"I want to truly be in love with her this one time. A feeling like that is priceless. Besides, this way I'll know that I could lose her at any moment, which will make me cherish her all the more."
"No problem. You don't have to, but I still need to do the research. I'm worried others might face this situation in the future."
"Okay."
Now, he could finally sleep peacefully.
*
Herman Hawthorne rushed Bianca Rhodes to the hospital, where she was immediately taken to the emergency room.
An hour later, Bianca Rhodes was wheeled out. The baby, however, was gone.
She had been under local anesthesia for the induced abortion, which went smoothly.
The woman who had just lost her child looked at Herman Hawthorne with tears in her eyes. "My baby is gone."
He didn't know what to say. "It's okay. You can have another one in the future."
"But it wouldn't be *our* child."
"You should rest for now. We can talk about everything else later."
