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Back at the hospital, the ascites pain was unbearable.
Hubert rushed to get me a treatment order, then stayed with me as we headed to the ultrasound room.
In the waiting hall, I ran into Liam and Sandra.
Liam was holding an ultrasound report. Sandra clung to his arm, resting her head on his shoulder.
“Liam, do you think our baby will be a boy or girl? What should we name
it?”
Without thinking, he said, “As long as it’s not called Lilla. That name’s disgusting.”
It felt like a knife slicing straight through me, sharper than the stomach pain.
Lilla was the name I once picked for our future child.
I gripped Hubert’s hand tightly. “I don’t want the scan anymore. Take me back.”
But before we could leave, Sandra spotted me. “Gabriella?”
She pulled Liam along, hurried over, and glanced at my swollen belly, surprised. “It really is you. What a coincidence!
“Gabriella, are you pregnant too? How far along?”
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Hubert tried to speak for me, but I stopped him.
I stared at her belly and asked back, “And you?”
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“Just three weeks,” she said sweetly, hugging Liam. “No wonder you quit your job so suddenly! You were hiding it so well.”
I was about to explain, but Liam sneered coldly, his voice sharp as ice. “Of course, she hid it. Shameful things always get hidden.”
At that moment, my heart went completely numb. Even the pain seemed to vanish.
Strangely, I felt free. Like I finally let go.
I forced a smile. “Mr. Caillet, not everyone shares your hobby of hiding things.”
I was hinting at how he once pretended to be poor.
He caught it, scoffed, and didn’t bother to reply. He pulled Sandra away.
Before they got far, I suddenly coughed up a mouthful of dark blood.
Hubert panicked, catching me. “Hang in there!”
But I couldn’t anymore. Everything faded to black.
***
When I woke again, I was back in the ICU.
Half–conscious, I vaguely heard Hubert talking to someone.
Helpless and full of regret, he said, “Her body can’t handle surgery anymore. This is the end. I won’t let her die on the operating table…”
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In my head, I silently agreed, “Yeah. I don’t want to go on a cold, steel table.
Soon, his voice came again–this time, filled with anger.
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“Liam, don’t you want to know why Gabriella broke up with you back then? If you really want to know, come to the hospital tomorrow. I’ll tell you!”
“I’m not interested.”
Liam’s reply was cold and distant. I shivered.
That night, fireworks lit up the whole city.
Lying in bed, my dry eyes stared up. I wondered, “Who’s celebrating love tonight?”
Maybe countless couples were sealing their first kiss under this grand display.
Just like Liam and I once did.
I couldn’t help but murmu
“It’s so beautiful.”
Even more beautiful than what we once saw. Back then, he promised me
a fireworks show just for me. But he gave it to Sandra instead.
In the next second, Sandra’s name exploded in the sky.
Silver sparks burst into a sea of stars.
I let out a bitter smile. “So, it’s Liam again,” I said inwardly.
He really did love Sandra.
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Alicia, who was by my side, held my hand. “Gabriella, don’t look.”
Her eyes were swollen and red. “If you like fireworks, I’ll set off a bigger show for you next spring. But you have to get better, okay?”
Hubert quietly appeared too, standing in front of me, cursing under his breath, “That bastard Liam.”
I looked up at Hubert and forced a faint smile.
“Hubert… I want to go home.”
He stayed silent for a while, then finally agreed, his voice low, “Okay. I’ll take you home.”
It was the first time he didn’t try to persuade me to hold on. But his smile looked worse than crying.
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