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“You’re kidding me! It’s even better if she’s
hemorrhaging. The blood can be drawn
faster, and Sarah won’t have to wait so long!”
The phone was hung up again.
Listening to the dial tone, I felt like I had
fallen into an icy abyss.
I thought he would hesitate for a second
when he heard about my condition, but he
didn’t care about my life or death at all.
In his heart, only Sarah mattered.
After he transformed me, I was taken to the
hospital more than once to donate blood to
Sarah.
No matter how uncomfortable I was, he
turned a blind eye.
My body was already battered and bruised,
covered in marks that hadn’t faded yet.
I suspected many times that their relationship
was more than just friends.
But Mark would always appease me with
sweet words: “The Collins family and my
family are old friends, Emily. You’re too
sensitive.”
When I didn’t believe him, he would guilt–trip
me: “Emily, why are your thoughts so dirty?
Sarah and I have known each other for over
twenty years. If we wanted to be together,
would it have taken this long? As her sister-
in–law, not only do you not care about her,
but you also suspect her! Aren’t you a little
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vicious?”
Every time I heard this, I would reflect and
then apologize.
Now the truth was out, and I was dying.
The bleeding below wouldn’t stop, my body
was reaching its limit, I could feel the baby
getting further and further away from me, and
my life was fading away.
The monitor let out a piercing alarm.
I knew I was dying.
The doctor frantically tried to save me, and
the nurse called Mark again.
But before the doctor could speak, Mark
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anxiously blurted out, “Sarah’s bleeding can’t
be stopped. Speed up the blood draw!”
“Oh, right, after drawing the blood, harvest
thirty of Emily’s eggs for IVF. Next time Sarah
needs blood, we can do both at the same
time.”
His cold attitude made even the doctor gasp.
The normal limit for egg retrieval.is fifteen.
Taking more would not only stimulate the
ovaries, but in severe cases could also cause
ascites and countless complications.
In my current state, I couldn’t handle such
torment at all.
Listening to the constantly alarming ECG, I
only felt sorrow.
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Mark always thought of everything for Sarah.
But he still insisted they were just friends.
Which of his actions hadn’t crossed the line
of friendship?
Even the baby he had longed for was meant
to be a convenient blood donor for Sarah.
It’s just a pity that the baby arrived only to be
killed by him.
“Mr. Hamilton, we’ve drawn all of Mrs.
Hamilton’s blood, but she…”
“If you’ve finished, then stop talking! I’m right
outside the operating room. Hurry up and
bring her out!”
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I scoffed. He was so anxious, so anxious that
he couldn’t listen to the doctor finish a
complete sentence.
My heart was completely dead, and the ECG
let out a long beep, signaling cardiac arrest.
The doctor stopped resuscitation and shook
his head helplessly as he looked at my pale
face.
My soul left my body again, and I saw the
unborn baby slip out from below.
The doctor picked it up reverently and placed
it on the instrument table.
Mark rushed in, and that mass of blood and
flesh immediately caught his eye.
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“You can’t go anywhere without me it’s not safe.”
The navigation on my phone guiding me to the one place I
can escape.
He covered his mouth and retched, not
noticing anything unusual in the operating
room.
now
After he finished vomiting, he angrily scolded,
“What disgusting thing! Throw it away, it’s an
eyesore!”
The doctor tried to explain several times, but
Mark’s grim expression scared him back.
Mark grabbed the blood bag and, without even glancing at me, turned and walked out.
Just as he was about to leave the operating room, he paused and instructed, “Now you can give her a painkiller injection. Be careful when you give her the injection. My wife is
afraid of pain.”
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“You can’t go anywhere without me it’s not safe.”
The navigation on my phone guiding me to the one place I
can escape.
I couldn’t help but sneer.
now
If this were before, I would have been deeply
moved to hear him care about me.
But now, I only felt incredibly ironic.
I was dead, and now he knew to care.
I really wanted to ask him, is your heart made
of stone? Is it meaningful to be so
hypocritical?
The doctor chased after him for two steps,
still wanting to explain, “Mrs. Hamilton, she’s
already passed away…”
I don’t know if Mark didn’t care or didn’t hear,
but he quickened his pace and walked out.
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“Since you’re done drawing blood, come with
me to give Sarah a transfusion. Don’t worry,
you’ll be handsomely rewarded.” He then
pointed to the surgical nurse: “Clean up the
things on the table. I don’t allow such
disgusting things in my hospital! If my wife
wakes up and gets scared by this thing, you’ll
all pay for it!”
