Gloria wandered the streets aimlessly, lost and with nowhere to go.
Waves of pain emanated from her belly. She was in despair and she did not know whether she would survive, or whether her baby would arrive on this Earth safely.
At that moment, Gloria suddenly understood why her mother went to all that trouble before she passed away. Once her mother passed away, she was left all alone in this world, and it was too difficult for her. She also understood why her mother wanted to give birth t o her. No longer blaming her mother for her actions, Gloria went to her mother's grave and sobbed for a whole afternoon.
When evening drew near, she felt a sudden, terrible ache in her belly. The pain was so bad she could barely walk out of the graveyard.
She crawled on the ground on all fours, calling out weakly, "Help, help..."
The man who came to help her was limping. The lame man exerted much strength before he successfully helped her onto a tricycle and pulled her all the way to the hospital. However, at the hospital, the man did not have the money to pay for Gloria's medical bills.
He kept asking Gloria over and over, "Where’s your
family? Where's your family?"
Gloria said painfully, "I don’t have any family..."
The lame man was speechless.
Watching as both Gloria and her unborn baby were about to die, the lame man had no choice but to return to the graveyard and told his boss he needed money for an emergency, asking whether he could get an advance on his salary.
His boss at the graveyard said, “Unless you quit! Not only will I immediately pay you your salary from last month, but I will also pay you for the ten days that you've worked this month!"
The lame man quit his job resolutely.
His one and a half month's salary was only worth 2,000 dollars, but still, it was enough to pay Gloria’s medical bills.
After he paid her hospital bills, he was completely broke. All alone in the sprawling city, he did not even have a roof over his head or somewhere to lay his head at night, so he could only wait in the hallway at the gynecology department in the hospital, waiting for Gloria to give birth.
A day later, Gloria gave birth to a daughter. Both mother and daughter were safe and healthy.
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