Ji Meiling looked at the people in the room.
"Why aren't you saying anything?... where is my baby?" Ji Meiling asked as her eyes became wet all of a sudden. Their silence made her feel uneasy. The doctor looked at Ji Feng and nodded. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out.
"What happened to my baby girl?" Ji Meiling asked as tears rolled down her eyes.
"Meiling...she's dead" Ji Cheng said replied as he held her hand.
"What?!" Ji Meiling turned her head and looked at the doctor who nodded. Hot tears flowed from her eyes. She didn't know what to say.
It was as if she became dumb all of a sudden.
The tears kept flowing as eyes became red. She felt as if she was the one that died. She didn't know what to do at that moment. She could only cry.
She was so confused and hurt.
She had been waiting patiently for the day she would see her daughter, her first cry, her first smile,her first words, her first steps and so many more but it will never happen because her daughter was gone.
Ji Cheng sat down on the bed and hugged her.
"Meiling... don't cry...it's OK". Ji Cheng could feel the hot tears on his shirt. He himself didn't know how to console her. He didn't have the words that will make her feel better. He had only told her that her daughter was dead, what will happen when he tells her that her brother was gone too.
" My baby....my baby..."Ji Meiling cried.
"Why did she leave me...Ji Cheng...why.....what did I do?" Ji Meiling asked as tears rolled down her eyes heavily.
"Nothing...Meiling...you didn't do anything... don't blame yourself for this" Ji Cheng said as he hugged her again.
"I am sorry for your loss Miss Ji" the doctor said.
"Will you like to see her?" The doctor asked. It took sometime before she finally agreed.
As she was still weak, the nurse brought a wheelchair. Ji Cheng helped her sit on it and they left to go see Ji Meiling's baby.
...
The baby was buried by her mother and it was a very painful experience for Ji Meiling. Never in her life did she ever imagine that she would go through this kind of grief. The tears made her eyes feel heavy and she finally slept.
When Ji Meiling woke up again, it was already 7pm. She laid on the bed as she stared at the light in her room. All she could remember was lying on the floor. She couldn't remember how she got there.
Ji Cheng opened the door holding a bag of food. He saw her staring intensely at the light. He guessed that she must be in deep thought.
He went close to her and blocked the light which distracted Ji Meiling.
"Ji Cheng can I please use your phone, I want to call my brother."