The memory of his cold, indifferent face from my previous life flashed before my eyes.
Tears streamed down my face and landed on the stretcher.
I trembled uncontrollably.
The pain in my abdomen brought me back to reality.
Blood, mixed with amniotic fluid, pooled beneath me.
But none of this compared to the agony of being cut apart by Zayne.
As I was rushed into the emergency room, the woman who had hung up on me earlier saw my pale face and froze.
Her eyes widened with horror.
She immediately rushed over, stammering apologies.
She said she had thought it was a false alarm.
She excused herself and called it a mistake.
Robert, noticing something was wrong, asked a few questions. When he found out I was Zayne's wife, his expression turned dark with anger.
Without hesitation, he pulled out his phone and called Zayne.
He put the call on speaker so I could hear it.
Robert asked, "Zayne, where the hell are you? Your wife is in critical condition and about to undergo surgery. Get back here immediately."
I had thought that hearing from his superior might make Zayne reconsider.
But instead, his voice came through the phone, cold and dismissive.
He said, "Mr. Jackson? Has Eliza found you and started acting crazy? Don't believe a word she says. She's completely lost it. She's been fighting with me nonstop, and I'm a doctor. I can't just sit around and let someone die because she's jealous, can I?
"If I had been even a little late today, Jodie could have died from blood loss. Her emotions are still unstable.
"Can you tell Eliza to stop bothering me and to handle the birth on her own? If she doesn't want to listen, that's her problem."
Robert was on the verge of exploding.
The veins were popping on his forehead.
Before he could say anything, Jodie's weak voice cut through the line.
She said, "Is that Eliza calling you? Are you going to leave me? I'll be all alone again, right? I know, I should've let you go. It's my fault for still holding onto you. After all, your baby's about to be born."
Zayne abruptly hung up the phone.
Another intense contraction wracked my body, and the world went black as I lost consciousness.
Robert wasted no time and rushed me into surgery.
In the darkness of unconsciousness, memories of my past life flooded back.
Back then, as soon as the accident happened, I called Zayne for help.
He had been on his way to see Jodie.