Loosing the baby

 

★★★★

The grand living room of the Hudson family felt dark and tense and pressed with heavy air, even though it was New Year's Eve.

The mansion was illuminated with the finest lighting, the chandelier had changed yesterday into a more beautiful one, a big diamond-cut glass hanging from it. The Hudson family knew how to adorn the mansion exquisitely for events.

But the atmosphere in the mansion was pressed by tension, and it intensified when the weeping of a woman drifted into the big space.

"Kayden, this is not true! Someone is deliberately deceiving you. People have their eyes on our relationship always, you know that," Clove said between her weeps. She had never thought her husband would deny the baby in her womb.

"Oh, come on! Enough of your tears. These cannot sway me. Nothing from your mouth will be trusted by me or my family again. And I will never forgive you for causing harm to my grandmother," Kayden spat with a furious tone. Simultaneously, his hand kept bleeding because earlier, in anger, he had shattered the mirror by punching it.

"No. I did not do anything.. Grandmother went to meet…” Clove intended to clarify how his grandmother got hurt, but her words were cut short by her stepsister.

" Kay, I can't stand the sight of blood anymore. You must be in pain. Please, let me wrap your hand now," said Cindy with her squealing voice as she approached Kayden, who had his glare on Clove.

His hate in his eyes was so intense that if Clove were not pregnant, he would have killed her with his bare hands.

"Stay away from him, Cindy. Stop giving so much care to someone else's husband. I know you just want to take advantage of the disagreement between us. I won't let that happen. Get out of this house," Clove warned Cindy, who although had tears in her eyes, the pure triumphant smile she was unable to hide from Clove.

Cindy was her stepsister. Her father got married again after her mother's death.

Although she had fought a lot with her father, in the end, her father got married for the second time against her wishes, which she later accepted.

However, slowly she understood it was her father's worst decision because the woman he married had not come into their lives to add meaning to their days; rather, she concocted plans one after another to separate her from her father.

"You cannot tell who to stay or leave," Mrs. Hudson interrupted the conversation, "Cindy is our Beloved girl, and to me, she deserves to be Kayden’s wife more than you."

"How can you say this to me? I'm caring for your grandchild," Clove hurtfully said to the mother-in-law.

Simultaneously, she cried out, "Ahh!" Her hand reached for her belly. The more she cried, the more she felt a stabbing pain in her abdomen. She was three months pregnant. As a result, even a little bit of anxiety and tension was causing her more pain.

"The truth is in front of everyone. The child you are carrying is not Hudson's family. My son was a fool to trust you so blindly, but now he could see with his own eyes. The deception you reward him for his love and faithfulness is unforgivable," Mrs. Hudson said with a disgusted tone, and Clove's heart stiffened at her words. So, she turned her head to Kayden and wanted to ask why he was not able to trust her today.

But her words remained confined to her lips only as she heard her mother-in-law say, "Cindy, help my son. I am unable to watch so much blood. I knew beforehand that once he realized what kind of person his wife is, he could not control his anger, but harming himself is not an option."

"Okay, aunt!" Cindy politely replied with a nod before moving over to Kayden, who did not refuse Cindy's touch and allowed her to bandage his hand.

He knew Cindy's nature and her evil intentions very well, yet today, Kayden did not push her away from him and let her touch him. Seeing that, Clove clutched her fist and decided to try hard to save her relationship. Hence, she wiped her tears away and rushed to Kayden to hug him.

She knew if she and Kayden talked alone about all this, there would be a chance that she could prove her innocence.

"Kayden..." Clove extended her hand to wrap her arm around him. But Kayden stepped aside to avoid her. At the time, Clove felt that someone had stepped on her dress as she felt a tug.

She hadn't thought much about the consequences, but when she saw Kayden move away from her, and she lost her balance, a chill ran down her spine because there was nothing she could hold to stop her from falling.

Her hands hovered in the space as her body leaned forward to meet a dangerous end.

"Kay!" Clove's horror-filled tone called Kayden, who, realising what was about to happen, moved forward to catch his wife. But it was too late by then.

Clove, losing control, fell to the ground with her belly on, a bone-crushing pain surged through her entire body as a sharp cry tore from her throat, "My baby!" She had her hands cradling her stomach as if her touch alone could shield the life inside her.

"Help, my baby!" Her faint voice asked for help, not for her, but for her child. The terror took over the pain as her lips parted to gasp. She could already feel something slipping away.

"Oh my god! Call 911!"

The voices drifted to Clove's ear, but she was not able to raise her head. Slowly, her vision got blurred, thickened by a shadow that came to a stop next to her. She felt two hands wrapped around her, and she was picked up from the ground.

"My baby!" The desperate urge made her way out of her lips, before her world narrowed to the ache blossoming through her. The next moment, she fainted, her tear-stained face leaving nothing but evidence of her innocence.