The Saint Goes Nuts

In the cold chain warehouse, medicines rolled across the floor as blood gushed out from between my fingers, which were pressed tightly to my abdomen.My body, which I no longer had the strength to keep upright, was leaning against the small window set into the warehouse's door.The fear of death enveloped me. After eight years of failing to get pregnant, I had been looking forward to the birth of this child in my belly, whom I had conceived with great difficulty. I hadn't even had the time to share this joy with my family yet.I couldn't die here.Through my blurry vision, I saw a man in a white coat hurrying past, and my heart surged with joy.I hurriedly fumbled for my phone and speed-dialed my emergency contact. My call was answered immediately.I cried, "Xavier! Save me! I've been—"In the next instant, the man outside the door—my husband, Xavier Goodwin—anxiously ran off with a crying Cynthia Musich in his arms.As he passed by, he cast an indifferent glance toward the win

During a gynecological surgery that I had personally handled, the patient experienced postpartum hemorrhage and was in critical condition.I immediately arranged for emergency surgery, but Cynthia came up to me then and insisted on entering the operating room to observe the procedure."I'll definitely become a leading gynecologist if I follow you around, right, Ellie?" she asked.I originally refused her request, but she planted herself on the floor and clung to me tightly, crying and begging nonstop.While this was happening, Xavier hurried over and lectured me for arguing over trivial matters instead of worrying for the patient's wellbeing.In the end, Cynthia followed me into the operating room.The operation lasted eight hours, and I was already thoroughly exhausted by that point.Right after walking out of the delivery room—barely having closed my eyes for two seconds—a nurse rushed in and yelled, "Dr. Livingston! We're missing one piece of gauze! It may have been sutured i

Even I was shocked by Xavier's actions.When Xavier realized that there were so many strangers gathered around, looking at my body, he broke down even more.He lay his entire body over mine, attempting to cover up every inch of my exposed skin."All of you, get out!" he yelled hysterically. "You're not allowed to look at her! I said, get out!"The interns scrambled to get out of the operating room, fearing that he would yell at them again if they were too slow to run.Soon, only a disoriented Xavier and my unfeeling corpse were left in the empty operating room.I lifted my hand before silently lowering it again.He couldn't feel my touch, and I didn't want to comfort him either, considering that he had left me behind.Bryan entered the room, followed by several nurses.Upon seeing the scene inside, a few of them hurriedly stepped forward to pull Xavier away from my body.Xavier was in a dissociative state. When he saw Bryan, his eyes lit up as if he had seen his savior.He a

I hurriedly dashed forward, making my way through the crowd, and Xavier soon caught up as well.When the nurses looking on at the scene saw Xavier, they quickly moved out of his way, revealing Elio being held down firmly by several policemen.Xavier hurriedly ran forward to ask them to let go of Elio. "Sorry, but Elio has been emotionally unstable lately. Please let him go, and if anything's the matter, please discuss it with me instead."I nodded. That's right. Let go of Elio!Elio's hands, which were pinned to the floor, were already bleeding. It was evident that the policemen had been quite rough with him.At Xavier's insistence, the policemen had no choice but to release Elio. Xavier lowered his head, about to ask Elio about his condition, but in the next instant, he was hit so hard in the face that his head snapped to the side and blood started to drip from his nose."You and Cynthia Musich are both murderers! You were the ones who got Ellie killed! Why don't you just go and

Xavier wiped down my body multiple times, changed me into beautiful dresses, and adorned me with various kinds of jewelry.Nobody in the Traumatology Department dared to stop him in his current state. They could only allow him to go on with his crazy actions, speaking to my corpse day and night."I ordered a cake from your favorite store for you, Lena. It has the mangoes that you like on it. Do you like it?"I bought a necklace exclusively for you, using a hollyhock flower as the motif! I'll put it on you right now."I prayed wildly in my heart for him not to put it on. Don't put it on!That necklace had already been stained by Cynthia's hands!I didn't know if my prayers had been heard, but he suddenly paused right before he was about to touch my neck, as if he were a child caught doing something wrong."I'm sorry, I'm sorry! This necklace is already soiled, so how about I order a new one for you right away? Please don't be angry at me, Lena."He bent down and cried, his tears