The female doctor hurried over. A large group of people followed behind, including Jonathan, Belle, and Yezoo.
The female doctor looked at Dorothy’s twitching body, and quickly found the crux of the problem due to her many years of experience. She frowned. “Mrs. Scott, you are very weak right now. Don’t overexert yourself. Your mood swings are too strenuous on you, and that will only affect the child in your body. That’s right, relax, don’t push yourself…”
Before the doctor could finish talking, a growl of hunger suddenly erupted from Dorothy’s stomach. It wasn’t very loud, but it was enough for Dorothy to feel embarrassed.
So many people were watching her. She was so ashamed that she turned her head away to avoid looking at them.
Once the doctor had collected herself, she smiled having understood the situation, and then explained it to Credence. “Mr. Scott, don’t worry, this is a good thing. It means that Mrs. Scott is just quite hungry, which is causing her body to feel pain from time to time. However, a while ago, she would regularly have morning sickness and nightmares, so the baby in her belly isn’t developing well. During this period of time, we have to give her enough nutrients so that she can eat and drink well. It will be good for her and the child.”
Credence listened carefully to her every word, and his attention quickly fell on the child’s growth rate. He frowned and he asked Dorothy quietly, “Do you still have nightmares?”
He was the reason why she was in such a state.
She almost had a miscarriage because of him. Melanie appeared out of nowhere and wanted to assassinate her. All of these things caused her to feel immense fear.
In her rush to save the child in her womb and Belle’s life, she had been in a constant state of anxiety. It was hard for her to fall asleep, and she kept having nightmares. Despite exhausting her mind and body repeatedly, she still tried to take good care of herself and the child. It really wasn’t easy for her.
Credence frowned, his face was as cold as stone. He really wanted to smoke a cigarette to ease the guilt in his heart. However, when he thought of Dorothy and Belle’s physical condition, he knew that he could only hold his desires back temporarily.
He thought that he was being considerate enough in terms of taking care of Dorothy. It was only now that he realized he wasn’t nearly doing enough at all.
The pain he’s suffered these past few days doesn’t even compare to one-ten-thousandths of the pain she’s experienced.
He still remembered, six and a half years ago in that hospital ward. In order to help Rosalie vent her anger, he ruthlessly pressed her down hard, over and over again until one of her twins’ was aborted. He still remembers the way she looked at him.
Now if this child couldn’t be saved, then it would only worsen pain, and she would hate him for the rest of her life, possibly even in the afterlife.
Therefore, the child has to be saved, Belle’s life needs to be saved no matter what.
He would pay any price for that, even if it meant sacrificing his own life!
Dorothy did not know about all these thoughts in Credence’s mind. Her stomach was about to convulse from hunger, the pain felt like fire, and her heart was hurting as well. At this moment, she couldn’t care less about how embarrassed she was. She slowly turned her head and looked at the man who was staring at her with a burning gaze. She made up her mind and acted as if she had nothing left to live with. “Let’s put the nightmares aside, Credence, I am hungry.”
Belle immediately let go of Jeremy’s pants and ran towards Dorothy’s bedside. She widened her big blue eyes and smiled. “Mommy, that’s great. You’ve finally woken up. You’ve finally talked to Daddy. I’m so happy. To celebrate, I’ve decided that I have to get a big chicken drumstick for today’s lunch menu.”
“Okay.”
Credence raised his hand and patted his daughter’s little head, and his gaze gradually softened.
With Belle’s current condition, it would not be a good thing for her to eat so much greasy food. However, she could still eat some meat occasionally.
Upon hearing the words ‘chicken drumstick’, Dorothy began salivating. When she looked up, she saw a pair of gentle and concerned-looking eyes. She then asked, “Credence, who is he?”
Jonathan had sharp ears, and he immediately heard her. He squinted his eyes, looked up, and said, “Dorothy, come on. Allow me to introduce you to the old man sitting next to me. He is Juelz and Germaine’s uncle and your father. You may recognize this lady. She is the sister of your fake mother and is your actual mother. As for the person standing behind me, who also occasionally attacks Credence, it seems he’s your brother.”
Dorothy looked at Yezoo, he seemed kind and caring. She felt a warm feeling in her heart.
However, she pursed her lips and didn’t speak. She then turned her eyes towards Ysabelle. She seemed very embarrassed. Ysabelle tried to smile for her, but couldn’t manage one. Her entire face was stiff and felt strange. She parted her lips, but couldn’t make a sound.
Ysabelle didn’t say anything. Dorothy didn’t want to speak to her, since she didn’t have a good impression of her. Slowly, she turned her eyes towards Jeremy.
What shocked her the most had to be this sinister-looking man.
Dorothy would never have imagined that this man, whose hands were stained with copious amounts of blood, who tortured Germaine, was actually her half-brother. She could not believe that he was her half-brother. Dorothy would never even think of making this up.
Dorothy really needed some time to calm down.
Jeremy squinted and lazily looked about. When he met Dorothy’s eyes which were full of hatred, he casually smiled and said, “Actually, I don’t care if we are related! The only person I want to see is Belle. I heard that she’s been diagnosed with leukemia at such a young age. What a pity!”
It was such a pity that that little girl whom he had a soft spot for, was about to die.
With such a cruel and heartless mother like Ysabelle, Jeremy completely gave up on his own family.
If it was fated to be, then he could only try his best to sympathize with her.
But if fate wasn’t on his side, then he would not even look or much less frown at Belle if she died right in front of him.
If Credence’s daughter died, then so be it. What did her life have anything to do with him at all!
Belle suddenly heard Jeremy calling her name, and she seemed confused. “Ah? Uncle Jeremy, did you call me?”
Credence immediately frowned and said to Jonathan, “Take Belle with you, and ask Marvin to get two orders of the most nutritious meals available for Dorothy.”
“Alright, Credence.”
Jonathan understood Credence’s intent right away. He also understood that if he and Belle stuck around, it would intrude on the emotional moment of this sudden family reunion. He shrugged his shoulders, held Belle’s hand, turned around, and quickly walked out.
After the two of them left, the room fell silent almost instantly. For a moment, the entire atmosphere was very awkward!