#Chapter 488: On the Edge

Olivia The bright fluorescent lights overhead as the nurses wheeled me into the emergency room was all I could see. Their bright glare practically blinded me, but I felt so far away that it didn’t even matter anymore. “Acute pain… Bleeding… Nausea…” “How many months…?” “Bad sign…” Their words seemed to fade in and out, along with the looks on their faces as they leaned over me. All the while, Angela was the one constant: her hand wrapped tightly around mine, the tears in her eyes, the feeling of her fingers brushing my sweat-caked hair out of my face. “I’m here, Liv,” she said gently, never once leaving my side the entire time. “I’m here.” I was able to manage a weak smile in her direction, but something dear to me was missing amongst all of the pain and the chaos. My husband. He still hadn’t answered my calls or any of the messages I had sent him. Or at least, he hadn’t the last time I had checked. At some point during the frantic car ride to the emergency r