At eleven o'clock, the police unlocked the cell and informed Raeleigh that she could leave. However, Raeleigh did not reply and her eyes remained closed. She remained seated in the chair as if she was asleep.
The police officer called her a few more times, but she did not move. He immediately felt something was amiss and slowly walked over. He reached out to nudge her, but as a result, she crumbled off the chair like a puppet.
Shocked, he quickly hurried over to catch her in time, then shouted for the others. At this time, Jepherson and Xanthus were waiting for Raeleigh outside. When they heard the police officer shouting, their eyes met and they immediately rushed into the detainment cell without a second thought. They were met with an unconscious Raeleigh in one of the police officer's arms. Jepherson hurriedly scooped her up in his arms and darted out of the station. After placing her into his car, he stepped on the pedal and zoomed away.
They headed straight for the hospital.
As soon as they arrived, Jepherson carried Raeleigh out of the car and rushed to the emergency room. In fact, Xanthus was also a doctor, but he was too flustered to know what was wrong with Raeleigh.
Her face was pale and Xanthus held her hand tightly. His first thought was that she was hypoglycemic.
After all, Raeleigh had not been herself in the past month, so he was not surprised that whatever happened had taken a toll on her body. However, Xanthus was not sure what actually happened.
After Raeleigh was brought into the emergency room, the doctor immediately came and examined her. The first thing he did was check her pulse.
"Inject her with one dose of adrenaline."
"The patient is fine. She probably fainted due to fatigue. There's nothing to worry about. I'm going to conduct a thorough examination now."
Then, Raeleigh was admitted for various tests. However, no one dared to imagine what the test results could reflect.
"These are the results," The doctor showed them while frowning, "It looks like she's one month pregnant. That's most probably why she fainted. I will write a prescription for some prenatal medication."
At the word "pregnant", Jepherson's body stiffened, his expression freezing. It was as if someone had just rung a loud gong in his brain, and he could hear nothing else.
After Xanthus made sure Raeleigh was settled into her hospital bed, he walked over to them, managing to catch the last bit of their conversation.
Xanthus did not enter the ward but stood outside with Jepherson. After a while, Jepherson broke the silence, "I think it's best that she stay overnight to be observed further."
"And the medicine?"
"Please do as you see fit."
The doctor then wrote down some prescriptions for Raeleigh. Jepherson collected the test results and prescription before turning around to leave.
Xanthus followed behind him. When they were outside, they looked at each other briefly before Xanthus asked, "Raeleigh has been away for a month, so the baby..."
"The baby's mine," Jepherson's reply was as firm as steel. Xanthus subconsciously halted, then watched as Jepherson turned around and headed towards Raeleigh's ward.
Meanwhile, Xanthus stood outside for a long time before making his way over. By then, Raeleigh had already woken up.
Actually, Raeleigh had already regained consciousness by the time Jepherson entered the first time round. She was a little surprised when she saw him enter her room.
"What happened to me?" Raeleigh knew that mobile phones posed a health hazard, especially since she started getting into games. She had been worried about her health and did her best to get some brief exercise in every night. Ever since then, she saw an improvement in her health, but she had no idea why she fainted this time.
"You lacked nutrition..." Jepherson made an excuse as he walked over to Raeleigh's side and sat down. He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
When Jepherson did not say anything, Raeleigh glanced over briefly at her bedside table and caught the label on the medicine bottle. She frowned, "Folic acid? Isn't that for pregnant women?"
Jepherson opened his eyes and looked at her, sighing, "Yes, you're one month pregnant."
Raeleigh frowned. When she heard his tone of voice, she immediately could tell that he was hardly excited.
She thought for a while before sitting up, reaching out for the medicine bottle as she guessed, "You don't want the baby?"
Meanwhile, Xanthus was already at the door, but he decided to stand outside and listen in for a while.
Although both of them were calm, one could sense something else in the room - not warmth, but tension.
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