"Leah, don’t cry or be afraid just yet. I’ve been taking care of your health; stomach pain doesn’t necessarily an anything. Stand still, I’ll co to you right now, okay?" Serena tried to calm Leah’s emotions.
Leah nodded vigorously, "Mm, okay Serena, I’ll do as you say."
After Serena hung up, Leah stood by the roadside waiting. She was waiting for her brother and Serena. She needed to be strong and calm at this mont, to protect the baby in her belly.
Leah lifted her cold little hand and placed it on her flat abdon. This baby had truly been through so much with her.
At that mont, a lodious phone ring sounded. She received a call.
It was Justin Xavier calling.
Justin Xavier called her.
Leah looked down at the caller ID. The lodic ringtone repeated over and over, but she didn’t answer.
She didn’t want to answer.
Clearly, if she didn’t pick up, Justin would keep calling. Soon, her phone showed over a dozen missed calls.
Just then, a sharp screech of brakes broke the air. Leah looked up to see a black luxury car stopping on the street opposite her. Cain Shaw had arrived driving.
Her brother was here!
Leah’s eyes lit up, and all her previous panic subsided. Her brother was safe; her brother had arrived!
The car door opened, and Cain’s tall and straight figure ca into view. He looked over.
"Brother!" Leah called out happily.
"Sister." Cain closed the car door and strode toward her.
Leah happily waved her little hand, standing obediently and waiting for her brother to cross the street.
The very next second, boom!
A deafening explosion occurred as Cain’s car suddenly blew up, engulfing him in flas.
Aah!
Screams erupted. Pedestrians on the street covered their ears and scrambled away frantically as chaos erupted.
Leah’s small hand froze in mid-air. The loud "boom" left her ears ringing. The explosion happened in an instant, and she took it all in.
Now the roaring flas surged forward like a fire dragon, rushing towards her. Her black and white pupils widened, and widened further, until the red blood vessels filled her entire eyes, as if about to burst.
Where was her brother?
The brother who just a mont ago stood living in front of her?
Her brother was gone!
Her brother had been swallowed!
No!
She had to find her brother!
Leah stumbled and staggered onto the road, which was now in utter chaos, as vehicles fled.
Beep.
An earsplitting car horn sounded. A private car owner rolled down the window and shouted at Leah, "Do you have eyes? Want to get hit by a car?"
"Oh my God!" soone exclaid, pointing at Leah, "Look, her... her skirt is covered in blood!"
Justin Xavier arrived. He opened the car door, and his first glance spotted Leah in the midst of the crowd.
Today, Leah wore a white dress with black chestnut-colored wavy hair cascading over her shoulders. Walking down the street, with every step, she left a trail of blood.
Bright red blood flowed from her skirt, staining the white dress she wore.
But she was oblivious, determined to head towards the sea of flas.
Ha.
Haha.
Just then, mad laughter reached her ears as Laura Xavier rolled over in her wheelchair.
Laura admired the sea of fire eagerly, believing it to be the most beautiful fla she had seen in her life. Her maniacal and twisted laughter erupted, "Mort Thorne is dead, haha, Mort is finally dead! Leah must be heartbroken now. I wanted her to watch her brother die in front of her own eyes; this is her punishnt!"
The maids from the villa rushed out, gasping at Leah’s sight, "Oh my God, Mada is bleeding!"
Bleeding?
Laura finally noticed Leah’s bleeding after hearing that, and it was a lot of blood.
Why was she bleeding?
Confusion flashed in Laura’s eyes.
A maid beside her whispered, "Mada... Mada must be... miscarrying, right?"
Miscarrying?
Laura froze instantly. She grabbed a maid, her face twisted as she asked, "Miscarrying? What miscarriage? How could Leah miscarry?"
In her frenzy and distortion, Laura looked almost deranged. The maid was scared, as Laura’s grip hurt her, "Ma’am, didn’t you know? Mada... Mada is pregnant!"
What?
Leah was pregnant?
How is that possible?
Leah was diagnosed as unable to conceive. How could she be pregnant?
"No, you must be lying to ; Leah can’t get pregnant! I know now, you’re all Leah’s people, concocting lies to deceive , aren’t you?"
"Ma’am, we’re not lying. Mada is really pregnant, but it looks like she won’t be able to keep the baby. She’s miscarrying."
Laura slowly released the maid, utterly stunned as she stared at Leah ahead. She never imagined Leah could be pregnant.
She thought she’d never hold a grandchild, as Justin Xavier’s condition prevented him from having more children. She thought the Xavier family line would end, but who’d have thought...
Leah was pregnant!
Blood.
Everywhere.
As an experienced older person, Laura could easily tell Leah was miscarrying.
She still couldn’t accept this fact, "No, this isn’t real. You’re all lying to . You’re all liars!"
Justin Xavier quickly hurried with long strides to the middle of the road. He reached out and embraced the faltering Leah from behind, "Leah!"
He buried his face in her long hair, the chaotic world fading away. All he could hear was his own rising and falling breath.
Leah’s skin felt ice-cold, like a block of ice. She chanically moved, trying to break free, "Let go... let go..."
Justin’s eyes were bloodshot, his blood boiling, paining him from his core.
He never knew pain could be so intense.
"Leah... don’t go..." he whispered hoarsely into her ear, only he hearing his own trembling and faint plea.
Leah struggled to keep her eyes open, though the blazing flas scorched them. Soon, large tears splashed down.
The little hands at her sides clenched into tight fists, her nails digging into her palms without feeling pain. Her body trembled, and finally, she bent over like a grieving beast letting out one last howl, "Ah--!"
Seeing her like this, Justin felt his heart sink into an abyss. He knew that the happiness within reach was, after all, like a bubble that burst.
"Leah..." He was too disordered to know what to say.
At that mont, Leah’s body went limp, and she fainted on the spot.
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