Waylen was accustomed to such hostility.
He entered resolutely and knelt before Mark.
Mark sneered again. “Your kneeling means nothing to me, Mr. Fowler. I cannot bear witness to it. What now? What have you done this time that you need to kneel and apologize?”
Waylen conveyed the doctor’s words to Mark.
Concern for Rena’s well-being had been weighing heavily on Mark’s mind and his heart sank upon
Mark asked Waylen, “What do you intend to do? Are you truly willing to watch your child perish? Can you be that merciless? If you dare to do so, I will end your life.”
Waylen calmly laid out his plan.
An icy silence engulfed the room.
Even Mark, who had been present throughout, was stunned by Waylen’s bold words. He was shocked and incensed. Without delay, he hurled the nearest object he could grab at Waylen…
It was a company stamp.
The stamp struck Waylen’s forehead with force.
Waylen couldn’t dodge at all.
A slender rivulet of crimson blood trickled down his countenance…
Undeterred, Mark positioned himself before Waylen and uttered with a quivering voice, “Waylen, have you pondered upon the repercussions of your actions? Can Rena endure it? What if… What if… If the baby really perishes, there will be no way back for you, Waylen. You will be doomed.”
Waylen slightly closed his eyes and replied, “I know. I am well aware.”
Waylen found himself without alternatives.
Rena’s loathing towards him was intense. He couldn’t offer her anything. He could no longer bear witnessing her agonizing in pain either. If she had even the slightest chance recovering in a different setting, he was willing to… He was willing to… set her free.
Mark maintained silence for an extended duration.
However, Waylen understood that Mark concurred.
Waylen wiped the blood from his brow, rose to his feet and departed.
As the door shut, Mark’s anger erupted in solitude. He forcefully shoved the papers to the floor and berated, “He is insane. If he truly loved her, why did he inflict so much harm upon her before?”
While venting his frustrations, Mark dejectedly took a seat.
His eyes were bloodshot. In truth, he knew this course of action could, at the very least, save Rena’s life.
Waylen returned to the ICU ward.
Rena remained fixated on the baby. He couldn’t determine if she slept more than three hours a day.
She was gradually expending her life for the sake of this child.
Following Waylen’s decisive choice, he felt a tinge of sorrow. It was an emotion he had never
experienced before but now he comprehended it.
He was a husband and a father.
Yet, he had failed in all his duties.
He had caused his wife to endure such suffering…
He embraced her.
Perhaps it would be the last time he could hold her so unabashedly.
Naturally, Rena resisted.
Waylen clung to her tightly, his chin resting on her shoulder, and whispered, “Allow me to hold you for a while. Just this once, Rena… Please don’t push me away.”
She lacked the strength and simply allowed him to embrace her in silence.
He couldn’t perceive her warmth.
Nevertheless, he pressed close to her neck, inhaling her scent, evoking countless cherished memories of their time together.
It was evident that he loved her…
She was the first woman he had made love to.
He kept her by his side, showering her with various gifts to please her, engaging in battles with Harold for her sake, and feeling jealousy towards Tyrone, Robert and Zack…
Every time she shed tears, he fretted over her, and every time she left him, he regretted it deeply.
Clearly, he loved her…
Waylen kissed her hair and whispered with a tremor in his voice, “Rena, I love you.”
Rena stiffened.
It mattered not to her anymore whether he harbored love for her or not.
No response came from her. He sealed his eyelids shut and clasped her with increased intensity, as though he intended to expend every ounce of his strength. The pressure inflicted upon Rena caused her great pain and discomfort. In a raspy voice, she uttered, “You’re hurting me.”
“I am in pain. Rena, I am hurting.”
In the past, she had always worried about him but, now, no matter how much he suffered, she remained indifferent.
The nurse entered, bearing medication, but was overwhelmed by the scene.
Subsequently, the nurse placed the medicine down and hurriedly departed.
Waylen gazed at the two pills resting on the tray. Rena had previously taken antidepressant pills but, today, those two pills had been replaced by sleeping pills.
Should Rena consume them, she would succumb to a slumber lasting at least ten hours.
Slowly, Waylen released his hold on her.
His voice quivered slightly as he said, “Rena, it is time for you to take the pills.”
Rena did not refuse the medication. She acknowledged her illness and was willing to undergo treatment. Soon enough, she ingested the two pills with warm water.
Drowsiness gradually enveloped her….
She experienced an unprecedented weariness, as if she could slumber for an eternity.
“Waylen… Why do I feel an overwhelming desire to sleep?”
Rena began to feel a pervasive weakness throughout her body. Then she found herself cradled within his embrace.
He gently placed her upon the bed and observed her silently.
Prior to giving birth, she weighed about 110 pounds, yet now she had dwindled to a mere 80 pounds. She had become nothing but skin and bones, her delicate visage evoking deep concern.
Waylen tenderly caressed her face, assessing her temperature.
After a considerable duration, he removed the necklace from around her neck. Adorning it was a ring he had bestowed upon her.
Only when she was ensconced in slumber could he delicately slide the diamond ring onto her ring finger.
He and she had finally become a genuine couple.
Waylen reclined, cradling her within his arms, and buried his face in the curve of her neck. In an instant, her neck was moistened….
Alexis was surviving…
freeze time in
remained a devoted
a full 24
was a blank canvas, but then
Alexis…
How was she?
beheld the other side,
incubator room stood empty, all equipment removed, leaving
named
streamed down her face. She pounded upon the glass door and called out for
here. Alexis… Where
against her hair, desperate to shield her
frozen in
and distorting her vision. The world before her
She couldn’t fathom it.
How could
her as she pounded the glass relentlessly. Her
an illusion, a
from this slumber, Alexis
would surely rouse her from this bewildering dream…
the chaos. The ward lay in
was streaked
before her, Rena gradually succumbed to the
had vanished
a refuge of soláce. He uttered, “Rena, please calm
him repeatedly, her cries filled with hysteria.
Waylen endured it all.
that Rena harbored immense animosity towards him, yet he could only endure
He held her.
held onto the last remnants
held her for an
daze. She murmured softly.
was so young, surely frightened without her mother
go, fearing it would trigger further distress. “Give it one
But Rena persisted.
Waylen… She is my child. I need to
earth lay cloaked in the shadow of
to Betty’s tomb stood a
the car,
weakened legs giving way as
her
moment, the harsh
Alexis was truly gone…
with heavy clouds, casting
leaves, casting an eerie aura upon
of her very essence, as if her soul
plagued her thoughts as
are you departing
you gripped
should Mommy do without
bowing her body. Even through
deny me a final
He held her.
onto the last remnants of tenderness
her for an
found herself in a daze. She murmured softly. “Where
young, surely frightened without
trigger further distress. “Give it one more day. You need to
But Rena persisted.
must go. Waylen… She is my child. I need to see
the Fowler family cemetery, the earth lay cloaked in the shadow of towering trees, the sun sinking beyond
tomb stood a
the car, her
as she knelt on the ground, her trembling hands scooping up
to her palms, revealing tender
that moment, the harsh reality finally
Alexis was truly gone…
with heavy clouds, casting a somber
upon the ebony leaves, casting an eerie
devoid of her very essence,
plagued her thoughts as she pondered whether
“Alexis, are you departing without a
you gripped
What should Mommy do
fresh soil against her chest, bowing her body. Even through her garments, the
a final glimpse of
yearned to lift Rena up but his hand
a nice sight. I
into
whispered, “Waylen, you are cruel beyond measure. She is your own flesh and blood. How could you…
fate were too painful
she cradled
stones mingled within the soil,
were devoid of
will bring you
give you
the chance to love and
your arrival, I imagined your countenance countless times, yet
night, my sweetest
Mommy is here…”
sky cloaked itself in
light withdrew from the heavens, shrouding the world in
Rena into his arms. “Let
cradled her, he realized she
the bed,
a hushed tone, he whispered into her ear, longing for
the weight of her emotional turmoil had rendered her subconsciously resistant
stood by
sobbed harder. “Waylen, will Rena never awaken again? Maybe you should
her tears in
plan, they dared not cling to hope. After
They couldn’t see the
being so
of his mother and sister, Waylen clasped Rena’s hand, his gaze fixed upon her face as he softly uttered,
in
days, Rena
was nighttime when she
against her hand. The visage she
Rena observed him silently….
Waylen
up at her in
in a dire state. When they looked into each other’s
a void had formed between
closed, and she whispered,
hoarse voice, Waylen tenderly replied, “Are you hungry? Let me fetch you
to fill a bowl
her head away, her
quickly resumed ladling the soup, attempting to maintain a casual tone as he continued, “The doctor mentioned that
don’t need it. How many times must
ever so slightly as he gently set
to meet each other’s
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