She was really uncomfortable as her face turned extremely pale and she was gasping rapidly.
Cormac hugged her and kissed her forehead, “I’m here. I’m by your side. We will reach the hospital soon. It’s alright, it’s alright…”
He seemed to be comforting himself rather than comforting her. He just felt so stressful as if his heart was so congested that he even experienced breathing difficulty.
His collar was all wet due to Loredana’s tears and sweat. Her forehead was full of perspiration.
“I…am so painful.” Her lips trembled as she sobbed hoarsely.
Cormac hugged her tightly. He felt that his hand was wet too and thought that it was sweat. So, he lowered his head and pulled some part of her dress underneath her. However, her initially white dress was already stained red.
The driver was driving as fast as possible and had already run the red light twice.
Cormac urged, “Hurry up!”
The driver stepped on the accelerator again. He did not have time to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, but he was looking in front and driving intently.
Loredana quivered even intensely as she was getting more uncomfortable.
Cormac caressed her face and kissed her pale lips, “It’s alright, it’s alright. I’m here. We will reach the hospital soon.”
Loredana was blurred and unconscious as she could no longer see and respond to him.
At this moment, the car finally stopped at the hospital. After the driver opened the car door, Cormac got down from the car and ran towards the hospital. Cormac carried Loredana to the main hall where the doctors were already pushing the emergency bed over. The doctors asked him to lay the patient on the bed. He bent down and laid Loredana on the bed. Loredana grabbed his collar and would not let go. So, he bent down and followed the doctors to the emergency room. When they reached the doorway, the doctor said, “The patient needs immediate surgery, you can’t go in…”
Cormac said, “I definitely won’t disturb you…”
Loredana let go of her hand and shook her head weakly as if she was telling him not to go in with her.
The doctor pushed Loredana into the room. Cormac did not even have the chance to hold her hand for a moment.
“Please wait outside the door.” The doctor turned around and went into the operating room. The door was shut immediately.
The signal light on the upper right corner turned red, indicating that outsiders were not allowed to disturb as the operation was in progress.
Cormac stood still in front of the surgery door without moving as if he had lost his soul.
The driver stood by the side and did not dare to say anything.
Ten minutes later, Noah arrived with his family. Marina helped Jeffery to walk quickly while Noah and Chloe were ahead of them rushing to the operating room. “Is she in the operating room yet?” He asked.
At this moment, Cormac did not have the mood to answer anybody’s question.
The driver whispered, “She is already in the operating room.”
Everybody was waiting outside the operating room.
After an hour, there was still no news at all. The atmosphere became overwhelming and tense as nobody dared to speak. Every second was torturing for them. Suddenly, the driver’s phone rang.
He went to the side and picked up the call. It was from Maxina who usually delivered meals to the hospital with the help of the driver. So, she had the driver’s phone number since it was convenient to contact him. Loredana had gone out for a while today, thus she called the driver to ask if Loredana should come back already.
The driver thought in his mind that Maxina was Loredana’s mother, so he should inform her. He said, “We have come back, but probably Missus is in labour. So, she is already in the operating room, just that the situation is still uncertain at this moment…”
Maxina’s body jerked, “What do you mean by the situation is still uncertain?”
The driver said, “We’re at the operating room on the sixth floor. Just come over.”
He could not explain clearly.
Maxina hung up the phone and walked out of the ward immediately.
When she arrived at the operating room, she saw the Harris family but she did not greet them. Instead, she went straight to Cormac who was nearest to the door of the operating room.
She saw the bloodstain on his white shirt had dried and turned dark red, also on his hands as well.
She instantly understood what was going on. She suppressed the panic in her heart and comforted him, “Loredana has been suffering since young and it’s all over. She will enjoy a happy life from now on. She will be fine. Don’t worry too much and go to wash your hands now. Loredana won’t be happy later if she sees you like this.”
Cormac did not say anything. He just turned his head and looked at her.
Maxina barely smiled and pretended to be relaxed, “Believe me, Loredana is so strong and she will be fine. When she gave birth to Andrew and Amanda who were twins, she managed to do it successfully without going through a caesarean section. The mother and children ended up safe and healthy. There are so many great doctors this time, she will be fine.”
She tried to comfort Cormac as much as she could. Actually, she was also comforting herself as well.
She described it with ease. The fact was that Loredana was in danger too when giving birth to Andrew and Amanda, but she just did not emphasize it.
Cormac said in a low and hoarse tone, “I will wait for her here.”
Maxina sighed as she knew that she could not console him, so she could only obey him.
At this moment, the door to the surgery room opened and a doctor in blue scrubs came out. Before she could hand over the surgery consent form, Cormac had already asked, “How is she?”
The doctor said that the surgery was in progress, “The patient is bleeding excessively. We’re doing our best.”
She handed over the surgery consent form, “This surgery is very dangerous and there is a high chance that only one can be saved. So, we need the family member to sign. Whether to save the adult or the baby, the hospital rule is to save the adult, but we need to inform you first.”
Cormac signed the surgery consent form and said, “You must ensure that my wife is fine. Otherwise, I will make your hospital disappear from this land.”
He put down the pen after signing the consent form. A bloody smell surged from his throat. How could it be easy to give up his own child?
He was the father and his child had his blood in the body. How could he just give up his child easily? Nobody would ever know that kind of pain unless he had experienced it before.
He had no choice.
If he had to choose between the two, he could only give up one of them in pain.
Maxina originally wanted to comfort Cormac, yet she could not help but cry herself. She did not want others to see her crying, so she hid in the corner and cried alone. How could her daughter be so ill-fated? She thought that she was now at the end of suffering and did not expect that she would have to go through this challenge again.
Maxina thought it would be great if she could sacrifice the rest of her life for the sake of her daughter so that her daughter would enjoy a happy and blissful life.
At this moment, nobody dared to approach Cormac and talk to him.
Everybody stood not far away, waiting and hoping that both the adult and the baby would be healthy.
About two hours later, the signal light of the operating room turned green. But after a while, it went dark as the light was off.
Soon, the door to the surgery room opened and three doctors came out.
Everybody gathered around.
One of the doctors standing in the middle, the same doctor who had been treating Loredana, took off his mask, “The surgery was very dangerous. The mother suffered a rupture in her uterus leading to severe bleeding. The mother also went into a coma during the process. After three hours of surgery, the patient had been rescued.”
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