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McKayla’s voice was all shaky from crying, and she nervously held onto Stephanie.
Stephanie’s face was covered in cold sweat.
My whole body hurt, hands, feet, head, all kinds of bumps really hurt.
But none of that hurt as much as my stomach did.
It hurt so much she almost passed out.
“Steph…”
McKayla was really freaking out, because she really knew about Stephanie’s health.
“My head hit something in the crash, got some scrapes and a bit of a concussion.”
“There’s some bleeding down there. The baby hasn’t come out yet, but it’s really dangerous. If you wanted to keep it later, you’d probably have to stay in bed…
When Stephanie was sent out before, the doctor had already said these things to her.
The doctor colleagues also told her that, during the treatment, Stephanie begged them to save the baby.
But now rolling down from such a high hallway… all this was still for her, McKayla!
Thinking about it, McKayla’s tears kept falling, and guilt almost
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drowned her.
McKayla immediately took out her phone to dial, and her hand was shaking as she tapped the screen.
“Steph, I called someone right now. Hang in there.”
Stephanie was in so much pain she couldn’t speak.
She felt like something was slipping away, something was leaving her.
She held back the pain and looked up, but what she saw was Maxwell turning around to help Roxanne up.
She opened her mouth, wanting to call out to him and say something.
But I couldn’t make a sound.
She just watched as Maxwell pulled Roxanne into his arms.
Very careful, really cherished.
The sensor light in the safety passage went out again, and the light coming in from outside the passage faintly outlined Maxwell and Roxanne standing together.
Tears ran down her cheeks from the corners of her eyes, and Stephanie’s heart still hurt no matter how hard she tried to control it.
“Max…”
As Maxwell was helping Roxanne out of the safe passage, Stephanie called out to him.
Maxwell’s steps stopped.
He didn’t look back!
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Just quietly looked at the cold, white hallway outside the emergency exit.
It was already late at night, not many people were outside, and it was really quiet.
Maxwell’s heart still didn’t calm down.
It was a mess just now.
By the time he realized it, Stephanie had already fallen down the stairs, and what he saw was his own hand that he hadn’t pulled back.
Fingertips dug into his palms, Maxwell’s clenched fists shook with effort.
“Max.” Roxanne called him from beside him.
He looked down and saw Roxanne’s cheek, red and swollen from being hit, and the little bump on her forehead.
He closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he said calmly:
“Stephanie, suit yourself.”
Then, I took Roxanne out of the emergency exit.
“Maxwell!”
Behind me was McKayla’s heart–wrenching scream in the hallway.
This time, he didn’t stop.
In the safety passage.
Stephanie watched Maxwell leave.
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When she left, Roxanne turned back and looked at her.
His eyes were full of mockery, provocation, and pride.
In the posture of a winner.
Stephanie closed her eyes, and tears kept falling.
Yeah, she had already lost completely.
Why did you call him again?
Hadn’t she already expected this kind of result?
Not willing to accept it?
Was it because this kid had his blood too?
She had already warned herself to guard her heart.
Why did you still break your promise?
Tears kept falling, her stomach hurt so much.
She was so sad.
I felt so sad I was about to die.
“Kayla…”
She didn’t know what to do, just kept calling McKayla without thinking.
McKayla was already crying her eyes out.
She kept wiping the tears off Stephanie’s face, but the tears just kept falling, no matter how much she wiped, she couldn’t get them all.
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“Steph, it was all my fault.”
McKayla cried and hugged Stephanie tightly: “I’m sorry, Steph, I’m
sorry…”
Stephanie was already so much in pain that she was losing consciousness.
That scene from her dream seemed to appear before her eyes again.
The red dress Mom and Dad lifted up when they danced, young Maxwell’s baby face.
Ouch…
She was really in pain.
“Dad, Mom, what should I do?”
Stephanie cried until she was exhausted, sobbing on and off.
Before she lost consciousness, her hand reached out into the air, like she was trying to grab something.
But in the end, she couldn’t hold on to anything.
“Steph!”
McKayla saw Stephanie’s hand drop, and she screamed‘ in pain.
The sensor light in the hallway came on again.
McKayla saw a big pool of blood seeping out from under Stephanie..
It stained Stephanie’s clothes red, and also stained McKayla’s white coat red.
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