Medeia was offended by Tilly's words. "Excuse me, the man you are talking about is my future husband," she pointed her finger at Tilly. "And don't you dare compare Lucian to the rotten men in this base."
Tilly wanted to say something, but she decided to keep her mouth shut, because Medeia didn't seem to be someone to mess with.
"Tilly! Please, help Sharon!" Penelope begged her.
Sharon, the woman in labor, nearly fainted because she couldn't stand the pain of the contractions. Her lips turned blue as her body grew cold. "I can't ... I can't do this ...."
Another woman who became an impromptu midwife, Jeanne, encouraged her, "Of course you can, Sharon. We promise to go back to our hometown together, remember?"
Medeia watched her labor in silence, wondering why so many people considered it the beauty of nature when all she saw was misery and pain.
