Chapter 109

With a heart numbed by pain and disillusionment, Giselle stepped into the operating room without hesitation. She had a medical background, so the setting of a surgical procedure was not unfamiliar to her. But the moment she lay down on the bed and pulled down her pants, saw the masked doctors, and inhaled the sharp scent of disinfectant, fear and dread crept in. Her entire body went stiff. The reality that she was about to lose a life growing inside her suddenly became all too real. Soon, she felt the cold instruments enter her body. She had only heard before that curettage was painful, but she hadn't expected it to be this unbearable. It felt as if her internal organs were being ground into pulp. The pain was excruciating, drenching her in cold sweat as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. She had chosen not to be sedated for a reason. She wanted to remember every second of this torment, the searing pain that cut through both flesh and soul. She wanted the agony etched i