After my husband, Landon, called away all the doctors from my delivery room, just because his secretary had a minor emergency and I was a few minutes late for hers, I knew something was deeply wrong.
You said a little late was fine. I’ll have them come back and deliver your baby tomorrow!
Three days later, he came to the hospital. Seeing a cute newborn in someone else’s arms, he suddenly remembered me.
“It’s been three days. Where did she go with the baby? Why isn’t she home yet?!”
‘dr. Hayes died in the operating room that day due to difficult labor, along with her baby…”
“Impossible! I left five specialists there! I told them to go in the moment Amelia screamed in pain. How could she die?!”
A young nurse, trembling beside him, spoke up cautiously.
“The moment you left, Ms. Vance claimed her old back injury flared up and took away all the specialists you left behind…”
“Actually, Ms. Vance’s back was never injured. We only found out when we checked Dr. Hayes’s medical records that the person who saved you from the fire eight years ago wasn’t Ms. Vance, but Dr. Hayes…”
‘smack!’ Landon’s hand lashed out, hitting the young nurse across the face.
“Nonsense! Do you really think giving birth to a child for the Thorne family makes you special?! Now you’re spreading lies about that fire right in front of me?! Shameless!”
“seraphina fell from the third floor saving me. Now, every time the weather changes, her back hurts. I’m with her every day; how could I not know?”
The nurse clutched her red, stinging cheek, trembling as she placed a report on the table.
“But Ms. Vance’s medical reports over the years have never shown any back injury.”
“However, Dr. Hayes’s records show over a dozen comminuted fractures in her lower back, accompanied by severe burns…”
“The date of her treatment was the very day the fire happened eight years ago…”
“It’s all clearly written in this report. Please, take a look.” The nurse, with a hint of pleading, gently pushed the report on the table closer to Landon’s hand.
Landon glanced down, then casually swept the stack of reports into the trash bin. He let out a sneering laugh.
“Amelia’s tricks are getting more elaborate! Now she’s learned to hide and have you fight her battles! But I’m not an idiot! Eight years ago, on the day of the fire, I called her hundreds of times, and she never picked up! If it weren’t for Seraphina, I would have died in that fire long ago!”
“And we’ve been married for years. I know her body as well as my own. Whether her back was fractured or burned, how could I, her husband, not know? Bringing up an eight-year-old incident now, your Dr. Hayes is truly becoming both wicked and foolish!”
My soul floated above Landon’s head, a piercing pain radiating from my hollow chest.
He truly never believed me.
Not even after all these years, seeing me swallow countless pills, or noticing my unusual reactions during our intimate moments.
He even saw me being rushed into the operating room while he recovered in the hospital eight years ago.
Yet, he still refused to believe. He stubbornly insisted that the one who saved him from the fire eight years ago was Seraphina, not me.
“Mr. Thorne…”
“Enough! I don’t want to hear it! Tell your Dr. Hayes, she can come home or not; if she doesn’t, she can just die outside with the child for all I care!”
‘dr. Hayes really is dead…”
Landon slammed the door shut with a thunderous bang! The deafening sound drowned out the nurse’s tearful whisper.
As soon as he got home, Landon saw all the baby things I’d prepared. He kicked them aside like trash, then pulled out his phone and called Seraphina.
‘seraphina, I’m having the driver send all that baby stuff over to you. Amelia and that illegitimate brat in her belly don’t deserve anything I prepared!”
Watching the driver haul away those obnoxious items, Landon let out a sigh of relief.
He poured himself a glass of red wine, switched on the TV, and sank into the couch.
Just as he brought the glass to his lips, the somber voice of a news anchor filled the room.
[Three days ago, a renowned obstetrician from our city tragically died during childbirth, along with her baby, on the operating table she loved most. May she rest in peace.]
Landon dropped his wine glass and sprang from the sofa. He stared intently at the large news headline: Obstetrician? Difficult labor? His brow furrowed, but after a few seconds, a smile spread across his face.
In a huge city like this, you could throw a stone and hit an obstetrician.
Besides, Amelia’s medical skills were always top-notch.
She surely wouldn’t die on the operating table, she could even deliver a baby with the help of a janitor.
The truth was, I wouldn’t have died that day.
A mother’s fierce instinct kicked in, and I screamed myself hoarse, but no one came.
I had no choice but to push through and deliver the baby myself.
The baby’s head was already crowning, but my frantic pushing tore at my back injury, which still had a dozen steel pins in it.
I simply couldn’t exert any more force…
Landon sank back onto the sofa, pondering for a long moment, as if something had just occurred to him.
He pulled out his phone and called his assistant.
“Go, send some money to the family of that obstetrician who died. It’s a tough job, dying on the operating table. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad for her…”
The assistant on the other end was silent for a few seconds, then spoke timidly.
“Mr. Thorne, my friend told me that obstetrician was from our hospital, and her last name was… I think…”
“Landon~”
Seraphina’s sweet, cooing voice from the yard made Landon hang up the phone and head outside. The assistant had already started to say my name, but Landon was already walking away from the phone, engrossed in Seraphina in the yard…
I had been gone from this world for five days. Landon, returning home drunk one night, finally seemed to remember me when he saw the empty house. He called my office.
“Tell your Dr. Hayes to stop playing games and come back. Even if she doesn’t want me as a husband, the child needs me as a father.”
“And don’t try to fool me with those lies about being dead or alive again. That day, I left the five most authoritative specialists in the entire hospital. She’ll be fine.”
The person who answered was Maya, the nurse he had slapped earlier.
Her polite tone carried a hint of impatience.
“As I told you, all the specialists you left were taken away by Ms. Vance!”
Landon paused, mid-lighting a cigarette.
“The specialists were taken by Seraphina?”
The nurse on the other end seemed to see a flicker of hope.
“Yes, they were all taken! Dr. Hayes was left completely alone in the hospital, so…”
‘did Seraphina’s back injury flare up? Did you examine her? How serious is it?” Landon’s eyes were filled with urgency as he cut off the nurse.
The nurse on the other end froze after hearing Landon’s words. After a long pause, she spoke again.
“Mr. Thorne, Ms. Vance’s back was never injured. It was Dr. Hayes who…”
“Enough! Are you done or not?! You work for the Thorne family hospital; don’t keep calling her Dr. Hayes every time you talk to me! It’s bad enough she’s acting out alone; are you all joining in?!”
The nurse tried to say something else, but Landon had already hung up.
A flicker of irritation crossed his eyes. Five days.
This was the first time he’d called my number.
But no one would answer now.
He impatiently tossed his phone onto the sofa, only to pick it up again a few minutes later.
He found our chat window, which had been blank for days, sighed, and sent a message.
“Amelia, can you please stop this? I was genuinely worried and upset with you that day Seraphina had her baby. If someone close to me got hurt, how could I do business out there? Especially Seraphina; you know she saved me eight years ago. We can’t be ungrateful.”
“I always act with discretion. I asked Dean Miller about your condition beforehand, and he said a natural birth would be no problem for you. Besides, I left five specialists outside that day. We’re married, and you’re carrying my child. How could I bear for anything to happen to you?”
“Please, come home with the baby. The baby is small, and you need someone to take care of you. I’ll wait for you at home.”
After sending the message, Landon sank into the sofa. Outside, a sudden thunderstorm raged. He quickly stood up and called Mike, his driver.
“Get ready, take me to the hospital. Amelia is terrified of thunder. I’ll go keep her company.”
The phone rang again as soon as he hung up.
Landon hesitated for two seconds when he saw the caller ID but answered anyway. Seraphina’s tearful voice came through.
“Landon, It’s thundering outside, and the baby won’t stop crying. I’m so scared…”
Mike had already come in, braving the rain. “Mr. Thorne, the car is ready.”
Landon got into the car through the rain.
As Mike started driving towards the hospital, Landon spoke in a low voice.
“don’t go to the hospital. Go to Ms. Vance’s place.”
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