FreeNovelEmily nodded and looked atcalmly, saying, "Yvette, did the doctor say when | could be discharged?" | hesitated for a moment and replied, "The doctor said that as long as you're not in pain, you can be discharged to go hand rest. It'll be like postpartum recuperation. Don't get cold, don't move too much, and just take it easy." She made an affirmative sound and then fell into a long silence.
| sat there quietly with her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn the afternoon, | returned to the hotel and encountered Sweety in the lobby. She was sitting in the lounge area, wearing a cool-toned spaghetti-strap maxi dress and delicate makeup. She looked beautiful, yet she looked like a stranger tonow.
When she saw me, she stood up and approachedwith a guilty and fearful expression. "Yvette, how is she doing?" She probably meant Emily.
| pursed my lips and unconsciously took a step back, putting sdistance between us. | maintained a normal conversational distance between strangers and ignored her hurt appearance. | said, "The baby is gone, but the mother is fine." Upon hearing this news, she slightly pressed her lips and let out a sigh of relief, saying, "As long as she is okay." Looking at her, | could not decide if | was disappointed or simply numb at this point.
| did not want to talk to her anymore and prepared to leave.
She blocked my way, looking atwith a furrowed brow. "Yvette, about what happened last night... Both Liam and | were drunk. | don't know how we woke up in the hotel, and | have no idea how Emily ended up in our room this morning. You have to believe me. | didn't intend for any of this to happen to her. | love Liam, but | never wanted to hurt anyone." If it were the past, her sincere words would have madebelieve her without hesitation, and | would have tried my best to help her prove her innocence.
However, at this moment, | just felt like she had treatedas a fool from the start, making a joke out of my trust in her and everyone else's ignorance.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAs | looked at her, | calmly said, "Never wanted to hurt anyone? Do you think Liam would be foolish enough to send Emily a message asking her to bring you guys breakfast next door? Is he dumb enough to have another woman next to him, half hiding behind the hotel door, waiting for someone to cin and catch you in the act? Are you saying that you know nothing, and it's all Liam, that idiot, who did it? Or does Emily have monstrous strength, capable of prying open a door with her bare hands? Sweety, do you really think everyone is a fool and can be used and manipulated by you?" Perhaps it was because | had never said such words to her or because she thought that no matter how wrong she was, | would never say such things about her, but she froze for a few seconds, frowned at me, then said in disbelief, "Yvette, you don't believe me?" At this point, | just wanted to laugh at my own foolishness and stupidity. After taking a deep breath, | said, "Sweety, let's just pretend we have never met from now on." She frowned, looking agitated. "You're cutting ties withover a stranger, Yvette? We've known each other for over twenty years, yet you're doing this for that Emily woman whom you've only exchanged a few words with? You're treatinglike this because of her?" "So you know very well that it's been over twenty years.” | was angry now as | looked at her. "It tookmore than twenty years to see what kind of person you truly are. You tossed aside your morals for a married man and ruthlessly took the life of an innocent developed fetus. Did you know that the baby has already taken shape? It had little hands and little feet. How is what you did any different from what Moore did?" She frowned, pursed her lips, and said, "So what if it had taken shape? In the obstetrics and gynecology department, thousands of fetuses die every day. They're just a bunch of cells or a lump of flesh. Do you really need to get so worked up about it? Anyone can have a baby. We're all women. It's just one fetus, and..." Smack! Looking at her, | did not know what else to say. I no longer recognized her at all. She covered her face and looked at me, her eyes full of anger and resentment. "You just hitover a stranger?" "She's not a stranger to me," | took a deep breath and said calmly. "You can do whatever you want without restraint, but Sweety, lettell you in advance, if you harm innocent people again, you'll regret ever meeting me." She pursed her lips. "Are you threatening me?" | did not deny it and turned around to go back into the hotel.
People truly drifted apart over time.
What was supposed to be a nice vacation turned into a huge disaster. After two days of recuperation in the hospital, Doris arranged for Emily to return to Lake City.
On the day we sent them back, | tagged along with Idris.
Since she woke up, Emily had remained calm throughout the entire ordeal. If | had not seen the blood she shed and that formed fetus with my own eyes, | would have assumed that she had just gone through a normal illness and that she was all better now.
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