towards the door, wanting to go back and spend more time with Vivian.
Just as she was about to reach for the doorknob, a large hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Louis pulled hard on her wrist and pulled Jane into his arms.
Jane was stunned for a moment before crying out. "Louis, let me go! I want to see Vivian."
"Be good, don't cry okay?" Louis whispered softly as he looked at the tears streaming down her face. He hated seeing Jane cry but he couldn't stop her from crying over Vivian either.
Jane stared up at him in confusion as he spoke gently to her. She didn't understand why Louis would say such things that made her heart tremble like this.
But she knew that she needed to hurry back to be by Vivian's side right now, so she wiped away the tears on her face hastily and nodded before turning around to leave again.
However, Louis still held onto one of her hands tightly, which made Jane frown nervously. "Louis please let me go."
Louis pursed his lips together tightly while looking displeased. He didn't like seeing how upset she became over someone else's problems or issues that were not related directly with them both.
After waiting for a few seconds without seeing any sign of him letting go of herself yet, Jane began struggling against his grip once more until finally he came back around and gave enough space between them.
"Jane, I don't like seeing you cry over others' problems." said Louis sternly, while holding out one long finger to wipe away some of tear stains from off Jane's face gently just like it were some sorta priceless gemstone.
He paused momentarily before speaking up once more, "If you look like this when you see Vivian next time, what will happen? Do you think it will help?"
At first confused by what he meant. Soon enough realization dawned upon her fully.
She awkwardly touched her cheek and turned to walk towards the bathroom in the hospital room, saying before she left, "I'll go wash up first."
Louis furrowed his brows imperceptibly and pursed his lips without saying anything.
If he could, he really wanted to send Vivian away.
He didn't want to be reminded every moment that Jane had a child with someone else.
But at the same time, he understood that Jane treated Vivian as her own life and he couldn't do that.
...
When Jane returned to the hospital room again, Vivian was still sleeping.
As soon as she sat down next to Vivian's bed, she looked up and saw Vivian smiling at her.
"Mommy, you're back."
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