Dorothy watched the long and sharp needle pierce into Belle’s waist. She couldn’t help but tightly hold onto Credence’s arms, and her face turned pale.
It was such a long and sharp needle. She felt that it must really hurt.
Belle couldn’t see her, but she could. She could clearly see her body tremble in pain several times when the needle was inserted. Tears glistened in her eyes. However, she bit her lips tightly and didn’t make a sound.
Ever since she had leukemia, Belle had to go to the hospital many times. She had to go to the hospital for medicine or injections, so she was used to being pricked by needles.
At first, she would throw herself into Belle’s arms and cry out in pain. But as she grew up, she gradually understood something. No matter how much it hurt, she wouldn’t yell or scream. Instead, she would cry quietly, just like she was doing now.
Not long after, the effects of the anesthesia took effect. Belle slowly closed her big beautiful eyes, and her small body relaxed on the operating table.
The doctor immediately put a breathing mask on her, and inserted all kinds of tubes into her body, and connected them to instruments that displayed different types of data. When the setup was prepared for surgery, they were ready to begin.
In order to prepare for this transplant, Belle had undergone a lot of chemotherapy. She had lost every strand of hair she had, this was a consequence of chemotherapy.
By the transparent window, Dorothy stared at her daughter’s pale face. Her heart hurt so much that she couldn’t speak at all. “Belle, be strong. Daddy and I are both here for you. You will get better, you will definitely get better!”
Dorothy was anxious.
Six and a half years ago, when she was giving birth to Belle, she suffered from having a difficult labor and had a life-and-death struggle on the delivery bed. Her life was hanging by a thread and she almost lost her life.
Every woman who was willing to be a mother was on the edge of life and death when they were on the delivery bed, they would tremble in fear as if they were walking a tightrope and fighting the devil itself.
Gradually, her consciousness faded from the pain. She lost consciousness, and could hardly hold on. But she remembered that the baby in her womb was still waiting for her to give birth to her. She would feel the sunshine and the air to breathe. No matter how painful it was, she had to endure it, she bit her lip until it bled. She had been in pain for at least 24 hours before she finally gave birth to Belle.
But the pain she felt back then was not as heart-wrenching as it was right now.
If the disease could be transferred, she would rather suffer the pain of leukemia for her daughter so that she could bear it by herself to ensure that her daughter was a healthy little girl. That way, she didn’t have to suffer from the illness right from her birth. Up to now, she was still suffering from it.
Credence raised his hand and held her sweaty little hand in his. He kissed her forehead with his thin and cold lips and said in a low voice, “Honey, don’t be afraid. I’m here. I’ll take care of everything! You’re right. Belle will be fine. Our daughter will be fine.”
Dorothy bit her pale lips, and her trembling voice hissed, “Yes, everything will be okay. Belle, she… she’ll be safe and sound.”
Time slowly went by, and the waiting period was torturous for them.
More than an hour later, 800 CCs of bone marrow were extracted from Rosalie’s bones through the blood cell separation machine that separated her blood cells on extraction. The blood vessels were injected into Belle’s body through the veins under her collarbone.
Soon, Dorothy saw the attending doctor rush to the window, he was making a victorious gesture. She breathed a sigh of relief, and tears of joy immediately came out of her eyes. She was too excited to utter a single word.
She was in such a daze that she raised her head with tears in her eyes. She trembled violently, and couldn’t stop at all. She whispered, “Credence, have you seen the doctor’s gesture? Belle is saved. Belle can finally come out safe and sound.”
The tight tension in her mind was finally over, and Dorothy was relieved. Her legs went weak and she couldn’t stand up. After she finished talking, a white light flashed in front of her eyes, and she leaned back like a soft sponge…
Credence’s heart skipped a beat when he saw her falling backward. He quickly reached out his arm to catch her waist and pulled her into his embrace.
At the same time he pulled her close to him, he did not forget to avoid hurting her round belly.
“Honey, take a deep breath. Hold on, I will take you to the doctor right away!”
“Honey, are you all right?”
“Dorothy, can you hear me?” Credence repeatedly called out to the woman he loved.
But Dorothy had already fainted, and she was unable to respond to his gentle calls.
No matter how worried he was, Credence didn’t panic. He did not have time to take off their sterilized suits, so he simply held her by the waist and walked out with heavy steps.
Normally, he would pick up Dorothy’s heavy body without any effort. But at this moment, he was still a wounded man who could barely stand up. At this moment, he was holding a heavy woman in his arms. He opened the door and went out. He was drenched in a cold sweat after walking for a few seconds.
A large crowd of people was waiting outside. When they saw Credence carrying an unconscious Dorothy out, they were all dumbstruck.
Among them, Jonathan and Juelz were the ones who were most shocked.
“D*mn, Belle is the one having the operation inside. Why does it look like Dorothy is the one who just had an operation?”
Jonathan was quick to respond. He immediately ran over and asked, “Credence, what’s wrong? Did she get too excited? Or is Belle’s operation not going well?”
Juelz was a step too late. Realizing that Jonathan had already asked all the questions he wanted to, he glanced at Credence and shouted angrily, “Is this how you take care of Dorothy?”
Yezoo also squeezed in. He did not know the situation and it wasn’t appropriate to blame Credence. He just said with a worried expression, “That’s enough, Juelz, don’t talk so much. Hurry up and send Dorothy to the emergency room for treatment.”
Germaine’s stomach was hurting at this moment, so she had gone to the bathroom at the end of the corridor. She wasn’t at the scene.
With that, only Ysabelle stood behind Yezoo’s wheelchair. Her gaze was cold and emotionless, but she didn’t want it to be found out by anyone. She could only squeeze out a worried expression and watch as everyone busied themselves with Dorothy.
The attending doctor came out quickly. When she saw Dorothy’s pale face, his face immediately darkened and he scolded the man holding her. “How do your families take care of a pregnant woman? She is seven months pregnant and almost had two miscarriages. Besides that, she hasn’t left the hospital at all during this period. Her body had already suffered from symptoms when she gave birth to her first baby. Moreover, she hasn’t received proper care at all. She has been in a terrible mood and cries very often. Now, she’s fainted. A pregnant woman could accidentally lose her baby if she even sneezes. Would you be happy if she had a miscarriage?! You don’t listen to her doctor’s advice when you run around everywhere and get depressed. If anything happens, you then turn on us doctors. A doctor isn’t omnipotent.”
Credence had held a high ranking for many years and was a decisive character. How could he stand being yelled at by the doctor? He got angry. When he frowned and was about to lose his temper, Jonathan saw that something was wrong and immediately squeezed into the group to smile and say, “Credence, don’t be angry. Saving Dorothy is more important right now.”