I calmly looked away from Benjamin’s and Jennifer’s interlaced hands and shook my head. “No, that’s not necessary.”
This caught them and Hector off guard. Hector snorted and asked, “What’s with the act, Samantha? Save it for someone who cares. You’ve fawned over Benjamin to the point that you’ve gotten yourself knocked up, yet you still want to play hard to get.
“Don’t you see how ridiculous that is? Even if you’re pregnant with Benjamin’s child, you still can’t hold a candle to Jennifer! You’re beneath her!”
He was still the same as always and couldn’t grasp the situation.
Benjamin got mad when he saw how indifferent I looked. He scowled and snapped, “I can overlook stalking me and disrupting my work, Samantha. But how can you come all the way here to throw a tantrum?
“My patience is limited. Jennifer’s condition requires her to have peace and quiet so she can recuperate—your presence is only going to affect her mood. Get the hell out of here and go home now!”
He reached out to grab me, wanting to force me to leave.
Suddenly, there was a tremor. Benjamin and Hector immediately ran to Jennifer, who stood in an open space. Benjamin even shoved me to the ground despite seeing the concrete pillar that was about to collapse behind me.
It landed on my left leg, and I passed out from the overwhelming pain.
When I woke up again, I was in the hospital with my left leg in a cast. None of my family or friends were by my side.
When a nurse saw that I was awake, she came to remove my IV drip. She sounded concerned as she said, “You’re lucky a broken leg is all you have. You would’ve lost your child if the pillar had landed on your belly.”
I looked at the ceiling calmly and said softly, “I don’t need to keep the child. Could you arrange for me to have an abortion, please?”
I only learned that the village head was the one who’d taken me to the hospital after the nurse wheeled me out of the hospital ward. Benjamin had only sent me a short message. “Your broken leg scared Jennifer, so I’ve brought her back to Riverton City.”
He and Hector had then requested for an emergency rescue helicopter to take them and Jennifer back to Riverton City. He couldn’t care less about my injury.
