Chapter 7: Chapter 7



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“What’s going on?” asked Jessica, finally understanding the situation. “Wasn’t the money for the operation covered by the offender’s insurance?”.

Jessica’s operation after the accident was quite expensive and she had also spent a lot of money on her son’s burial expenses. Before Jessica was released from the hospital, Dolores also gave her some money, explaining that it was what was left over from the offender’s insurance claim.

Dolores wasn’t sure what to say, and found it very difficult to find the right words.

After Dolores was silent for several moments, it was a clear confession of her lies. She was such a young woman, and she could not legally raise such a large amount of money. Jessica’s heart broke, and she didn’t want to believe the facts in front of her. “You… don’t tell me you sold out…” Jessica held Dolores’ wrist. “You can’t deliver this baby. We must go to the hospital before this pregnancy progresses any further.”

“Why?” asked Dolores, trying to pull her hand away from Jessica.

“If you deliver the baby, your life will be ruined!”

Jessica couldn’t let Dolores give birth to a baby that wasn’t her husband’s. If anyone knew, her life would never be the same again.

“Mom, please. I want to give birth to the baby,” Dolores pleaded.

No matter how much Dolores begged, Jessica would not agree and was determined not to let Dolores do it.

Explore the world of fiction at gⱯlnσν𝒆ℓs․com Jessica took Dolores to the hospital that day.

When Dolores refused to go, Jessica even threatened suicide.

Dolores had no choice but to go with her mother, as she didn’t want to lose the last member of her family.

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The abortion required the patient to undergo several tests. When Jessica went to get the results, she left Dolores alone on a bench in the hallway with her hands covering her stomach.

Her tears were running uncontrollably down her cheeks. She didn’t know what to do and felt extremely helpless.

“Matthew, I’m fine. Don’t be so nervous, it’s just a little burn.” Helen smiled slightly.

She was wearing a tight, black skirt that fit her full figured body well, along with a suit jacket slung over her shoulders. Matthew, meanwhile, wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, revealing his muscular arms wrapping protectively around Helen’s.

He looked at her with concern in his eyes. “You’ve been burned. It will scar you if not treated properly.”

Helen leaned against Matthew’s chest. “If it leaves me with a scar, will you find me ugly?”

“Nonsense!”

Helen let out a giggle, knowing Matthew was not a shallow person.

That voice… Dolores lifted her head slowly and saw Helen leaning against Matthew and approaching down the hall together. They looked like a destined couple.

The scene made Dolores feel like a clown because she had lost her virginity at a young age, had a baby in her womb and the identity of the father was unknown.

Dolores watched the two until she felt herself losing her presence of mind when a hint of awe shone under her eyes.

“Next patient, please.”

The door to the operating room opened and a nurse stood in the doorway, letting in a young woman who covered her abdomen with her hands as she murmured, “If it’s a painless abortion, why is it still so fucking painful?”

Matthew’s eyebrows furrowed as his gaze fixed on Dolores’ face. She had shown him before how much she cared about the baby in her womb, but now he found her expecting a painless abortion? He noticed himself getting hot with rage.

Helen followed the direction of Matthew’s gaze and looked…the moment she saw Dolores, she felt the woman looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen her before.

Helen looked at Matthew. “Do you know her?”

“No,” Matthew lied coldly, curving his lips.

Matthew had put a lot of labels on Dolores. To him, her private life was messy, based on the fact that someone impregnated her at such a young age. She showed maternal love in front of him, but ended up deciding to have an abortion behind his back. What a calculating woman!

“Have you thought this through?” the nurse asked, confirming with Dolores again and again.

Dolores didn’t want others to know about her situation.

Although she was very reluctant, heartbroken and feeling helpless, she nodded. “I’ve thought it over.”

“Then come with me.”

Dolores lowered her head, not looking at anyone, and followed the nurse into the operating room. The operating room was closed and completely isolated from the outside situation.

Helen felt slightly uncomfortable when she noticed Matthew’s annoyance at the sight of the other woman.

She reached out and held his arm, speaking softly to him. “Matthew.”

Matthew’s face was stony. “Come on.”

Helen’s hand holding his arm tightened slightly. She looked again at the closed door of the operating room and then at Matthew’s reaction. He seemed to know the woman, but she had been with him for a long time and there had never been another woman by his side. She was pretty sure she was the only woman. But who was the woman they had just seen? Why was he so angry?

“Matthew, the woman from a moment ago…”

Matthew hugged Helen and refused to have that conversation. “It’s not important, forget it.”

Helen could only nod. Although she was curious, she knew better than to keep asking about it.

In the operating room, when Dolores saw the shiny, sterile instruments, she shuddered. No, she could not give up her child. She refused.

“Lie down,” the doctor instructed her.

“I have decided not to go ahead.” Dolores shook her head, turned and ran.

She ran so fast and too panicked to pay attention to what was in front of her that she collided with a man and a group of people.

She covered her face and apologized repeatedly. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

“Dolores?”

Sampson thought it was her, but he wasn’t sure because he was covering his face, so he tried to ask.

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