Chapter 4
My mom’s call came while This was peeling an apple for Zora ||
Her voice sounded unerly exhausted through the phone, making my heart break with worry.]]
“Ellas, aren’t you coming to see Elarat
Elias set down his knife, his tone becoming more respectial]]
“Mrs. Morgan, Zora’s leg is still fractured and i cant get away right now. You…||
Morn’s voice suddenly turned sharp. You can’t get away? Do you know Elara was pregnant? She was carrying your childr“]]
s eyes went wide, his grip tightening on the phone. Just as he was about to speak Mours valer broke into sobs
“Forget it, what’s the point of even talking to you? She’s gone anyway… Ellas, you just go ahead and stay with your sweet es. Don’t ever contact us again.”
Mom hung up and I was abortely frantic, desperately washing 1 could crawl through that phone to comfort her
I didn’t know how my body h
had left the hospital last night, but som must be completely devastated
pressed against Elias’s phone, trying to call her back, but my hands just passed right through it.]
Chests don’t have tears
Mom, please don’t cry. I’m right here, don’t worry
Clas just stood there, still gripping his phone in shock
Ildn’t stop myself from throwing punches and kicks at him
thas, how can you he so useless? call my mom back right now!
How is my mom doing? Go check on her!]]
“What do you mean…gone?”
Elas muttered to himself, then suddenly seemed to snap back to reality. He bolted out of the room and into the doctors office, slamming his hand down in front of the doctor who’d worked on me last night, his voice shaking
Dr. Marcus you were on call last night. Did you handle Clara’s caser
Dr. Marcus and up at Eliass bloodshot eyes startled, “Dr. Shaw… you.”
Tm asking if the miscarried“]
That’s suddenly raised voice made Dr. Marcus jump. “Dr. Shaw, I’m so sorry for your loss. We didn’t know the patient was pregnant until the very end…
staggered backward as if all the strength had drained from his body. He suddenly tore off his white cost and beaded for the door.
1 stayed right beside him, urging him on.
Go faster! Hurry up!]].
Go see how my mom is dang
Just as the elevator arrived and was about to follow Ellas inside, he free in place
I followed his game and saw Zora had somehow crawled out of her room despite her red leg.
So much for catching that elevator new
Sure enough, the elevator doors closed and went down while Ilias turned back to carry Zora in her bed
Zora trembled in Elisy’s arms, tents streaming down her face.
“Elias, did something happen to her? I’m so sorry I saw her buying abortion pills before. It’s all my fault…my leg hadn’t been broken, I would have tell you sooner
Zira kept taking, but Elias had gone completely still
10 eyes reddened as he stuffy sat back down beside
side her br
bed. He buried his face in his hands, and when he thally spoke, has voice was hoarse.[]
-didn’t want my baby. It has nothing to do with you.”
I watched Elias looking like he was about to break down crying, but all I feh was bitter laughter.]]
with my medical background, if has had used even half a brain cell he’d know that If I wanted an abortion, I would’ve chosen a D&C procedure, not abortion pills
But Elias would always belleve eve
eve every single word that came out of Zora’s mouth []
And that’s exactly why I could never compete with her.}
