"Dear Mr. Xuanxu, I'm sorry to announce to you that your wife had a cardiac arrest during your absence."
"What did you say? How is my wife right now?" A man in business suit interrogated, gripping with eagle claws towards the nurse. Blood red, as he stared at him fearfully anticipating his answers.
"Right now, she is in a stable condition. We fear that she would have an onset of cardiac arrest up to 5 months after her delivery, that cause is unknown. Therefore her emotions should be controlled as not to trigger an unwanted heart attack." He coaxed. Patiently explaining every detail while ignoring the pain.
"And my daughter, how is she?"
"As you ordered, she was sent to post-mortem area to be examined about the source of her death was the fungi, Candida. The fungi cause sepsis that in turn triggers numeral organ failure. The hospital is very thankful for granting us the opportunity to save more li-----"
"So, it was you! It was to you who sent our daughter to be butchered. YOU! How dare you!" Out of all people, the person that she thought would betray her was her very own husband. Hurt. Despair. Anger. Anguish. And betrayed. Looking at his silhouette, is he still the man who she had fallen in love with. Starting to doubt whether she was in a dream, trapped in her nightmare. Yet, her daughter's image was still clear in her memory and the man who did that to her - how can she believe it was an illusion.
Her world was turned upside down like a boat in the middle of the ocean. Large tides threatening to overturn and swallow her alive. A world that rendered her preparations useless, her dream decimated and her chance to breathe taken away. This must be retribution, thats why he'd taken her daughter away.
"Why Xuanxu Yang? Why must you send my daughter to her death, was it because of Xiao Li? Did you lov—"
"Chen Ai! Don't talk, breathe in and out okay. Don't you dare to die on me." He begged as he hold her weakened body yet as if defying his orders. Her dilate and slowly closes. Terrified of what happened, he recklessly try to wake her up.
He was so desperate that he didn't even noticed that a doctor and nurses already arrived but still refusing to give the body. If they tried to take it by force, he would have bitten off their flesh. Like a wolf, guarding its cub.
"It's alright, she only fainted due to exhaustion. It's alright, she's fine. It's alright, everything would be alright." Looking at the arm in his shoulder, tracing it back to the kind lips that coaxing him, and back to his wife face that's breathing normally. His emotions slowly calmed down and the pale face he once had started to flush with colours. Allowing the nurses take away his wife.
"I'm sorry for your loss." A man who had coaxed him once again tapped his shoulder. He was wearing a white coat, stereoscope around his neck showing his status as a doctor. He gave him a nod and thankful for his help. Though never would he have thought, that this man was the culprit of the post-traumatic experience his wife suffered with.
Walking away unknowingly.
"I'm sorry Chen Ai, how could I refuse? When I saw them begging me to save their children, how could I dare to be selfish when I know what it felt to lose a child." Whispering secretly in the wind.
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Candida - the genus name for a specific family of fungi. It caused sepsis intercepting the immune system response towards a pathogens attack. People with weakened immune system are susceptible to attacks.