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hom crashed over Ellana like a tidal wave, pulling her back to consciou
the groggdy opened her eyes to find herself in a hospital gurney, medical staff working frantically around her.||
Patient presents with blust force abdominal trauma. We’re serine significant internal bleeding. She’s approximately eight weeks pregnant–we need together to stat and prep for emergency transfusion. But sir, all our Operator reserves were allocated to the VIP patient per the busril directore.”“||
The attending physician immediately grabbed his phone.||
“Mr lake thi De Matter at Mount Sinai I understand you authorized the transfer of our entire blood bank for your emergency case. We have a pregnant traum victim in critical condition who needs immediate transfusion. Can we get half those units back? We’re looking at potential fetal and maternal loss here.”
Through her fog of pain. Chana heard Milo’s voice come through the speaker, cold and decisive ||
Not happening.
Mr. Blake, I nerd to understand this p
patient is hemzerhaging. We’re talking munites here, not hours__~||
“Listen carefully. Doctor. This is my hospital, and you work for me. Harper Lennox is my priority, and I won’t risk any complications with her treatment. End of ducson.”
The line went dead)
Dr. Martinez tried calling back, but Milo had already shut off his phone.
Lying there. Istening to her husband choose another won over their unborn child, China fell something fundamental break inside her
She pressed her hand to her cramping stomach, understanding with crystal clarity that even their baby–a child that had never asked to exist–wasn’t worth fighting for in Milo’s eyes!
Maybe the baby knew inn. Maybe that’s why it was already letting go.]
The next tune die woke up, a young resident was standing beside her bed, charts in hand.
“14. Hart, I’m Dr. Kim. I’m very sorry to tell you that despite our efforts, we weren’t able to save the pregnancy. The trauma caused a complete placental abruption.”
Thana’s hand proved to her now–empty womb. The baby that might have had Milo’s eyes and her stubbornness was g
“Your young and healthy,” Dr. Kim continued gently. “When you’re ready, there’s no medical reason you can’t conceive again.
Chana turned her face toward the window. “No. There won’t be a next
“The other patient,” she asked quietly, The VIP case–did she pull through? ||
Dr. Kas dufted uncomfortably. Wes, she’s stalle. Ms. Hart, I want you to know that what happened here tonight…it wasn’t right. But Mr. Blake has significant influence
vospital sperations, and…
“I grit,” Diana sud, her voice eerily calm. She’s very important to him.-||
More important than his wife. More important than his child. More important than everything Eliana had ever heen or could ever be
After Dr. Kim left, Chans pulled out the battered scorecard from her purse and wrote her final entry
“Chust Harper over our baby–5 points.“]}
One
hundred point. Complete |
As her pen tore through the pugier, da (the last connection to Milu Blake sever completely. The woman who had spent three years trying to earn his love had died in. that operating fixen along with their child ||
When the returned to their house base that evening, it felt lär a mosogoleum ||
Thang walked directly to the study and retrieved the divorce papers from the bottom drawer. Her signature was steady steadier than she felt in years.
She placed Both the divorce agreement and the completed scorecard un Mulus mahogany desk, right next to the photo of hun and Harper at their high school graduation!!
Grabling her sunrur, dhe paused at the front door and took one last book (the life she was braving behind-
His coffee mug still sat on the kitchen counter. His jacket lang so the back of his chair. The whole hou still need like his cologne
agne and broken promiers.||
for three years, she’d kept the door open for hinu kept hei heart open. Kept hoping (
Nut Ktrymore |
chena sepped outside, and cloned the door with a soft click seating off the part of her life where she’d been small and grateful and desperately in love with some ebu’n never been avadable to love her back]
| died, tonight, and she wasn’t coming backƐ
