Karen lay on the emergency bed, her bloodstained hands tightly gripping Mrs. Fletcher's hand, tears streaming down her face. "Auntie, my child, you must make sure the doctor saves my child... He can't have any problems..."
Mrs. Fletcher comforted her, patting her hand reassuringly. "Don't worry, I'll find the best doctor, and we will definitely save this child."
Karen's abdomen twisted in pain, and her tears flowed even more violently.
Suddenly, she had a ominous premonition.
It felt like this child was going to leave her forever.
"Justin, Justin..."
Mrs. Fletcher hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll call him right now and ask him to come over immediately. Your child will be fine."
"He must come, he must come..." Karen's voice grew fainter and fainter.
And then it disappeared completely into the operating room.
Mrs. Fletcher trembled violently, unable to shake the image of Karen's river of blood from her mind.
"The child must be okay, he must be okay..."
Mr. Fletcher noticed her distress and immediately walked over to embrace her shoulder. "Don't worry, this is the hospital, there are doctors here! Besides, it's not confirmed if this child is Justin's, what if it's not?"
But Mrs. Fletcher couldn't listen, trembling, she took out her phone and called Justin.
At this moment, Justin was queuing to handle discharge procedures.
Seeing his mother's call, his eyes narrowed imperceptibly as he answered and put the phone to his ear. "Mom..."
Mrs. Fletcher was already speaking incoherently out of fear.
"Justin, hurry, hurry to the hospital, Karen just bled a lot, I'm afraid the child won't make it, she wants to see you, hurry over..."
Justin's thin lips twitched slightly, his face expressionless. "I don't have time."
Mrs. Fletcher's heart sank instantly.
"No time? What could be more important than this?"
"I..."
Justin's words were cut off by Mrs. Fletcher's interruption. "I checked with the company, they said you didn't even go to work today. What are you busy with? What could be more important than your own flesh and blood?"
Justin was merciless. "Flesh and blood? I've never acknowledged that the child in her belly is mine. Only Samantha is qualified to have my child, none of the other women are qualified."
With that, without waiting for Mrs. Fletcher's response, he decisively hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Mrs. Fletcher felt like she was about to vomit blood out of anger.
"I'm so angry, really, I'm furious... Things have come to this point, and he still won't acknowledge the child as his own. What is he thinking?"
Mr. Fletcher patted her back to calm her down.
"Don't get angry! I'm a man, I understand! Justin knows better than anyone whose child is in Karen's belly. Since he doesn't acknowledge it, maybe the child really isn't his. After all, whether or not such a thing happened, he should know, right?"
Although he also wanted to hold his grandson.
He really wanted the child in Karen's belly to be his son's.
But, let's stick to the facts.
If this child really is his son's, how could his son not know?
He's been denying it all along, either he's truly heartless, or this child really isn't his.
Between the two, he leaned towards the latter.
He couldn't believe his son was such a heartless person.
Mrs. Fletcher's emotions were successfully calmed by Mr. Fletcher.
She looked at Mr. Fletcher blankly, uncertain, and asked, "Is this child really not Justin's?"
If not, then why would Karen dare to come and do a paternity test with her?
Mr. Fletcher looked worried, "Let's focus on keeping the child safe first, we can deal with the rest later!"
Mrs. Fletcher thought what he said made sense, found a place to sit down, and quietly waited for news from the emergency room.
Justin finished the discharge procedures and returned to the hospital room.
Samantha was still packing up her grandfather's belongings.
Because he had been staying here for a long time, there were many things, all sorts of odds and ends that filled several large bags.
As Samantha sorted things out, Justin moved the luggage into the car.
Mr and Mrs. Fletcher waited anxiously outside the emergency room.
Suddenly, they saw their son carrying two large bags and walking towards the parking lot.
They both froze.
Incredibly, they widened their eyes, for a moment they thought they were mistaken as they watched their son pass by.
Mrs. Fletcher rubbed her eyes in disbelief and asked her husband next to her, "Honey, am I seeing things? Is that our son?"
Mr. Fletcher nodded helplessly, "It's him!"
Mrs. Fletcher was instantly enraged and wanted to rush over to find Justin, but she was stopped in time by Mr. Fletcher.
"Forget it, don't air our dirty laundry in public. Whatever it is, we can talk about it at home. It's embarrassing to discuss it here!"
Mrs. Fletcher looked around at the bustling surroundings, suppressing her displeasure, and sat back in her seat.
Justin was still shuttling back and forth, moving Samantha's belongings.
At the same time, Karen was also being pushed out of the emergency room by doctors.
She had an IV in her hand, with a blood bag hanging above, transfusing blood into her.
Karen lay pale on the hospital bed, her eyes red and swollen like light bulbs.
Mrs. Fletcher hurried over to inquire about the situation, "Doctor, how is she? Is the child okay?"
The doctor lowered his mask and shook his head regretfully, "We've done our best, but unfortunately, she lost the baby."
Upon hearing this, Karen's tears, which she had barely managed to stop, began to flow again.
Mrs. Fletcher felt as if the world was spinning, her vision went black, and she nearly fainted.
Mr. Fletcher immediately supported her and said sternly, "How could this happen? Everything was fine, how could she suddenly miscarry?"
The doctor explained, "I found from Miss Karen's blood that she has been taking blood-activating and stasis-removing drugs recently. This medicine is taboo for pregnant women. If it had been discovered earlier, perhaps there would have been a chance, but now the effect of the medicine has permeated her body, and the fetus is too small to be saved."
"Blood-activating and stasis-removing drugs?" Mr. Fletcher looked at Karen in puzzlement, "You've been taking medicine recently? Don't you know that you should be careful with medication during pregnancy?"
Karen shook her head helplessly, "I haven't, my health has always been good, not to mention during pregnancy, I rarely take medicine even in normal times. I don't know why this drug showed up in my blood."
The doctor sighed, "Miss Karen just miscarried, she needs to rest well! Once her body recovers, there will be plenty of opportunities to have children in the future."
With things having reached this point, Mr and Mrs. Fletcher couldn't say anything more.
They arranged for Karen to have a VIP ward, where she could rest well, and sent a maid from home to take care of her.
Before being pushed into the ward by the nurse, Karen still looked around hopefully, "Where's Justin? Hasn't he come?"
Mrs. Fletcher's eyes flickered with guilt as she explained, "He's on a business trip and isn't in the city right now, so he couldn't make it back."
"Oh!" Karen couldn't hide her disappointment, but she could also understand.
The situation was special!
No one expected such a sudden turn of events.
As the nurse pushed Karen's bed into the elevator, just as the doors were about to close, Justin walked in.
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