When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“There’s blood! She’s bleeding!” An ear-piercing scream sounded from a side while my head was pounding. My baby…

A man laughed. “How thrilling! I never thought I’ll get to toy with a pregnant woman. This is so exciting!”

The excruciating pain inflicted upon my body made me feel suffocated and I passed out, feeling weak.

Death would always come unannounced. In midst of my coma, I dreamt of a lot of things and met many people. The darkness was endless and I couldn’t find my path. All I could hear were people’s voices around me, but I couldn’t escape from the world I was trapped in.

Finally, I regained my consciousness. Opening my eyes, my vision was blurry as my surroundings were bright. I blinked my eyes and figured out I was in the hospital later on. I tried to glance around, but as soon as I moved, immense pain crept up my body and it felt like my body had fallen apart.

Hiss. I couldn’t hold back my squeals, as it was too painful.

Immediately after, I heard rushed footsteps approaching, while someone was shouting, “She’s awake! Quick! Call the doctor.” The voice was from a stranger.

After getting used to the surroundings, I snapped out of my daze and finally recognized the girl who walked into the room. She was Ann.

eyes were red.

felt pain in my throat. Soon after, a group of people came in. They were Cameron, Zachary, and Joseph. I heaved a sigh of relief when I

at me. I reached out to tug on the hem of her shirt and shook my head, assuring

of my baby. I touched my lower abdomen gently and felt pain spiraling from within. Unsure of what happened to my baby, I looked at

in the eyes. Cameron started crying with muffled sobs. Zachary sighed. Ann lowered her head and stayed silent while guilt and sorry were written all over Joseph’s face. I was stunned for a moment, but I knew what they

sank in, pain washed over my heart like waves of a tsunami. My body started trembling as I felt suffocated. I pursed

in hers. “She heaved a sigh and pleaded, “My dear, don’t be like this, please. Your body hasn’t recovered yet, so don’t do this to yourself. You’ll get better.

I couldn’t control it. I clenched my fists tightly, and my head

by grief, I heard someone screaming, “She’s

I was biting my tongue. I couldn’t even feel

called the doctor immediately, and a few doctors rushed into the room. When

could be heard from the entrance and the door was swept open. A figure dashed to me, pushing Cameron and Zachary

a daze. It seemed he had a lot of work