He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 407

The nurses were exchanging hushed whispers.

The topic of their gossip was entirely focused on Hope's critical condition.

This messy, tragic high-society scandal was the hottest headline in all of Riverton.

The hospital staff were always the first to catch wind of the juicy details.

Hearing their voices, Helena's hands curled into tight fists.

She kept her eyes firmly shut.

Because she knew that the moment she opened them, the conversation would end instantly.

And inside this resting room, she wasn't alone; there were maids and other nurses lingering nearby.

She forced herself to remain perfectly still.

The nurses' voices gradually became sharper and more distinct.

"Sending that baby to the OR is basically a death sentence."

"Yeah, I heard the same. The success rate was already low, but now it's practically zero."

"The doctors were really torn about it. Honestly, if I were Mrs. Hayes, I would have refused the surgery. She's not going to make it either way, why put her through the extra butchery?"

"Do you think... maybe the surgery was the only way to guarantee the kid actually dies?"

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The speculation was taking a horrifying, morbid turn.

Helena's entire body trembled beneath the sheets.

She was entirely cut off from the outside world.

But within these hospital walls, secrets flowed like water.

And these leaked secrets had the power to effortlessly obliterate whatever fragile shreds of hope Helena had managed to piece together.

They reduced her last lines of emotional defense to rubble.

"Are you blind? Because of everything that went down, Mrs. Hayes has been incredibly unstable. Her fevers kept spiking. Her wounds were constantly infected. It even compromised the health of her one good cornea. The doctors made it clear: she had to be stabilized. Her fever had to break to ensure the cornea remained perfectly healthy."

"Oh my god?"

"Obviously! The fever has to be gone before they can operate and harvest the cornea. Did you actually think Mr. Hayes suddenly grew a conscience and cared about her? I also heard their divorce agreement is already signed; it's just waiting on a final piece of paperwork."

"Well, with the baby gone, and Ms. Ramirez currently unable to conceive, wouldn't she still be stuck raising a child born from another woman eventually?"

"She's rich, she has plenty of options to get a baby. But the bottom line is, the kid absolutely cannot be Helena's. So if there's a chance to let it die, it has to die."

"God, that poor baby. I heard earlier that if they could have just stabilized her and waited until the three-month mark to operate, her survival rate would have skyrocketed. With Mr. Hayes' endless money and resources, it wouldn't have been an issue."

Helena's heart violently hammered against her ribs, shaking her to her core.

She felt like she was a second away from a total psychotic break.

When the hideous, decaying truth was finally dragged into the light, it was too grotesque to process.

"There's one more thing. I heard this straight from the Pediatrics Department. The baby was actually fighting really hard; she was consistently improving. Then, one day, her vitals just tanked out of nowhere, and no one could figure out why. They all suspect there's a mole on the inside who swapped out the baby's IV meds."