Leap OF Fate novel Chapter 66

Serene’s physically and emotionally exhausted body demanded its respite. As soon as her back touched her bed, Serene felt her eyelids become heavy and sleep took over her. It was a dreamless night for her. She’s too exhausted to even dream.

She slept like a baby. The warm light from the window, filtered by her curtain, woke her up. Red shadows played on the back of her eyelids as the curtain danced from the outside breeze. She rubbed her eyes and sat on her bed. Hugging her knees and resting her face on them, she could not help but recall the recent events.

A gentle pain in her lower abdomen extending to her lower back made her get out of bed and go to the bathroom. She washed up and changed into comfortable clothes before going down to have breakfast with her parents.

Conrad and Carol were already eating at the round dining table when she arrived. The two simultaneously looked at her. Their eyes filled with love, pain, and pity. Serene bit her lips at the sight of her parents. She hated seeing them pained so much more if the reason for their pain was because of her. She forced a smile out of her lips and joined them.

“Good morning, Mom, Dad,” she greeted and gave her parents a peck on their cheeks.

“Slept well?” Conrad asked as he buttered a toast for her and placed it on her plate.

“Yes.” she answered, then bit on the buttered toast.

The Ellis’s tried to have a normal breakfast. Her parents, doing their best to not bring up Justin or to ask her about him. By now she knew that Conrad already gave Carol the details. As usual, mealtimes at their household were lively and filled with stories. The couple tried to keep the subject of the conversation away from anything that concerns Hyacinth Bay as much as possible. Carol kept harping about the latest drama series she was watching and how much she adored the cast.

While Conrad talked about how their business is growing. Serene just went with the flow and enjoyed the rare moment she got to spend breakfast with her parents.

When she finished, she got up from her seat. A sharp pain stabbed her lower back and abdomen, then she felt a streak of blood trickle down from her private part down to her legs.

“Mom! Dad!” she called her parents, panicked. Her hands held on the edge of the table and her eyes bulged out their sockets.

“What’s the matter, babe?” Conrad was first to react. His daughter’s pained face was drained of blood. He got up from his chair to go to Serene when he stood frozen on his track.

Blood streaked down Serene’s legs. Two long trails of blood jumped in contrast to her pale legs. Carol saw the fear in her husband’s expression. She immediately bolted out of her chair and went to her daughter’s side.

Like Conrad, the sight of blood flowing out of Serene’s legs shocked her. But unlike her husband, she was quick to recover and hurried to her daughter’s side.

“Conrad, what are you standing there for? Hurry and get the car!” she shouted at her dumbfounded husband. Carol’s commanding voice pulled him out of his shock and ran out of the dining room to ready the car.

“Don’t fret, Dear. Dad’s getting the car now. We’ll go to the hospital.” she said, trying to make her voice steady as she stroked Serene’s back.

Serene felt an excruciating pain centered on her feminine parts. Her face scrunched as the pain in her abdomen intensified.

“Mom, what’s going on?” she asked her mother through gritted teeth.

“You’ll be fine, baby. Dad’s on his way,” she soothed her. She steadied her voice, but her heart was beating wildly in her chest. What’s taking Conrad so long?

Conrad rushed to Serene’s side and carried her in his arms, leaving his wife trailing behind them.

“You’d be alright, Babe. Just stay calm, ok?” he said as he placed her on the back-passenger seat. After a while, Carol was beside her, embracing her.

Conrad drove the jeep like a madman. He arrived at the hospital in record time after beating several red lights. He carried his daughter to the emergency room where the nurses and doctor immediately attended to her. In a short while, the nurses wheeled Serene out of the emergency room and brought to the Obstetrics and Gynecology section.