After the anesthesia took effect, I knew nothing.
So, I didn't know that I went through a life-and-death race.
......
"The patient is hemorrhaging uncontrollably. Where are the patient's relatives? We need an immediate signature."
When the doctor rushed out of the operating room, Drew was stunned.
The documents were shoved into his hands.
But he couldn't prove that he was related to me.
"Can we leave it blank for now? Her parents aren't in town, and her husband… is busy."
"Are you kidding? Hospital rules—get her husband on the phone now! The patient's condition is critical!"
The doctor's face was full of urgency.
It was as if Drew suddenly woke up from a dream, frantically calling Roy.
One, two, three… thirteen, thirty-three, fifty-three...
No answer.
Even by the fifty-third call, the phone was directly hung up.
Drew went from being anxious to panicked, and finally, he broke down completely: "Pick up the phone, Roy! Your damn wife is dying, and you have the nerve to be celebrating another woman's birthday!"
He screamed hysterically in the hospital corridor.
Medical staff and patients gathered around, watching the scene unfold, clearly moved.
They joined in, cursing the scumbag and trying to help solve the problem.
Then, someone suggested, "If you can't reach him, try finding someone who can."
Drew had a sudden realization and used my phone to dial a different number.
Roy arrived fifteen minutes later.
Trailing behind him were my in-laws.
When Roy arrived, he was covered in cake and cream, his tie loosely hanging around his neck, his collar open, and his hair soaked.
These details were all told to me by Drew after I woke up.
"You have a naturally thin uterine wall, which caused the hemorrhaging, but luckily, the timely intervention saved your uterus..."
Drew sighed at my luck.
But I remained indifferent, asking, "Is Roy still kneeling outside?"
This time, Roy was kneeling at the door of my hospital room, with no one pleading on his behalf.
My in-laws knew they were in the wrong.
After the surgery, my mother-in-law spent quite some time comforting me.
Before leaving, she reluctantly held my hand, saying, "MiMi, these years of marriage have been hard on you... My son... He's beyond saving..."
"If you want a divorce, we won't try to persuade you otherwise. Follow your own heart."
Coming back to my senses, I met Drew's complex gaze, my expression calm: "Help me out."
Drew wanted to persuade me otherwise.
But he couldn't change my mind.
He could only help me into a wheelchair and push me toward the door.
In the hospital corridor, Roy knelt upright, still in the wrinkled suit from earlier in the day, with a bruise on his cheekbone.
It was from when Drew hit him.
In front of everyone, Roy hadn't fought back.
Now, with people coming and going, the usually reserved Roy hadn't moved an inch.
Seeing me, his face was filled with pain and sorrow.
But before he could speak, I tossed a document toward him:
"You lost."
Those three simple words made Roy's face change drastically.
In the noisy corridor, the murmurs of onlookers couldn't drown out his heavy breathing.
He didn't even glance at the document on the ground, instead, he stared at me intently.
Smart as he was, he quickly sensed something was off:
"You deliberately chose today, to make me choose... to make me regret..."
The more he spoke, the more pained he became, until finally, he punched himself hard in the head.
As for me, I just rolled my eyes:
"You're overthinking it. No matter what choice you made, I wasn't keeping this child."
My voice was weak as I leaned against the wall, hitting the nail on the head: "I know you can't do it."
Even though this is something simple.
Just one month without contacting Liana.
But even something this simple.
Roy can't do it: "Liana saved our lives when we were in elementary school... so we promised her we'd always get together on her birthday..."
In the third grade, Roy and his friends had the crazy idea to go on an adventure.
They found a shipping container and spent the night in it.
The result was that when they woke up the next day, they were thousands of meters in the air, swaying precariously.
Fortunately, Liana, who had secretly followed them, found them in time and saved them.
Since then, Liana had been included in their boys' group.
Becoming the undisputed favorite of the group.
But their affection for her is their business.
