CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

—JASMINE

I'm still reeling in shock at the unexpected sight of Wayne, my mind racing with questions.

How did he find out I was in the hospital? How did he manage to track me down?

But before I can even form the words to ask, a sudden and intense cramp pierces through my lower abdomen, like a stabbing pain that takes my breath away.

The sharp discomfort momentarily renders me speechless, my eyes widening in shock as I double over, my hand instinctively reaching for my belly as if to soothe the ache.

But my hand on my belly doesn’t help, and the only thing that I can do to suppress the pain is to surrender to its tearing.

My voice tears into a bloody scream, and breaks through the secluded room and then out and further like a whale’s cry.

Wayne’s hand immediately covers my mouth and he clutches the rest of my body.

Shuffling and footsteps instantly takes over outside of the door and I have no choice but to suppress my scream behind Wayne’s palm over my mouth.

“We have to be qui