280 Falling into place (1/2)

Xin Yong and Jin Yue were rendered speechless at that instant. It seems the hardest part of it all was breaking the news to the patient.

Liling chuckled; ''Why are you both staring at me like that? Do I have HIV? Am I going to die? ''

''No, not at all; you're okay. ''

Xin Yong sat on her seat and pulled closer to Liling. She held her hand closely as stared at her face.

''Liling, everything is okay and will be more than okay from now. Something happened, but I'm sure it won't happen again. ''

Liling was becoming scared. ''Xin Yong, tell me what's wrong? ''

Xin Yong took in a deep breath; it was really hard telling a mom that she just lost her child.

''Liling, you… you miscarried. ''

Xin Yong said slowly and pitifully; she held onto Liling's hand tightly. Liling was staring at Xin Yong as though she had just said something funny; all of a sudden she started laughing.

Xin Yong and Jin Yue turned to look at themselves;

''Xin Yong, it's not proper to say a joke to someone who just woke up from a coma, okay? Now, no more jokes, what happened to me? ''

She said, glancing at Jin Yue, as though obliging him to speak if Xin Yong refused to. But the look on his face told her that what Xin Yong said might be true.

''You don't mean what you just said now, do you? ''

Her face fell, and goose bumps washed through her skin. When she saw that Xin Yong wasn't answering, she called her again.

''Xin Yong! Jin Yue, what happened? Can someone talk to me? ''

Anxiety washed through her, she was about passing out for the second time.

''Liling, it's going to be alright. It's not your fault okay? Everything would be fine now. ''

Xin Yong said, moving to sit on the bed, she pulled Liling into her arms.

It took Liling up to thirty seconds to come to terms with what Xin Yong just said.

''I… I lost a baby? ''

She asked; a quake in her voice. Xin Yong did not reply the question; she just patted on her back.

''It's going to be okay, everything would be fine.

''But I wasn't pregnant? ….''

It just took a few seconds before everything fell into place. The nausea, the headaches, so she had been pregnant all along! How didn't she know!

Why didn't her mind think of it? Now she thought about it, they hardly used protections!