Next Moning, 9:00;
As the cold private hospital ward drowned into Andrea's sorrows, Rong Xinghe just sat by her side silently. From the minute she'd walked in until the one when she'd told her about the abortion, everything was a blur for the girl. As if her mind had gone numb. Truth be told, she didn't want to be the bearer of such awful news in the first place. And yet, she was the only one from whom Andrea deserved to hear it.
Rong Xinghe remembered how Little Alix's grave state had broken, terrified, her Sister-in-law, when she'd gone through premature delivery. For the first time in her life, Ningtao was on the verge of losing her sanity. She was literally in a state of total denial; going crazy worrying over her child admitted in the NICU, not even considering the possibility of its loss. But Baby Alix fought through it. Andrea's baby couldn't.