ed, her voice cutting through the f
etrician here, quickly!" a doctor shouted
weat-soaked blanket covering her. A wave of unbearable pain tore through her
above blurred into bright spots, and the sounds of machines bee
bit down hard on her lip, her mouth filled with tas barely a whisper, hoarse fr
rgently on her abdomen. "Mrs. Gray, stay with me. W
bled, fighting to stay conscious. She needed Alex
ly squeezing Ophelia's shoulder. "Mrs. Gray, he was notifie
deep sense of disappointment surged within her, but there was no time to dw
push! The baby is almost
sion flickering. She was drenched in swea
n't. I
ly, brushing the damp hair from Ophelia's foreh
queezed her eyes shut, gritting her teeth, gat
Gray!" the d
throat, every fiber of her
ah
newborn fil
pain and chaos around her were all driven away by
et baby and smiled at her. "Congra
gently placed on Ophelia's chest, her t
ghter's wrinkled little face and so
e's so b
red throug
her mother's embrace. Ophelia held her tighter,
th
a
as suddenly flung open, the for
, and a tall, impo
andsome face cold and stern, his features sculpte
oking at Ophelia in bed,
t in surprise. "You finall
t a di
her, his gaze not even
t she had heard wrong, but the look in his eyes
d closer to her chest, her lips t
ild isn'
ld as ice, each one
"What are you talking about. you'
less face, stepped forward and without
every ounce of her strength to
om her arms, her cri
ck to me! Gi
r's pant leg with all her might, her voice hoa
ut
y gripping her chin, forcing
lie to me? S
aking her head desperately. "I
smile curling on his lips as he o
s kissing a strange man in a hallway. The image was blurry but rea
led with fury. "Are you crazy? Y
aking her body tingle with the pain. "Stop shamelessly lyin
eth, his eyes burning with hatred. "She seduced my father. And now,
head violently, "My mother wasn't
d, shoving her away. Then, he turne
nails digging into the floor as she tried t
face void of any compassion. "Yo
l never forgive you!" she scr
hrough the door, the baby's cries growing fain
ye, Op
m was silent for a long while-only Opheli
trembling, her hands reaching for
ered in just a few minut
y. That night, he had held her, his warm breath on her ear
t all
hing, someone, tha
mbled for her phone. There was
after a few rings, the person on
Ophelia
lence on the other end.
f sobs wrack
help me. Wren, please help me. I do
of breath. Then, Wren's
u are, I'm com