distorted with wrath and astonishment. He rose up,

ep murmur. "You understand how fragile pre

her throat. "Max, please, you must listen to me," she begge

"I saw it with my own

s to the blud bag between her

o much," she wail

," he added, still staring intentl

" Marie

g in its path. His hands shook with barely restrain

now she finally has this baby, an

ie pleaded, her hands stretching out to

ed by hatred. She staggered backward, and landed so hard on

y!" She e

nd you start acting?" Max repl

't, keeping her attention set on Max as he picked up Lena and

e still on her lips. She climbed to her feet, the ache

he trust Le

agony, like a thousand needles, stabbed her abdomen once again, and she slumped over, holding at he

staining her skirt, the truth of the situation coming on her l

her head racing with terror and despair. She'd lost eve

aded, her voice raspy with pain

growing more intense and brutal, until she could only shut he

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leach, the overhead lights blurring her vision. The sound of heart m

tered, her voice pa

es' worried expression. "You are in the hospital, Marie. Your husband

s compassion after all. Marie thought t

Gates, how's my baby?" She questioned a

e next time; you might not be so lucky," Dr. Gate

ie n

s replied, adjusting the stethoscope

close the door behind him. Before she could blin

ed with a firm grasp. "You'll pay for your

e sobbed, fighting against his grip. "L

f you hadn't pushed her, would she be heavily bleeding and fighting for her

a vise-like grasp. "Even if she dies, what does that hav

would she have miscarried and be bleeding heavily now??"

r eyes, but she refused to let them flow. "And now she is intentionally framing me by

d I believe a woman who shamelessly climbed into my bed, betray

r equilibrium and falling onto the bed behind her, her eyes wide with surprise. "Now Lena is in the ER, fighting for

ice she had experienced. "Lena is a liar," she said, her v

ized her by the chin, his fingers digging into the tender flesh of

ed, the veins on his tem