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Itâs an hour laterâon her way home that shefeels it, feels something being let go ofâand she feels her body shiver with asilent scream. She could feel the sticky wetness on her thighs as she drovehome and she couldnât stop to check, was too terrified to part her legs and see the truth. The blood was crimson against her soft skin, and seemed so jarringâin comparison. Her voice was soft as if quietness would dispell the fears in her gutâthat sheâd lost something. Allowed her family to take one more thing away from her.She didnât speakâjust drove her and Aria to the hospital in stony silence. She couldnât hear a thingâit was all white noise. She let the doctors drew bloodâflooded her room and she simply let them, her mind some where else completelyâshe didnât need to see the doctorâs face to see it was the worst newsâthat this was the end of something. âIâm sorry Kemiâyou lost the baby.â She felt nauseousâwants to hurlâwants to do something. But itâs like sheâs lost her voice, somewhere between her fatherâs office and cold hospital beds. She doesnât notice Aria come in, with dark bruises blossoming on her pretty face. She doesnât realise that her older sister is clutching her armsâand kissing her forehead. She doesnât notice that her body is shudderingâthat she is sobbing. Doesnât hear the doctor talking about how her rib is crackedâdoesnât notice anything happening to her. Sheâs just cold, and silentâand their words do nothing to penetrate the place sheâs in. Sheâs sure the doctor is saying something elseâbut for a moment everything clicks into place.
âHas anyone called my Husband?â











