Chapter 227 The Untold Story Behind the Divorce Five Years Ago
After a tense waitrace against the clock in the ER to save Fannie, the emergency room doors finally swung open.
Fannie was still receivingundergoing post-operative care inside when, but the doctor emerged, prompting stepped out first.
Seeing the doctor, everyone to gatherimmediately gathered around him..
Patricia, anxious, inquired asked anxiously, "How is my daughter doing?"
The doctor, with a grave look, removing removed his mask, said, his expression grave.
"She's stabilized for now, but she's not out of the woods yet. She needs to be observed in the ICU. Prepare yourselves for... Iit's possible that..."
He trailed off, leavingnot finishing his sentence unfinished..
Patricia, herselfalso a doctor, understood the gravity of his words all too well. The shock was too much, and what he meant. Unable to bear the blow, her vision darkened asand she collapsed to the floor.
Alarmed cries of "Patricia!" and ..."
"Mommy!" filled the room...."
Everyone cried out.
Martin, who wasbeing the closest, quickly stretched out his arms and caught her securely in his arms.embrace.
Charles, clinging clung tightly to Patricia's leg, cried.legs, crying loudly, "Mommy, sobwu wu... Mommy, what's wrong? Don't scare me...", Mommy..."
Martin tried to reassure himreassured, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to her--"..."
Before he could finish, Frank intervenedstepped forward, pulling Patricia from Martin'shis arms, saying, "As and lifting her up, "You are Fannie's biological father, you are supposed to deal with all these things. I'll take her to rest for a bit."
Martin, reminded ofRemembering his daughter still in the ER, noddedMartin reluctantly. nodded in agreement, despite his unwillingness.
Frank carriedthen took Patricia to the emergency room's resting area, where the.
The doctor administered a bag of nutrients and amino acids. for her .
"She's just gotten pregnant, and the fetus isn't stable. Remember, no extreme emotions, or there's a risk of miscarriage," the doctor warned. ". I'll prescribe some medication to stabilize the pregnancy; take it according to the instructions."
"Thank you," he responded. !"
The doctor nodded and departed.left.
Frank, seeing Patricia's distressedhaggard face, was filled with sorrow.felt an immense heartache. He fetchedgot a sterile gauze, moistened from a nurse, wet it with warm water in the restroom, and gtentderly wiped the tearstear stains from her face.
FeelingIn her stupor, Patricia felt the dampness, Patricia on her face and suddenly awoke in a panic, askingopened her eyes, panicked, "Fannie, my daughter Fannie, where is she?"
Frank, hisFrank's voice ladenwas hoarse with sorrow, replied, "She must have been taken to the ICU by now."
Driven by a desperate "I need to be with her daughter, Patriciasee her..." she said, and without considering her surroundings, she hurriedly removed the IV and, not even bothering with shoes, attempted to rush to the ICU barefoot..
Frank, concerned for her well-being, Seeing her so reckless with herself, Frank's chest ached with anger, and he pressed her back onto the bed, saying firmlyexclaiming, "I know you're worried about Fannie, but you can't neglect yourself!"
Tears streamed downfell desperately from Patricia's face anew. eyes, the freshly wiped face once again streaked with tears.
"Fannie needs me. She'll be scared if she doesn't see me when she wakes up. I need to be there for her, to be the first person she sees."
She was so emotional, her entire being on the verge of collapse.
Frank, heartbroken for Fannie and even more so for her, bent down to scoop her up and placed her back on the bed.
Patricia tried to get up again.
Frank firmly pressed down on her shoulders, stern. his face stern as he said word by word,
"You're pregnant. Even if you don't care about yourself, think about the child in your belly."
Patricia was thunderstruck. , completely dumbfounded.She looked incredulously at Frank., "What? What did you just say?"
She looked incredulously at Frank, "What? What did you just say?"
Frank sighed., feeling helpless, "You were found to be pregnant the first time you fainted.! It's just that there wasn't time to tell you. When youYou fainted again, just now, and the doctor said since the fetus is still in the early stages,. iIf your emotions aren't stable, you could easily miscarry."
After a pause, he addedcontinued, "Martin is in there withfor Fannie. AsHe's her biological father, he wouldn't and naturally won't neglect her. Your task now is to rest."
Patricia's hand moved involuntarily to her flat belly. She couldn't believe that a new life was growing inside her again.
She couldn't believe that a new life was growing inside her again.
Seeing her speechless, Frank understood that she had comprehended his words., "I know you're worried about Fannie, and so am I. But you have to think about the child you're carrying.! With Martin's capabilities, he can surely find the world's best surgeons for Fannie."
After a brief stupor, Patricia's tears fell again.
Frank hugged her close, his large palm gently patting her back to soothe her emotions.
Leaning against Frank's chest, Patricia pressed her hand tightly over her belly, at a loss for what to do.
The child in her belly was undoubtedly Martin's.
After five years, she was pregnant with Martin's child again.
Should she keep this child?
Five years ago, her insistence on having the child led to Randy being born with a congenital heart defect and now Fannie was lying in the ICU.
Feeling utterly inadequate asShe felt she was not a competent mother, she doubted her ability at all.
Not fit to raise another child. Her thoughts were interrupted when
Lost in thought, Frank's voice suddenly piercedbroke the silence from above. her head, "Is the child Martin's?"
PulledPatricia was pulled back to reality, Patricia and nodded.
Frank sighed, releasedlet go of her, and gently stroked her head., asking, "What do you plan to do? I can see you still have feelings for him; you could try telling him. If he's willing to take responsibility—"..."
He was cut off by Patricia's agitated interruption.
"No, I can't tell him about this!" Patricia exclaimed.
"Why not?" Frank asked, puzzled. in confusion, "Why not?"
Memories ofRemembering Martin's recent coldness causedtowards her, Patricia's heart to acheached anew.
"He doesn't care forlike me. A; a marriage justforced together for the child's sake of a child won't lead to happiness. Let's not be happy. Don't tell him about this for now," she replied, still unsure about keeping."
She hadn't decided whether to keep the child.
"But...""But..."
Frank wanted to say more, but Patricia stoodwas already standing up, intentbending over to put on leaving. "This isn'ther shoes.
"Now's not the time for this. I mustneed to go to the ICU immediatelyright away. Everything else can wait until Fannie's condition is stable."
Frank handedheld her back, handing her a pillbox. "Take this , "Here's the medicine as instructed,; I've read the instructions. Take it once a day. Starting from, one pill at a time. Take one now,"."
With that, he urged, fetchingfetched her a cup of water from the dispenser. After
Patricia hesitated for a moment of hesitation, Patricia, then took the water and swallowed the pill.
When she reachedarrived at the ICU, she found that Jade had already taken Charles away. Outside, back.
Martin stood alone, staring through outside the glass window, his gaze emptyvacant as he looked inside, lost in thought.
Patricia approached the ICU, her gaze fixed, peering through the glass onat Fannie, who lay lying on the hospital bed entangled in a web of , her body riddled with tubes. The, and the tears she had been holding back beganmanaged to flowstop flowed once more.
Outside the ICU, where silence was mandated to avoid disturbing the patients, Patricia found herself needing to stifle her cries, coveringNo loud noises were allowed outside the ICU.
She had to cover her mouth to lettightly, letting her tears fall in silence.silently.
Frank moved closer, offeringcame over, placed a comforting touchhand on her shoulder with a gentle pat., and patted it gently.
Martin, witnessing this small gesture, couldn't help but feel a surgeMartin's gaze fell on the hand resting on Patricia's shoulder, full of anger and jealousy.
Feeling the intensity of Martin's stare, Frank quickly retractedSensing his hand,gaze, Frank prudently withdrew his hand, sheepishly touching his nose in an awkward, sheepish gesture. ,
"I'll go grab something for you to eat, you two talk,"."
With that, he said,slipped away.
Frank left, and outside the ICU, only a nurse remained, leaving Martin and Patricia alone.
Neither spoke.
The atmosphere gradually became suffocating.
Who knows how long passed before slipping away.
With Frank gone, the area outside the ICU was left in a quiet lull, save for a nurse, leaving Martin and Patricia enveloped in a tense silence.
finally broke
The air between them grew heavy, neither finding the words to pierce the silence until, finally, Martin spoke. , "I'm sorry..."
Patricia continued to cry silently, not responding to him.
She had heard too many apologies lately.
If sorry was enough, Fannie wouldn't be lying in the ICU, her life hanging in the balance.
Seeing no reaction from her, Martin continued, "If I had known that my mistake back then would lead to today's consequences, I would never have divorced you."
His voice was filled with infinite remorse.
Patricia snorted coldly., her voice dripping with disdain, "From the moment you knew I was pregnant and still forced me onto the operating table for Debbie to donate bone marrow, you should have known this day would come."
Martin furrowed his brows. tightly, "What are you talking about?"
Her look ofPatricia thought he was refusing to admit it, the disdain grew. in her eyes growing deeper.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. If it weren't for Randy's congenital heart disease, I would never have handed him over to you, a father who nearly killed him."
Martin was puzzled, "I had no idea you were pregnant when we divorced," Martin said, puzzled. ". If I had known, why would I divorce you over mythat damn pride?"
"What?"
Patricia was stunned. , something flashing through her mind.
"The day we signed the divorce papers, didn'twasn't it you havewho had me tied to the operating table, taking myforcing me to donate bone marrow forto Debbie despite being informed of my pregnancy?"
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