Chapter 42

Chester finally heaved a breath of relief. The doctors assisting with the surgery were drenched in sweat too. They had assisted on Alexander's orders, and if they failed to save both Angelina and the baby, they could kiss their careers in this hospital goodbye. Meanwhile, Gerald and Isadora were waiting outside the operating room. Beads of sweat had broken out over their foreheads, and their shoulders finally slumped in relief when the wail of the flatline from the operating room finally gave in to steady beeping. Isadora's legs felt like jelly. She silently vowed never to have children no matter how miraculous the process might be. The experience was too close to death for her liking. Emily, on the other hand, woke up in the middle of the night. She bolted upright the moment her eyes fluttered open. "Angelina! Angelina?" All she remembered before blacking out was Angelina bleeding out in the ambulance and the doctor trying to stop the bleeding. "Mom—" "Angelina! Where's Angelina