eek. The unfinished Marshall Group pro
company couldn't reach Oscar M
a taxi to the company. Halfway there, a flash
und woke me. A masked face appeared befo
red. Just before I passed out again
g a lot of blood. Ge
grabbed the hand in front of me.
the nurse scream. "Quick, we
. He thought my pregnancy symptoms were just trick
hospital. I saw him there, carefully helping Rachael with h
her as a friend. Stop being paranoi
the still-warm pregn
. Still, I rushed to the company to stand in for him, to save
re dropping. In a daze,
regnant woman want
she's still alive. The bleeding won't st
he family. The patient's emer
ily leaves a preg
n the only family I had, the chil
ng of machines and the chatter o
han ever. In the end, I drifte
s on the hospital bed, my be
e me. Before I lost conscio
ke? Feeling
but my throat was
by my bed,
. "It's fine. If the b
"Don't be sad. You're still re
, she'd curse Oscar and call me loves
icion. With trembling hands, sh
llable, performed hysterectomy." Below, smudg