Seeing the panic on my face, the elderly woman tapped her badge. “Search my name online. You’ll see I have authority in this field.”
My hands shook as I pulled out my phone to search. When the results came up, my face went pale.
The woman in front of me was the retired director of the most famous maternity hospital in Auburn, an authority among authorities.
“Young man, don’t be so tense. Go to another hospital and check again. Everything’s electronic now, mistakes can happen…”
That childish voice rang by my ear again.
“Didn’t I tell you, Dad? This time, you believe me, right? Hurry and think of a way, I don’t have much patience left!”
I numbly got into the car and forced myself to look at my wife sitting beside me.
“You didn’t look well earlier, and I can’t feel at ease. Let’s go to another hospital and check again.”
Maybe because she remembered the pain she had gone through, my wife didn’t hesitate and agreed.
The examination finished quickly. When my wife went into the bathroom, I grabbed the doctor’s wrist, my voice trembling.
“Doctor… the one in my wife’s belly… is it… is it human?”