Nana lowered her head, avoiding their gaze, and said wearily, “Mrs. Waters, Mr. Waters, I’m worried about Carl, so…”
Mrs. Waters ignored her and walked directly to Carl’s bedside, looking at him with concern and touching his forehead.
Thinking about how her lively son had become like this because of the woman in front of her, Mrs. Waters couldn’t contain her anger.
“Carl is like this now, are you happy?”
“Mrs. Waters, I’m not. I feel terrible about what happened to Carl,” Nana’s heart ached.
She didn’t want anything bad to happen to Carl, and his accident after the car crash affected her more than anyone else.
“Isn’t it because of you that he had the accident? And you don’t feel responsible? The facts are right here. Do you have the nerve to argue? Now get out! I don’t want to see you.”
Tears welled up in Nana’s eyes. “Mrs. Waters, I want to stay here with Carl, I want him to wake up and see me so that he can feel at ease…”
After all, Carl had the accident because he rushed to stop her from aborting their child. So she wanted him to wake up and know that the child was fine, to put his mind at ease.
But these words sounded harsh to Mrs. Waters. “You’re a jinx! Do you want him to wake up and be angered by you again? Get out!”
“I said get out, didn’t you hear me?!”
Mrs. Waters was overwhelming, and Nana felt she had no need to stay here.
Jane supported Nana’s arm and felt her trembling, not sure if it was from being frightened by Mrs. Waters or if she was regretful and emotionally stirred thinking about Carl’s condition.
“Nana, don’t you understand? Get out! Stay away from my son.”
Mrs. Waters was domineering, almost too much to bear. Jane wanted to speak up for Nana, but she was stopped by Nana herself.
After all, Mrs. Waters was Carl’s mother, and as a junior, they couldn’t afford to make the relationship too tense.
Mr. Waters had been watching from the side and now stepped forward to speak.
“Nana, you still have a child. You’ve been here for several days and must be tired. Go back and rest. You can come over again tomorrow morning.”
Mrs. Waters was displeased at hearing this. “How can you let her come again?”
“Alright, after all, she’s carrying our family’s flesh and blood,” Mr. Waters sighed.
Hearing that she was allowed to come again tomorrow morning, Nana nodded.
“Mr. Waters, Mrs. Waters, please take care of Carl.”
The two of them walked out of the ward.
“Jane, did you bring a heat pack?”
“No, why?”
“I might have caught a cold, and my stomach doesn’t feel good,” Nana’s face turned even paler.
Hearing this, Jane instinctively looked at her stomach. She then noticed that Nana had been holding her belly the whole time.
Jane reached out to support Nana. “I didn’t bring any medicine, but there should be a supermarket outside the hospital where we can buy some. You should also pay more attention since you’re carrying a baby now.”
Jane bought some warm patches for Nana and thoughtfully got her a cup of hot milk tea.
Nana’s hotel was not far from the hospital, and they arrived in no time. However, during those few minutes in the car, Nana’s complexion became even worse as she sat in the passenger seat.
“Are we there yet? I’m feeling really dizzy from motion sickness today,” asked Nana with her head turned to Jane.
Jane looked at her with concern and reached out to touch her forehead. “Are you sick? You look terrible.”
“I’m not sick; it’s probably because I didn’t eat breakfast this morning that I feel dizzy from motion sickness,” replied Nana as she got out of the car.
As soon as they entered the room, sweat beads appeared on Nana’s forehead which frightened Jane.
“Nana! What happened? Let me take a look at you!” exclaimed Jane anxiously while grabbing hold of her wrist to check for signs of illness or discomfort.
Nana pushed her aside and rushed to the bathroom.
“Bang!”
She closed the bathroom door, blocking Jane, who was worried about her, outside.
“Nana, what’s wrong?”
“Nana?”
From inside, Nana replied, “I’m fine, just need to use the restroom.”
Restroom?!
Jane had an ominous feeling in her heart.
Soon after, Nana’s voice, with a trembling tone, came from inside.
“Jane, I’m bleeding…”
What?
Hearing this, Jane burst in and immediately noticed the bright red stain on Nana’s pants. She grabbed Nana’s wrist, checking her pulse.
Nana’s body couldn’t stop shaking. “Jane, my stomach hurts.”
It turned out that the pain in Nana’s stomach in the hospital room was due to a threatened miscarriage, not because of Mrs. Waters’ domineering attitude.
Jane furrowed her brow. “Fortunately, the child is still safe. Don’t worry. Seeing a bit of blood during pregnancy is not uncommon, as long as the amount is not excessive.”
“However… you’ve been holding stress these past few days, which has indeed affected the child. Let me call an ambulance for you. How could you not know you’re pregnant? Why didn’t you mention the stomach ache earlier? Can the pain from chilling be the same as this?”
Nana’s face turned pale. “I didn’t feel this much pain at the hospital just now, Jane. Will the child be okay?”
“Shut your trap, the child is fine. Now, take care of yourself and the baby,” Jane said as she pulled out her phone to call 911.
Nana grabbed her hand and shook her head. “No, don’t do that.”
“What? You don’t want the baby anymore?!” Jane panicked.
“No, it’s not that. If you call 911, they’ll send an ambulance from the nearest hospital. I don’t want to go to the same hospital as Carl in case his parents see me and think I’m trying to get rid of their grandchild.”
“Don’t worry about it. You’re going to the maternity ward which is in a different department from where he is staying anyway,” Jane reassured her.
“Jane… please,” Nana pleaded.
“Okay, I’ll take you there myself.”
Jane reluctantly agreed and helped Nana put on her pants before they left together. As they walked out of the door, Jane kicked it open with force.
“Bang!”
Jane was extremely anxious now because Nana’s fetus was in a precarious state. The words spoken earlier were just to avoid causing her additional worry, words of comfort.
After all, Nana was emotionally distressed due to Mrs. Waters’ words, leading to a threatened miscarriage. The child’s condition seemed genuinely at risk now.
If it weren’t serious, Jane wouldn’t have urgently called for an ambulance.
Assisting Nana into the vehicle, as they left the hotel, Jane glanced at Nana through the rearview mirror.
Nana was lying on the back seat, not looking ahead.
So, Jane drove back in the direction they had just come from, heading to the same hospital as Carl. After all, it was the closest one.
Nana wasn’t paying attention to the road, so she probably wouldn’t notice.
“Ahh~”
“Jane! I feel like there’s more blood coming out again… my baby…”
“Don’t overthink it. The bleeding you experienced just now is like a small cut; it’s a normal phenomenon. The child is fine.”
“We’ll be at the hospital soon. Everything will be okay.”
Although she reassured verbally, the hand gripping the steering wheel tightened. Deep down, she knew the true severity of Nana’s situation.