Chapter 73
Time seemed to stretch into eternity before the ER nurse emerged, calling out a name.
Margaret Ferguson, is Margaret Ferguson’s husband here?”
Bryant stepped forward with urgency, “Doctor! I’m here.”
s His words, so brief, felt like a dagger through my heart, bleeding me out, making it hard to e breathe.
ndAnd there I was, after a day filled with anxious waiting and tough decisions, feeling like a
ncomplete fool..
wit was as if I was standing there, dressed in a clown’s outfit.
e The divorce papers weren’t even finalized…
dAnd here was my husband, openly recognized as someone else’s.
onfroma distance, I heard his anxious voice, “How is she? Is it serious?”
osLost a lot of blood, what do you think? But luckily, you got her here in time. She’s stable
ovnow.”
he The surser, perhaps sensing his worry, added, “The baby’s fine too.”
ab82by2rblargaret was pregnant? They were having a child?
orkforgot how to breathe for a moment, staring blankly at Bryant.
e fine finally relaxed, his face less strained as he said, “That’s a relief.”
aytaybe aswas my glaring stare, or perhaps he finally noticed me, but as he turned to lo my directiection quickly retreated into the stairwell.
eaneanbagainst the wall, the scene replayed in my mind.
audhediond oncotabllably, the kind of laugh that’s on the verge of tears, tasting the tternesses si rrtears
ow foolish shai.me..
ane he’s havingvanchal child with someone else.”
ou probably bloubbuciec because of his grandfather’s pressure, he had to move in, and you lowed yourself tolhophopeagain.”
ou’re so starved fodifrelove.”
s these thoughts rushes tecbthrough me, maybe wanted to crush that hope once and for
- I reached for my phophonetesmessage him, but coincidentally, he called.
Chapter 73
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