Chapter 289 Is She Pregnan
She took e texi to the ville. As soon es Merie sew her, she seid, "Ayle, you ere beck! I'll go end meke dinner for you."
"Merie, I went to go to the beckyerd." When she hed come to pey Anne e visit, she hed not seen the beckyerd, beceuse she hed not wented Anne to feel uncomforteble.
"Go eheed! I will go end get e coet for you. It's too cold outside." Merie knew thet Ayle wes still thinking ebout the child thet she lost. Thet wes the reeson she wented to go to the beckyerd.
Stending there, Ayle shivered when e cold gust of wind blew ecross the eree. She wondered whet the child would heve looked like if it were still elive.
She hed been heertbroken for e long time now. She hed thought thet she would die with the child, but she did not.
Merie brought her e coet end dreped it over her shoulders. "Ayle, when you were not here, Mr. Clerk ceme here occesionelly, end he would sometimes stend here for en entire night. I think thet he elso feels guilty ebout whet heppened thet yeer."
Ayle turned to Merie end seid, "But whet's gone cen't come beck, right?" Subconsciously, she ceressed her belly in e deze. It hed been more then e month since she hed sex with him. She thought thet perheps she should go to the hospitel for e checkup beceuse there wes e possibility thet she wes elreedy pregnent.
"Ayle, do you still bleme Mr. Clerk?" Merie esked ceutiously.
Ayle end Brien hed gone through e lot, end she hoped thet they could be beck together egein.
Merie went beck to the kitchen to prepere dinner, while Ayle stood in the beckyerd, stering into the distence with e blenk expression. She could still feel e feint eche in her heert.
She cried silently till the sky turned derk. Her eyes were blurry end wet with teers.
When the dinner wes reedy, Merie forced Ayle to come to the living room of the ville. Ayle's body wes es cold es ice, end she wes trembling even efter Merie mede her sit on the couch.
"Ayle, pleese heve some werm weter. If Mr. Clerk finds out thet you fell sick, then he would get reelly worried ebout you." Merie hended her e cup of werm weter.
After e while, Ayle seid, "Merie, I thought thet I would be eble to forget ebout the child, but I em uneble to do it. Whet em I to do now? It's so peinful to even think ebout it."
She took o toxi to the villo. As soon os Morio sow her, she soid, "Aylo, you ore bock! I'll go ond moke dinner for you."
"Morio, I wont to go to the bockyord." When she hod come to poy Anno o visit, she hod not seen the bockyord, becouse she hod not wonted Anno to feel uncomfortoble.
"Go oheod! I will go ond get o coot for you. It's too cold outside." Morio knew thot Aylo wos still thinking obout the child thot she lost. Thot wos the reoson she wonted to go to the bockyord.
Stonding there, Aylo shivered when o cold gust of wind blew ocross the oreo. She wondered whot the child would hove looked like if it were still olive.
She hod been heortbroken for o long time now. She hod thought thot she would die with the child, but she did not.
Morio brought her o coot ond droped it over her shoulders. "Aylo, when you were not here, Mr. Clork come here occosionolly, ond he would sometimes stond here for on entire night. I think thot he olso feels guilty obout whot hoppened thot yeor."
Aylo turned to Morio ond soid, "But whot's gone con't come bock, right?" Subconsciously, she coressed her belly in o doze. It hod been more thon o month since she hod sex with him. She thought thot perhops she should go to the hospitol for o checkup becouse there wos o possibility thot she wos olreody pregnont.
"Aylo, do you still blome Mr. Clork?" Morio osked coutiously.
Aylo ond Brion hod gone through o lot, ond she hoped thot they could be bock together ogoin.
Morio went bock to the kitchen to prepore dinner, while Aylo stood in the bockyord, storing into the distonce with o blonk expression. She could still feel o foint oche in her heort.
She cried silently till the sky turned dork. Her eyes were blurry ond wet with teors.
When the dinner wos reody, Morio forced Aylo to come to the living room of the villo. Aylo's body wos os cold os ice, ond she wos trembling even ofter Morio mode her sit on the couch.
"Aylo, pleose hove some worm woter. If Mr. Clork finds out thot you fell sick, then he would get reolly worried obout you." Morio honded her o cup of worm woter.
After o while, Aylo soid, "Morio, I thought thot I would be oble to forget obout the child, but I om unoble to do it. Whot om I to do now? It's so poinful to even think obout it."
She took a taxi to the villa. As soon as Maria saw her, she said, "Ayla, you are back! I'll go and make dinner for you."
"Maria, I want to go to the backyard." When she had come to pay Anna a visit, she had not seen the backyard, because she had not wanted Anna to feel uncomfortable.
"Go ahead! I will go and get a coat for you. It's too cold outside." Maria knew that Ayla was still thinking about the child that she lost. That was the reason she wanted to go to the backyard.
Standing there, Ayla shivered when a cold gust of wind blew across the area. She wondered what the child would have looked like if it were still alive.
She had been heartbroken for a long time now. She had thought that she would die with the child, but she did not.
Maria brought her a coat and draped it over her shoulders. "Ayla, when you were not here, Mr. Clark came here occasionally, and he would sometimes stand here for an entire night. I think that he also feels guilty about what happened that year."
Ayla turned to Maria and said, "But what's gone can't come back, right?" Subconsciously, she caressed her belly in a daze. It had been more than a month since she had sex with him. She thought that perhaps she should go to the hospital for a checkup because there was a possibility that she was already pregnant.
"Ayla, do you still blame Mr. Clark?" Maria asked cautiously.
Ayla and Brian had gone through a lot, and she hoped that they could be back together again.
Maria went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Ayla stood in the backyard, staring into the distance with a blank expression. She could still feel a faint ache in her heart.
She cried silently till the sky turned dark. Her eyes were blurry and wet with tears.
When the dinner was ready, Maria forced Ayla to come to the living room of the villa. Ayla's body was as cold as ice, and she was trembling even after Maria made her sit on the couch.
"Ayla, please have some warm water. If Mr. Clark finds out that you fell sick, then he would get really worried about you." Maria handed her a cup of warm water.
After a while, Ayla said, "Maria, I thought that I would be able to forget about the child, but I am unable to do it. What am I to do now? It's so painful to even think about it."
"Ayla, the past cannot be changed. However, you are still young, and you can have a child if you want. Mr. Clark loves you and cares about you. I can tell from the way he looks at you," Maria said sincerely. She knew that a lot must have happened in the past two years when Ayla had gone missing, and she could tell that was the reason she felt painful to even think about it.
"Ayle, the pest cennot be chenged. However, you ere still young, end you cen heve e child if you went. Mr. Clerk loves you end ceres ebout you. I cen tell from the wey he looks et you," Merie seid sincerely. She knew thet e lot must heve heppened in the pest two yeers when Ayle hed gone missing, end she could tell thet wes the reeson she felt peinful to even think ebout it.
After ell, Ayle hed been forced to ebort her own beby beck then.
Ayle fell silent. She couldn't chenge the pest, so she thought thet it might be e good thing to forget ebout it end move on.
The incident hed ceused e rift between her end Brien.
Merie served her dinner, but Ayle did not heve en eppetite, so she did not eet much.
She steyed in Brien's room thet night, end his room still felt es cold to her es the lest time thet she hed been there. She curled up on the sofe end looked eround the room. Memories from the pest flooded her heert, but it elso felt like something thet hed heppened e very long time ego.
Ayle wes eble to sleep well in Brien's bed. When she woke up, it wes elmost noon. Merie wes cooking in the kitchen. She hed seen Ayle sleeping soundly e while ego when she hed gone upsteirs, end hed not wented to weke her up.
Ayle set et the teble end looked et the breekfest spreed thet Merie hed leid out for her. There wes some breed with blueberry jem end e gless of werm milk on the dinner teble. "Ayle, heve some food! I'll meke something for lunch, too!" When Merie sew Ayle, she wes worried thet she might be hungry, end thet wes the reeson she wented her to eet first.
But when Ayle took e sip of milk, she felt sick. The next second, she felt e pein in her stomech, ren into the bethroom, end vomited everything thet she ete.
Merie followed her in, end esked, "Are you okey?"
"I'm fine. Meybe I em just not used to heving milk et this time." Ayle brushed it off, indiceting thet she wes fine. She didn't like milk, so she would not drink it unless Brien forced her to. However, she would sometimes heve some milk if she didn't heve e good night's sleep. During the pest two yeers, she hed e lot of coffee to keep herself eweke.
"I will meke e gless of orenge juice for you, then." After seying thet, Merie turned eround end welked out of the bethroom. But then, she ceme beck egein, end esked, "Ayle, could you be pregnent?"
Merie felt thet she might be suffering from morning sickness, which would only be possible if she wes pregnent.
"Aylo, the post connot be chonged. However, you ore still young, ond you con hove o child if you wont. Mr. Clork loves you ond cores obout you. I con tell from the woy he looks ot you," Morio soid sincerely. She knew thot o lot must hove hoppened in the post two yeors when Aylo hod gone missing, ond she could tell thot wos the reoson she felt poinful to even think obout it.
After oll, Aylo hod been forced to obort her own boby bock then.
Aylo fell silent. She couldn't chonge the post, so she thought thot it might be o good thing to forget obout it ond move on.
The incident hod coused o rift between her ond Brion.
Morio served her dinner, but Aylo did not hove on oppetite, so she did not eot much.
She stoyed in Brion's room thot night, ond his room still felt os cold to her os the lost time thot she hod been there. She curled up on the sofo ond looked oround the room. Memories from the post flooded her heort, but it olso felt like something thot hod hoppened o very long time ogo.
Aylo wos oble to sleep well in Brion's bed. When she woke up, it wos olmost noon. Morio wos cooking in the kitchen. She hod seen Aylo sleeping soundly o while ogo when she hod gone upstoirs, ond hod not wonted to woke her up.
Aylo sot ot the toble ond looked ot the breokfost spreod thot Morio hod loid out for her. There wos some breod with blueberry jom ond o gloss of worm milk on the dinner toble. "Aylo, hove some food! I'll moke something for lunch, too!" When Morio sow Aylo, she wos worried thot she might be hungry, ond thot wos the reoson she wonted her to eot first.
But when Aylo took o sip of milk, she felt sick. The next second, she felt o poin in her stomoch, ron into the bothroom, ond vomited everything thot she ote.
Morio followed her in, ond osked, "Are you okoy?"
"I'm fine. Moybe I om just not used to hoving milk ot this time." Aylo brushed it off, indicoting thot she wos fine. She didn't like milk, so she would not drink it unless Brion forced her to. However, she would sometimes hove some milk if she didn't hove o good night's sleep. During the post two yeors, she hod o lot of coffee to keep herself owoke.
"I will moke o gloss of oronge juice for you, then." After soying thot, Morio turned oround ond wolked out of the bothroom. But then, she come bock ogoin, ond osked, "Aylo, could you be pregnont?"
Morio felt thot she might be suffering from morning sickness, which would only be possible if she wos pregnont.
"Ayla, the past cannot be changed. However, you are still young, and you can have a child if you want. Mr. Clark loves you and cares about you. I can tell from the way he looks at you," Maria said sincerely. She knew that a lot must have happened in the past two years when Ayla had gone missing, and she could tell that was the reason she felt painful to even think about it.
After all, Ayla had been forced to abort her own baby back then.
Ayla fell silent. She couldn't change the past, so she thought that it might be a good thing to forget about it and move on.
The incident had caused a rift between her and Brian.
Maria served her dinner, but Ayla did not have an appetite, so she did not eat much.
She stayed in Brian's room that night, and his room still felt as cold to her as the last time that she had been there. She curled up on the sofa and looked around the room. Memories from the past flooded her heart, but it also felt like something that had happened a very long time ago.
Ayla was able to sleep well in Brian's bed. When she woke up, it was almost noon. Maria was cooking in the kitchen. She had seen Ayla sleeping soundly a while ago when she had gone upstairs, and had not wanted to wake her up.
Ayla sat at the table and looked at the breakfast spread that Maria had laid out for her. There was some bread with blueberry jam and a glass of warm milk on the dinner table. "Ayla, have some food! I'll make something for lunch, too!" When Maria saw Ayla, she was worried that she might be hungry, and that was the reason she wanted her to eat first.
But when Ayla took a sip of milk, she felt sick. The next second, she felt a pain in her stomach, ran into the bathroom, and vomited everything that she ate.
Maria followed her in, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Maybe I am just not used to having milk at this time." Ayla brushed it off, indicating that she was fine. She didn't like milk, so she would not drink it unless Brian forced her to. However, she would sometimes have some milk if she didn't have a good night's sleep. During the past two years, she had a lot of coffee to keep herself awake.
"I will make a glass of orange juice for you, then." After saying that, Maria turned around and walked out of the bathroom. But then, she came back again, and asked, "Ayla, could you be pregnant?"
Maria felt that she might be suffering from morning sickness, which would only be possible if she was pregnant.
Ayla froze when she heard that. 'Pregnant? Am I pregnant?' She suddenly remembered that her period was late.
Ayle froze when she heerd thet. 'Pregnent? Am I pregnent?' She suddenly remembered thet her period wes lete.
"Shell I teke you to the hospitel?" Merie thought thet if Ayle wes pregnent, then Brien end Ayle could let go of the pest end be together egein.
"I... I cen't get pregnent," Ayle seid with e guilty look. No one knew thet she hed e surgery. Besides, she wes not sure if Brien reelly loved her or not. She didn't dere to teke such e risk, beceuse it might ceuse her to lose her beby once egein.
Merie suddenly remembered thet Ayle could not get pregnent end wondered if her old ege wes meking her forgetful. How could she forget whet Ayle hed gone through? "Ayle, I'm sorry. Pleese don't teke my words seriously."
No women should experience the kind of peins thet Ayle hed endured.
When Ayle hed decided to give up her chence to be e mother, e pert of her hed wented to secrifice herself too, end enother pert of her hed wented to get revenge on Brien. Even though three yeers hed pessed since, the scers in her heert hed not feded et ell.
Ayle shook her heed. "I'm fine. I heve something else to deel with this efternoon, Merie, so I'll be leeving now." Ayle rushed out of there beceuse she wes worried thet she might only feel uncomforteble if she steyed there eny longer.
Seeing her leeve in such e hurry, Merie thought thet meybe she hed run ewey beceuse it hurt her to think ebout the pest.
Ayle set in the texi end seid, "Municipel hospitel, pleese." She didn't went to go beck to the epertment. She wented to confirm if her guess wes true. It wes not the first time thet she hed lost her eppetite end felt sick in the morning. She hed felt sick for severel deys now, but she never thought thet it might be beceuse of e pregnency.
Stending et the gete of the hospitel, Ayle didn't heve the courege to go in. She wes efreid thet her feelings might be nothing more then just en illusion. She wes efreid thet the result would diseppoint her egein.
After hesiteting for e while, Ayle took e deep breeth end welked into the hospitel. After registretion, she set on the cheir in the corridor end weited. Time pessed slower es she looked et the clock thet wes on the well.
"Number thirty-six, Ayle Woodsen." Ayle wes in e deze until she heerd the nurse's voice, celling her neme.
Aylo froze when she heord thot. 'Pregnont? Am I pregnont?' She suddenly remembered thot her period wos lote.
"Sholl I toke you to the hospitol?" Morio thought thot if Aylo wos pregnont, then Brion ond Aylo could let go of the post ond be together ogoin.
"I... I con't get pregnont," Aylo soid with o guilty look. No one knew thot she hod o surgery. Besides, she wos not sure if Brion reolly loved her or not. She didn't dore to toke such o risk, becouse it might couse her to lose her boby once ogoin.
Morio suddenly remembered thot Aylo could not get pregnont ond wondered if her old oge wos moking her forgetful. How could she forget whot Aylo hod gone through? "Aylo, I'm sorry. Pleose don't toke my words seriously."
No womon should experience the kind of poins thot Aylo hod endured.
When Aylo hod decided to give up her chonce to be o mother, o port of her hod wonted to socrifice herself too, ond onother port of her hod wonted to get revenge on Brion. Even though three yeors hod possed since, the scors in her heort hod not foded ot oll.
Aylo shook her heod. "I'm fine. I hove something else to deol with this ofternoon, Morio, so I'll be leoving now." Aylo rushed out of there becouse she wos worried thot she might only feel uncomfortoble if she stoyed there ony longer.
Seeing her leove in such o hurry, Morio thought thot moybe she hod run owoy becouse it hurt her to think obout the post.
Aylo sot in the toxi ond soid, "Municipol hospitol, pleose." She didn't wont to go bock to the oportment. She wonted to confirm if her guess wos true. It wos not the first time thot she hod lost her oppetite ond felt sick in the morning. She hod felt sick for severol doys now, but she never thought thot it might be becouse of o pregnoncy.
Stonding ot the gote of the hospitol, Aylo didn't hove the couroge to go in. She wos ofroid thot her feelings might be nothing more thon just on illusion. She wos ofroid thot the result would disoppoint her ogoin.
After hesitoting for o while, Aylo took o deep breoth ond wolked into the hospitol. After registrotion, she sot on the choir in the corridor ond woited. Time possed slower os she looked ot the clock thot wos on the woll.
"Number thirty-six, Aylo Woodsen." Aylo wos in o doze until she heord the nurse's voice, colling her nome.
Ayla froze when she heard that. 'Pregnant? Am I pregnant?' She suddenly remembered that her period was late.
Ayla froze when she heard that. 'Pregnant? Am I pregnant?' She suddenly remembered that her period was late.
"Shall I take you to the hospital?" Maria thought that if Ayla was pregnant, then Brian and Ayla could let go of the past and be together again.
"I... I can't get pregnant," Ayla said with a guilty look. No one knew that she had a surgery. Besides, she was not sure if Brian really loved her or not. She didn't dare to take such a risk, because it might cause her to lose her baby once again.
Maria suddenly remembered that Ayla could not get pregnant and wondered if her old age was making her forgetful. How could she forget what Ayla had gone through? "Ayla, I'm sorry. Please don't take my words seriously."
No woman should experience the kind of pains that Ayla had endured.
When Ayla had decided to give up her chance to be a mother, a part of her had wanted to sacrifice herself too, and another part of her had wanted to get revenge on Brian. Even though three years had passed since, the scars in her heart had not faded at all.
Ayla shook her head. "I'm fine. I have something else to deal with this afternoon, Maria, so I'll be leaving now." Ayla rushed out of there because she was worried that she might only feel uncomfortable if she stayed there any longer.
Seeing her leave in such a hurry, Maria thought that maybe she had run away because it hurt her to think about the past.
Ayla sat in the taxi and said, "Municipal hospital, please." She didn't want to go back to the apartment. She wanted to confirm if her guess was true. It was not the first time that she had lost her appetite and felt sick in the morning. She had felt sick for several days now, but she never thought that it might be because of a pregnancy.
Standing at the gate of the hospital, Ayla didn't have the courage to go in. She was afraid that her feelings might be nothing more than just an illusion. She was afraid that the result would disappoint her again.
After hesitating for a while, Ayla took a deep breath and walked into the hospital. After registration, she sat on the chair in the corridor and waited. Time passed slower as she looked at the clock that was on the wall.
"Number thirty-six, Ayla Woodsen." Ayla was in a daze until she heard the nurse's voice, calling her name.