Desperately, I grabbed a nurse’s hand. “Please... save my baby,” I whispered, voice trembling with pain and fear.
Before I could say more, the agony from my wound silenced me.
Colin walked past me, cradling Siena in his arms. His face twisted in disgust as he glanced down at me.
“You’re still lying? Even now, trying to steal my attention?”
His voice dripped with contempt. “I told you Siena is pregnant, and now you're claiming to be, too? Competing with her for doctors? Unbelievable.”
He turned to the doctors. “Siena is the real pregnant one. She needs a full exam. Now.”
I could no longer fight back. Blood was filling my lungs, and I let out a small, involuntary groan as a stream of it escaped my lips.
The nurse beside me screamed in alarm. “She’s crashing! This patient won’t make it!”
The doctors surrounding Siena finally rushed to my side.
Colin barely glanced at me, his anger palpable. “How dare you show favoritism! If anything happens to Siena, who will take responsibility?”
His words hung in the air, freezing the doctors in place. Who would risk their careers to go against him?
Everyone moved away, leaving me in the nurse's care, her hands trembling as she held mine tightly.
"Stay with me," she whispered tearfully. "The next ambulance is on its way."
But I could feel myself slipping. My vision blurred, and the world around me faded.
Through the haze, I saw Colin gently place Siena in the ambulance, his arms wrapped protectively around her. He was too busy comforting her, too busy making sure she was alright. Too busy to even glance my way.
He didn’t see the blood pooling beneath me or the life draining from my body.
It wasn’t that Colin was heartless. His heart was just too full—of Siena. There was no room left for me, his wife.
As the ambulance doors closed, he cast a fleeting glance in my direction.
But it was just that—fleeting.
“Eloise,” he said indifferently, “you’ve always been healthy. Hang in there. They’ll come back for you soon.”
Then, without hesitation, he shut the doors, and the ambulance sped off, leaving me behind.
The wail of the sirens faded into the distance as darkness crept in.
I could feel my blood leaving my body, warmth slipping away. Tears welled in my eyes as I lost my grip on consciousness, a single thought echoing through my mind.
Why does it hurt so much…?
After seven years of marriage, and when faced with life and death, Colin chose his first love.