Chapter 8

When I woke up again, I was already in the hospital. A nurse was rushing me toward the emergency room. "Hurry, get the doctor! Her condition's serious. She might be going into early labor! "Where's the patient's phone? We need to contact her family and get her husband here to sign!" The nurse sounded panicked, but the only thing echoing in the room was the repeated sound of an unanswered call. A silent tear slipped from the corner of my eye. How could Timothy possibly have time to answer my call right now? He was probably busy tending to his precious Eva. Would he even care whether the baby and I lived or died? The nurse looked at me with concern. "Do you have any other family members who can sign for you? We can't get through to your husband." With trembling hands, I reached out. "I'll... sign it myself." I held my breath and scribbled my name. From this moment on, my baby and I would no longer need Timothy. What I didn't expect was that even after I signed the form and was w