Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Third Person’s POV

“Faith, wake up. Stay with me, Faith!” Elijah was trembling as he tried to make his wife conscious just until they arrived at the hospital.

Faith was still bleeding down there, which made him even more nervous. He didn't know that his wife was nervous. He has no fucking idea that Faith is already with a baby and yet he became a jerk, hurting her each day as he brings tons of women to their house.

“Drive faster!” He exclaimed to the driver who couldn't speak anymore. Even him was trembling with what just happened.

As soon as they arrived, Elijah carried out her wife, followed by the driver who's already reaching out to Lily and Lucas.

“What happened?” The nurses quickly helped him as they put her on the stretcher and ran to the emergency room.

“She's pregnant,” Elijah replied.

“You can't go inside, Sir. The doctor will take over,” the nurse said and stopped him from coming in.

“Fuck!” He shouted as he kicked the wall.

His entire hands were covered with Faith's blood. Even his clothes were painted with blood.

“I didn't know that she's p-pregnant,” his eyes now shifted to Faith’s parents, fuming mad. He looks like he could kill in that state. Faith's mother hurt his wife, the reason why this happened.

“Why? Is your guilt killing you right now for what you did to your own daughter?” His baritone voice almost broke when he said that. His heart is now aching for Faith. Regrets and hatred are filling him in again. Regret of treating Faith badly when he already had the chance to make their marriage work.

“It was so wrong of me for listening to you. I should have not listened when you told me that I should not love her because of Freya! It's not her fucking fault! She didn't kill Freya!”

“Don't act like you didn't do anything wrong here, Elijah! You just stood there when I was pouring all my anger on her! If she will lose the baby, it's also your fault! You also killed your own baby!”

“Enough!” Faith's father exclaimed as his wife bursted into a million tears.

“If anything bad happens to my wife and to our child, I'll never forget how heartless you are not just to your own daughter but also to you grandchild,” Elijah quickly turned his back and left them there.

They all waited for the doctor with their hearts filled with regrets and sorrows, praying that Faith and the baby will be safe and hoping that perhaps, they still have a chance to make it up for Faith.

“Doctor,” Elijah quickly stood up when he came out of the room.

“Are you the husband?”

“Yes,”

Faith's parents quickly went beside Elijah to hear the news from the doctor.

“We already called her OB earlier. She told us that she warned Faith about her baby's condition. It seems like the baby isn't holding strong in her womb, that is why her OB told her to avoid any stress and accidents like being pushed or tripped, because it might harm the baby.” Elijah crumpled his hands even more. Couldn't blame anyone but himself as well. Now, he understands why Faith suddenly acted like he was a wind even though he tried to bring different women to their house and flirt in front of her. She was only protecting their baby.

“I will not ask about what exactly happened. However, I am sorry. We did everything we could, but she lost too much blood and the baby wasn't saved. She lost the baby,”

When the doctor said that, Elijah's world shattered. Everything just stopped and the only thing he could hear was those words from the doctor.

Faith lost the baby and she is not to blame. His wife protected the baby and did everything she could, and yet, they killed the baby because of their anger. Her mother's cry echoed as she cried with regret. Elijah became feeble and couldn't process everything.

“S-She lost the baby?”

Lily and Lucas arrived. Tears fell from her eyes, hoping that she heard it incorrectly.

“I'm sorry,” the doctor once again apologized.

“She will be transferred to the room,” he added before leaving them there.

Lucas quickly grabbed Lily's arm when she almost lost her balance. Her lips parted and no one came out of her tongue.

“N-No,” she mumbled.

“You know that she's pregnant?” Elijah asked, still in awe of everything that was happening.

“What did you do to her?!” Her hand landed on his cheek, filled with anger.

“I chose to turn a blind eye and let her do what she wants when she told me that she loves you! She loves all of you!” She already exploded. She's so done with letting them treat Faith like rubbish.

“I told her a million times to divorce you, Elijah! But she was too blinded by her love and couldn't do it! I let her be stupid and let all of you treat her like a criminal when she didn't kill Freya! She was part of the accident! How can you blame her for something that also hurts her?! And now…the baby. That's the only thing she has and you killed it!”

“Stop, Lily!” Lucas locked her in his arms as his tears were betraying him as well. He felt so weak to even blame them with what happened.

“H-How can you treat her like that, Elijah?” Lucas asked with his weak voice.

“Do you know what her plan was when she found out about the baby? Her plan was to tell it to you first, but you suddenly became a jerk again.”

Elijah couldn't speak at all. He was lost for words and he could never argue with them as he knows that he is the one to blame.

“You have my huge respect before,” Lily eyed Faith's parents.

“But right now? I must tell you that you are not the good definition of a parent. You are the worst parents I've ever known!” That is a slap on their faces and Lily didn't pay any respect to them anymore.

She wiped her own tears before she marched out of there along with Lucas.

Faith's POV

I slowly opened my eyes and blinked twice to clear my vision. I couldn't feel my body and I couldn't recall what happened last. The white ceiling greeted me again as it was the first thing I saw when I woke up. I heard nothing, but the deafening silence.

“Faith,” my eyes turned to the person beside me. I wasn't expecting to see him here.

“E-Elijah,” my voice was still weak.

When I saw him there, I remember what happened. Everything flashed back in my head, especially the blood that stains my hand.

“Faith, are you okay? Look at me,” Lily locked my hand in her grasp as she snagged my attention. Her eyes were swollen and she looked so worried. I guess someone called her about what happened.

“Aren't you busy again?” I even managed to wear a tiny smile when I saw Lucas there. He's a damn busy director to be here again.

“Faith,” it was a surprise to see them here. Both of them are looking at me with their eyes filled with worries. I thought they wanted me dead? Why are they here and suddenly look concerned when they neglected me?

Instead of talking to them, I remember my baby again. My hand immediately went on my belly as I quickly sat on the bed.

“Hey, don't force yourself to move.” I paused when he became concerned again. I didn't know if I should still believe that or not.

“The baby,” I uttered and eyed Lily.

“Is my baby fine? What did the doctor say?”

I saw how Lily moved her eyes away from me. When I glanced at Lucas, he was already clenching his teeth.

“My baby is saved, right?” I now glanced at Elijah beside me, but he couldn't even look at me. That is the same thing for my parents. None of them seems to fear my stare all of a sudden.

“Why? What happened?”

My own fear was eating me up again. My heart began to pound swiftly, anxious with the way they act right now.

“Can someone please answer me?” I can already feel my tears welling out in my eyes.

“Why don't you ask Elijah?” Lucas said firmly before my eyes went back to Elijah again.

I can still feel how weak my body is, but I used my remaining strength to pull myself out of the bed and face all of them.

“Faith, careful.” Lily said when she helped me to stand up. I glued my eyes at Elijah who still can't look at me.

“Look at me, Elijah.” Now, my voice became firm and cold.

His eyes slowly landed at me. They both look weak and scared. Pain and regrets can be seen through.

“Is our baby fine?” I know that it was too sudden to tell them about the baby. Because of what happened, they found out that I was actually pregnant.

I was crumpling both of my hands while I was waiting for an answer. Inside me, I was hoping that everything was fine. Because if not, I don't know what I can do. I don't know how I will handle the pain and how I will survive it. I might have totally lost my mind at this point.

“I'm asking you, Elijah. Answer me!”

Instead of an answer, Elijah teared up. He broke down in front of us as he tried to hold my hands together.

“W-Why are you crying? The baby is fine, right?”

“I’m sorry, Faith. I'm so sorry,” my own tears automatically fell from my eyes. I pushed Elijah's hands away from me as I felt weak—weaker than earlier.

“Faith!” Lucas was there to catch me when I almost fell. But then, I distanced myself from all of them when my world started to break again. Everything just stopped and I couldn't absorb everything in my head.

“We lost the baby,” Elijah said as he glanced at me.

I shook my head in front of him while I cried endlessly. My entire body was shivering.

“N-No. They might be wrong about i-it. My baby i-isn’t gone. I took care of it! I followed what the doctor said to protect the baby! I did everything! No! No! I can't lose the baby!”

I cried a river while I couldn't accept that I lost the baby. I already saw my future with that baby. I cannot lose it now! It was a part of me! It became part of me in a few weeks that I carried it in my womb!

Elijah embraced me tightly, trying to calm me down. But I was filled with pain and hatred. I lost the most precious thing in my life. First, Freya. Now, it's the baby that already gave me a mountain of hope to live. A reason to continue this life I have.

“Let go of me!” I pushed him away from me that I never thought I could actually do.

“I-I’m sorry, Faith. I didn't know. I didn't know that you were pregnant,”

“Don't touch me!” I dodged her touch this time. I looked at her, despising my own mother.

“I don't want to be touched by the hands of my own mother who killed her own grandchild,” my voice broke along with my endless tears.

I glanced at the two of them with no love left for them.

“I…I did everything for the both of you. I did everything to make you happy and to get the same love and treatment you give to Freya!”

Now, my realizations woke me up from my benevolence that they abused.

“I did what you told me! I obeyed all your orders even if I don't like it! When you were blaming me from my sister's death and told me that you will find someone that I can marry so you wouldn't see me in our house anymore, I accepted it! I married Elijah and left our house because I understand all your pain! I understand all of your pain that I set aside my own pain from my sister's death!”

Never in my entire life I imagined myself throwing all these words to them. At that very moment, I felt empty and tired. All the love, care and benevolence that I gave them ran out.

“I can't understand why you are all blaming me for her death because for fucking sake, I was there, too! I almost died from that damn accident, too! I fought to live but why did you make me feel like I should have just given my life to Freya? Why do I always have to look for Freya?! Why do you only treat her as your daughter and you treat me like a stranger who needs to beg for her parents' love?!”

None of them dared to speak. They were all just crying while I finally had the courage to speak out for myself.

“That day, I told Freya a million times that she cannot drive because that's what you told me. But Freya didn't listen, Mom. She was so stubborn that she still drove! And guess what? The police came to me recently. That accident was planned. Someone plotted it, aiming for both of our lives but you blamed me for her death like I am a criminal!”

I saw how it shocked them all.

“Faith, forgive me. I wasn't a good father to you,”

“Of course, you're not, Dad! You never became a parent to me! You never even once stood up for me,” that breaks me so much. My own parents don't even bother to defend and stand for me.

“Even in my success, you want to drag me down.” My mother cannot look at me anymore. Does it hurt her? Well, it would never be enough to the pain they made me feel.

“You disowned me. You neglected me,”

What have I done for them to do that to me? All my life, I did nothing but obey them. I did not break a single rule from them and yet I got treated like this.

“My baby…” I uttered, looking and sounding so miserable.

“It's the only thing that gave me hope, Mom…I begged you last night…I begged you stop so many fucking times but you didn't listen! You pushed me there like I was a damn criminal! I only want to be there because it's your birthday. But guess what? My baby's death was also your birthday.”

And I know that everytime her birthday comes, it will remind me of my baby's death, too.

“I'm sorry, Faith. I'm so sorry, I didn't know.” I stepped back before she could reach me again.

“You disowned me as a daughter…now, I'm abandoning you as my parents,” I paused as I kept my eyes on them.

“I will never forgive the both of you,” I swore firmly.

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