Chapter 1581
Chapter 1581
Hansen gritted his teeth as he stared at Santiago who was lying in a vegetative state. "Alvin..."
"Yes, Mr. Richards?"
"I want you to relay a message to the people. Tell them to protect Raeleigh at all cost. Offer her any help should she ever need it."
Hansen looked up at Alvin, who was stunned for a moment. Then Alvin turned to look at Jepherson, who was sitting up in the hospital bed. Alvin was shocked when he heard Hansen's words.
Jepherson looked over at his father. He had a determined look on his face. He could tell that his father wanted revenge. He knew his father would not let this matter slide.
Jepherson stared at his father for a while. He knew that everyone in the family was devastated by what happened to Santiago. Therefore, his father would rather entrust the matter of revenge to Raeleigh than him.
Jepherson did not say much. The damage this time was too great for him to accept, let alone his parents.
His mother had yet to come to terms with it. She had been drifting in and out of consciousness these past few days. The doctor said that if her condition were to persist, there was a possibility that she would slip into a coma and potentially cause permanent damage to her body.
Jepherson remained silent. Hansen broke the silence and instructed Alvin, "You can go now."
Alvin nodded and turned to leave. After he left, Hansen stood up and walked to Jenna's side. He placed his hands on either side of his wife's body and bent down to look at her. "How are you feeling today?"
Jenna did not speak. Her nose was red while her eyes were swollen and puffy from crying. When she saw Hansen, she could not stop her tears from trickling down her eyes.
Hansen lowered his head and kissed her bitter tears away. He pressed his face against hers and said, "I'm sorry that I've let you down again."
Jenna looked at Hansen. "It's not your fault, but..."
"It is... It is my fault. I was being selfish. I wanted to spend more time with you, so I left our sons at home to take care of themselves and even neglected them, which led to the current situation. You can rest assured that from now on, I will never let those covetous people succeed."
Hansen kissed Jenna on the forehead. When he pulled away, Jenna took a good look at him and realized that his head had more white hairs than she remembered.
Jenna raised her hand to touch his hair before pulling him into a hug, sobbing uncontrollably.
The pain of losing their son was like a knife piercing through the heart and she was not the only one in pain. How could she ever get over this?
Furthermore, Santiago was her youngest son, the one she doted on most.
Jenna hugged Hansen and started bawling.
Jepherson looked at his parents and then at Santiago, who was sleeping peacefully. The only difference was that he was never going to wake up. Then, Jepherson suddenly turned his face away and closed his eyes tightly.
Outside the door, when Hannah heard Jenna sobbing in the ward, she started crying too. Rayan held his beloved wife in his arms and took a deep breath. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't in pain.
After all, he watched Santiago grow up. Now that things had turned out like this, how could he not feel distressed?
When Deanna saw her mother crying, she could not help but start crying as well. She was under so much emotional stress that she started to feel nauseous.
Deanna hurriedly ran to one side to vomit. Rayan quickly alerted his wife before rushing towards their daughter. Deanna could not seem to control herself and kept vomiting repeatedly.
"Mom... my stomach, it hurts!"
Deanna's screams frightened her parents. Rayan immediately shouted for help. Fortunately, they were in the hospital. So, Rayan quickly lifted his daughter onto a gurney and followed her into the delivery room.
However, Jacky was not around and men weren't allowed to enter the delivery room. Therefore, Rayan wasn't allowed in. Hannah wanted to be in the room with her daughter, but the nurses told her that she wasn't allowed in the delivery room either.
Hannah wasn't aware of such a rule and was extremely anxious for her daughter. Raeleigh soon rushed over after receiving the news and so did Rossie.
Raeleigh wanted to go in, but Xanthus said that it was taboo for a pregnant woman who was not about to give birth, to enter the delivery room.
Raeleigh looked at Xanthus, not knowing whether he was telling the truth or not.
When Rossie saw the group of people standing outside the delivery room, she immediately asked what happened. Although Hannah and Rossie had not made up, she still trusted Rossie. She quickly explained to Rossie, "The doctors would not allow us into the delivery room. Deanna is in there alone. I really want to...."
"It's alright, I'll go in and accompany her."
Rossie rushed into the scrub room and quickly changed into some scrubs. When she got entered the delivery room, she heard Deanna screaming in pain.
Rossie rushed over to hold Deanna's hand.
"Deanna, you have to be strong. Otherwise, your baby will laugh at you. You're about to be a mother, you have to push."
Deanna nodded her head. The doctor had never seen a woman, who was about to give birth, screaming and crying so much. It was exhausting.
However, their main priority now was to help Deanna deliver her baby.
For some reason, Deanna said that her stomach was hurting very badly, but in fact, she was just exaggerating her pain.
The doctor gave her a quick examination and confirmed that she was fine. "We'll give you an epidural. It'll take a couple of minutes to go into effect, after that you shouldn't be able to feel any pain."
After the doctor said that, he gave Deanna the injection. After a few minutes, Deanna stopped crying as the pain disappeared. The doctors looked at each other and realized that Deanna was actually in pain, but they knew she was also exaggerating a little.
"Miss Lautner, can we talk outside?" The doctor immediately asked Rossie. At this time, Rossie was trying to calm Deanna down with soothing words.
Outside, the doctor took off his mask and said, "I checked her cervix and she was just starting to dilate. The pain she was feeling must be due to the contractions, but I doubt it hurt that much. The
injection we gave her wasn't an epidural, it was just normal fluids."
Rossie frowned. "What are you trying to say?"
"If she dilates faster, then she would be able to give birth today, but judging by how much pain she's in, I think she will most likely give birth tomorrow. You have to be mentally prepared because she seems to be in a lot of pain even at such an early stage of labor."
Rossie heard that Deanna loved to exaggerate and she did not believe it until just now. She looked as if she was in a lot of pain when in fact, she wasn't. The doctor was afraid that something bad would happen to her and the baby, so he thought it was best if he gave Rossie a head's up. NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.
"I understand. Thank you for putting up with her. I'll have to inform her parents. Do you have any suggestions?
"It's good if she could give birth tonight. If she doesn't, then it's best to have a cesarean section. This is the best solution for both the baby and the mother."
"If we keep the baby in for too long, the baby might be starved of oxygen which would lead to brain damage, while the mother might experience extreme fatigue."
Rossie nodded, "Alright, I'll inform her parents. Give me a moment."
After that, Rossie ran out in search of Hannah.