"Elizabeth!" Evelyn pushed the door open and saw Elizabeth sitting at the bedside and reading a book alone. Then she greeted Elizabeth with joy.
Seeing Evelyn, Elizabeth was unhappy, "Evelyn, why are you here?"
"I saw the message you sent me." Evelyn said as she walked toward the hospital bed, "I called you last night, but I couldn't get through to you, so I called your home. I was so worried about you that I couldn't fall asleep, and I didn't know what to do, so I waited for you while drawing the draft. Later, I was too sleepy and fell asleep. As a result, it was noon when I woke up."
"Have you eaten yet?"
"I ate something on the road. Don't worry about me." Saying this, Evelyn sat casually on the edge of the bed and reached out to pat Elizabeth on the shoulder, "What happened to you? Why are you in the hospital? I was startled when I saw your text message. I came here in a hurry, but I didn't know which ward you're in, so I asked the guide downstairs. Fortunately, I finally found you." "Why were you in such a hurry? I won't leave here." "I was so worried about you! By the way, why are you hospitalized? What's wrong with you?"
Elizabeth smiled gently when she heard this, "Well... I'm pregnant."
"Oh." Evelyn nodded with great relief, "It turns out that you're pregnant."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She stared at Elizabeth and stood up, "What did you say? Are you pregnant?" As she said this, she looked straight at Elizabeth's belly.
Elizabeth was a little shy, but she was amused by Evelyn's reaction, "Yeah, this is surprising, right?"
Evelyn nodded blankly. After a while, she said in a daze, "Yeah, I am so surprised. I thought we should at least get pregnant at the age of thirty, because we're young now. But, congratulations, ha-ha."
"Yeah. I didn't expect that I would get pregnant so fast, either."
Thinking that she had just patted Elizabeth, Evelyn became worried and said, "Hey, I patted you on the shoulder just now. Are you okay?"
"Yep! Just rest assured."
"Well..." Evelyn scratched her hair in embarrassment, "Elizabeth, can I touch it? Uh, I mean, your belly..." Of course, she knew that the baby was there. However, when her closest friend had a child, she felt that it was amazing.
"Sure." Elizabeth nodded with a smile, and then lifted the quilt.
Seeing this, Evelyn took a step forward and reached out to touch Elizabeth's belly. When she was about to touch it, she withdrew her hand, and then reached out again to touch it lightly.
But after a while, she didn't feel anything and frowned, "Hey, why doesn't it move?"
Elizabeth burst into laughter, "It is small now! The doctor said that it will move in my belly when it is about four months old. It is only one month old now."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Right."
Evelyn took back her hand and then tucked up Elizabeth carefully, "When it gets older, I will touch your belly to feel it again. Cover yourself with the quilt and don't catch a cold."
"There is air conditioning in the room. How can I catch a cold so easily?" Although Elizabeth said so, she felt warm in heart.
"Fortunately, you're safe now, and you can talk to me. Your baby is fine, too. Both of you are lucky."
"That's right."
"By the way, where is Josephine? Didn't you say that your husband asked someone to search for her? Have you caught that wicked woman? Has she been sentenced?" Evelyn gritted her teeth and said with hatred, "Letting her eat in the prison is a waste of food. I wish that she could be sentenced to death!"
Elizabeth's expression changed a little when she thought of James's words. After a long while, she whispered, "She... died."
"What?" Evelyn
was full of righteous indignation and was about to scold Josephine. When she heard Elizabeth's words, she was shocked.
"Maybe she thinks that her life is meaningless. After all, she had broken the law and she would absolutely be arrested... She is in her twenties, and maybe she would stay in the prison for a very long time. Besides, it seemed that she didn't live a good life... so, she chose to die."
Evelyn was furious, but she felt it unbelievable when she heard Elizabeth's words.
"Really? But I didn't expect that Josephine would choose to die. Alas!" Evelyn sighed, "But that was her own choice. Don't think too much. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of yourself."
"Well, I know."
"Then... will you go to work?"
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