"Get out of my way." Theo pushed him away and asked me stubbornly, "Where's the baby?"
I opened my reddened eyes. "Didn’t you hear what he said?”
"Where’s the baby?" Theo raised his voice.
"Dead!" I endured the pain and said the word. "On the night you and Cindy were getting engaged, he did. He died in my womb.”
Theo's body shook for a second after he heard my answer.
I could not help but cry. I thought I saw him crying too. I did not know if I was seeing things. How could Theo be crying?
He was supposed to feel happy, right? From today onward, he could live happily together with Cindy. He would not be trapped with me because of the baby.
My eyes were overcast with waves of darkness. I tugged on Matthew's sleeve and said in a trembling voice, "I want to leave."
I did not want to stay here for another second. I would completely break down if I stayed here.
Matthew saw that my face was as pale as a sheet of
paper and my body was slightly shaking. He hurriedly carried me in his arms. "I'll bring you back now."
Back in the condominium, Matthew gave me some medicine. Half an hour after I took the medicine, my emotions were slowly stabilizing. Still, I felt weak and weary.
"Ignore them." Matthew was holding a towel, wiping m y face for me. "They don't deserve to stand in front of you. They've never deserved it and never will."
I pursed my lips and burst into tears.
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