Hannah was very clear about that. She felt very pain as she forced herself to do such a crucial thing. She was lying on the bed, and waiting for the operation.
The doctor hadn't come to tell her about the operation for a whole afternoon. Max came at that moment, with a pot of chicken soup in his hand. He appeared happy for Hannah wanted the soup. Max knew that she had eaten little these days, but today Hannah asked to have some chicken soup. Max thought, Hannah must want to eat something, which was good for herself and the baby.
"Have a taste, please, Ma'am." Max took some soup out into a bowl, and added, "I've skimmed the fat from the soup, and it's not greasy now. Have a taste of it to see whether it is salty enough."
Hannah was speechless for the moment she didn't want to eat soup. That was just an excuse. She didn't want to waste Max's kindness, so she took the bowl and ate slowly.
Max stood there and looked at Hannah, with an air of expectancy. "How does it taste?" asked Max.
"Great," Hannah responded.
"I'll make soup for you every day if you like." Max hastily said, "The soup today was not very good, as was time presses for time, and I'll make a tastier soup for you tomorrow."
"It's wonderful," Hannah said. She was a bit embarrassed to hear that Max wanted to make the soup better tomorrow.
Max wanted to give her another bowl of soup when Hannah finished. Hannah refused and said to him, "I want to have a rest. Please ask the doctor to come here. I've something to ask him."
"Yes." Max came out immediately.
After a little while, here came the assistant, not the doctor. Hannah understood it for an instant.
"Ms Cooper, the doctor has been home. You can ask me if you have any questions." The assistant doctor said.
Hannah knew that the attending doctor of a VIP patient like her would be in the hospital for 24 hours a day, and be on standby for the patient. So, Hannah's attending doctor went home out of her intentions.
"Nothing," Hannah said. She was clear, that there was no point in talking with him.
The assistant doctor respectfully got out without prodding, perhaps for he was told by the attending doctor.
Max was a bit worried, and asked, "Mrs Wells, do you feel ill?"
"No, I just want to ask when I can go home."
"Take it easy. The doctor said you need to stay here for observation for several days. If there are no problems then, you shall go home." Max said.
"I see." Hannah nodded, "I want to sleep for a while. Shall you go out, please?"
"But you haven't had any food but only a bowl of soup today."
Since Lillian didn't notice it was who over the phone, Hannah wondered what her remark was on Oscar's phone now. she also wanted to know how intimate Oscar was with Lillian, as his phone was in her hand. She remembered when she and Oscar were sleeping together in those years, she could hardly keep Oscar's phone in her hand. As the time and the situation had both changed, she thought she should forget those unpleasant things in the past.
"What did you say to the hospital?" asked Hannah, very peacefully.
"I said, no one is allowed to do induced abortion on you," Oscar said, directly.
Hannah knew that it was Oscar's demand. She thought, "I shouldn't have told the doctor so early that I wanted to abort the baby, just when Oscar got out of the hospital. I should tell the doctor when Oscar is busy with his ceremony tomorrow. I was too impatient to consider things carefully." Hannah made that decision so urgently, for she feared that she would feel regretful.
"No one is allowed, at any time." Oscar continued as if he knew what Hannah was thinking about now, "No matter today, tomorrow, or someday later, no doctor is allowed to do the operation. I arranged everything when I left your ward."
Hannah ground her teeth in anger. It turned out that Oscar had acted before she could make the decision.
"Hannah, I've said to you, that I'll have you give birth to the baby, and I'll make it." Said Oscar, very clearly, "Don't give it another thought. Just take care of yourself."
"Oscar, but you have to know, the baby was in my body, and I can abort her if I want, though you demanded the doctor not to do that for me. I can make it, it's simply a question of harm."
"Don't have a suspicion of my ability."
"The same with you." Hannah put down the phone after finishing her words. She didn't know since when there was no consultation between them.
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