er 5:

at

e what I was seeing. There had to be a misunders

ning of this?" I threw t

ous and shaking. There had to be a mista

the doctor. "I'm sure there's been a mix-up." I needed immediat

e. My friend can't be pregnant," Eva

doctor said gently, unfazed by our reaction. "Howe

an with a damaged womb can conceive." I folded my arms under

ys forced me to take abortion pills whenever I got pregnant

life... but not my wo

telling me I was pregnant? It

" the doctor said, pulling m

d bitterly. He nodded and gently

smile. "I'll be back," he said, le

r," Eva whispered. "Yo

ly. I was too

d the doctor stepped in. I stared at him, trying to read h

, handing me an

hesitation. This wasn't

an, his voice low and remorseful. "The test r

have been easier to handle than what I was seeing now. My

sked, snatching the

d from her fingers, falling to the floor like a fe

revenge... all of it vanished. I was emp

the doctor said softly, but I could

f an incurable heart disease?" Eva asked, her voice icy and sharp

I could offer hope, but I've been a doctor for 35 years, an

de the pain

re this sickness does, because if you don't, I wil

ort system-drips, monitors, everything. I did

longer had a place here. A sign that my family didn't want me to avenge their deaths b

, but I was too strong. "Call for backu

eplied calmly. And just as he said, nurses rushed i

to live!" Tears drenche

ou live in this nightmare I'm trapped in?"

l and meaningless life? I hate all of you so much. Leave me, ple

me alone," I turned to her, only

g this wrecked life. I promise. Please, don't cry for

voice pleaded, and my pain deepe

op," she sobbed

I felt the doctor injecting something in