In an instant, the blood drained from Stella's face. She trembled as she held the phone."I'll be there immediately. Call for the doctor first," she said in a slightly trembling voice while playing calm.Rainee's blood pressure dropped rapidly, and her heart rate slowed. Her pupils also showed signs of expansion, which was a really bad sign. After the doctor gave her a checkup, they began giving her injections.The veins on Rainee's hands were incredibly obvious. The walls of her blood vessels were practically sticking together. The nurse failed a few times, trying to stick in the indwelling needle.Stella felt her heart quiver as she watched Rainee's puncture-mark-filled hand. Shortly after, she was wheeled into the operating room.The head nurse brought Stella a consent and waiver of liability and asked her to sign it. Stella's hand trembled as she held the pen. After a while, she finally signed her name crookedly. The nurse took the papers and said, "Quickly go downstairs and p
Felicity did not even have the time to lament her mother's sudden generosity. She hurriedly took the money and went to the hospital to look for Stella.After Stella got Felicity's call, she waited at the hospital entrance. The moment Felicity got out of the car, she saw Stella's frail figure.Her eyes were bloodshot, while her lips were a little paled. Even her usually rosy cheeks were now so pale they were almost translucent. Felicity quickly grabbed Stella and got straight to the point."I brought the money. Go pay the bill first."After Stella transferred money into the account, she brought Felicity upstairs.On the way there, she did not speak. It was as if she had cried out all of her vulnerability when she cried helplessly on the phone. Right now, all that was left was a firm iron wall.In the waiting room, Felicity handed Stella a bottle of water."How long has it been since your mother went in?'Stella took the bottle."Probably 40 to 50 minutes.""It'll be fine. Your
A few minutes later, Stella returned.Felicity did not dare to ask if the nurse said anything and could only pray that Rainee was fortunate enough to get through this safely.'At this point, I'm scared that Stella will lose it if something happens to her mother. It's been years. To be honest, we all know the chances of her regaining consciousness are slim. However, people always have obsessions. As long as she was breathing, it felt like there was still hope. There's this saying: when your parents are still around, you still have the starting point of your life; when your parents are gone, only the ending point of your life remains. No one has the right to condemn Stella, a daughter, for being obsessed with her mother,' she thought.Marshall rushed over soon. It only took him 10 minutes after he hung up his call with Felicity. He tirelessly rushed to the waiting area.For a moment, Felicity felt this man was much more reliable than that bastard, Keegan.'He actually came when some
Marshall said after a while, "Let's go in and see her."Stella clenched her hands as she murmured, "I'm fine."She then walked into the operating room after she said that.Rainee was quietly lying on the bed, wearing an oxygen mask. The water mist from her breathing could no longer be seen on the mask. The numbers on the machine at the side had fallen to an extremely low value.She was so thin that it seemed like she was melded with the operation bed she was sleeping on. All these told Stella that the person on the bed would soon pass. She held Rainee's hand.Rainee always used pens. Her middle finger knuckle had callus all year long from holding pens.When Rainee was in good health, she was not exceptionally slim. So, her hands were not bony. But now, her hand was as thin as a rake. The skin of her hand was touching the frame. The back of her hand was full of pinholes and bulging veins. Rainee's hands were so different from what Stella remembered.It had been six years and eigh
Stella collapsed on the floor. She was unconscious.Felicity panicked. She was loud when she said, "Stella! Stella! What's wrong? You're scaring me!"Marshall's expression changed slightly. He swiftly walked forward. He then bent down to hold Stella's upper body up.Her face was pale, her eyes were blue, and her lips were almost bloodless.While Marshall was holding her, he said to Felicity, "Stop shouting. Quickly get the doctor here.""Yes, yes. Call the doctor." Felicity came back to her senses. She then got up and ran outside. She shouted as she ran, "Doctor! Doctor! Help!"Marshall frowned. He had been holding Stella for a while, but she still had no response. So, he carried her in his arms.Soon, the nurses pushed a bed to go to them under the guidance of Felicity. Marshall then put her on the bed. After that, he and Felicity followed them until they reached the emergency room.Felicity worriedly walked in circles at the same spot. Finally, around ten minutes later, the d
After settling Coco into the hospital room, Keegan turned to Aldor and said, "Book a flight for the day after tomorrow."Aldor was surprised, "Mr. Kane, she needs monitoring for at least the first three days.""I'll go back alone. You stay. Leave after sorting everything when Coco is stable." Keegan hadn't slept well for two nights, his mind full of concerns about Rivera. He felt uneasy.He wanted to return sooner.In Rivera, Felicity rushed around to complete paperwork when the doctor mentioned Stella needing a full body checkup. Marshall assisted her, and the checkup, except for the blood count, was swift.Stella hadn't woken up in the general ward, but she looked better. Everything settled late at night.Being a married woman, it wasn't right for Marshall to stay. Felicity suggested, "Mr. Moore, why not go home now? I'll stay with Stella."Marshall didn't insist. Instead, he urged her to call if something happened. Felicity stayed by Stella's side, dozing off only after 3 o'c
The doctor reassured her, "Don't stress too much. Even though you're showing symptoms of premature ovarian failure, the good news is we caught it early. Take care of yourself, follow your medication schedule, and there's still a chance you could become pregnant. I've had patients with similar conditions who, after treatments, successfully conceived. You're younger than them, so your chances are good."Stella hardly registered the doctor's words. All that echoed in her mind was the daunting term "infertility."After the doctor wrote down the medication lists, she asked Stella again, "Did you really not take any long-term courses of medication? I noticed that your complete blood count detected some pharmaceutical ingredients."When Stella wanted to shake her head, she suddenly remembered that she had been taking an alternative remedy for a long time.Her expression shifted subtly. She whispered, "I've been taking an alternative remedy for a while, hoping to boost my chances of gettin
'At that time, I thought Jackson was just saying whatever he felt. But now it seems he knew what was going on long ago. If Jackson knew about it, what about Keegan?'The scenes of Stella and Keegan spending time together appeared repeatedly in Stella's mind.'When we had sex, Keegan never used protection. So although we avoided the ovulation period, there were risks too. It's impossible that he doesn't know about that. Why was he so sure that I wouldn't get pregnant? Keegan... Did he know about this too? Or did he consent to this all this while? He doesn't want kids, right?'Stella's hands started to tremble uncontrollably. She felt like she was in a major conspiracy. Everyone around her was devious. Even the person who slept next to her was plotting against her secretly.The doctors did not notice the change in Stella's expression. He continued, "These few ingredients can make you very energetic. So, you look exceptionally healthy. But you fainted not only because you were overtir