Chapter 3

"You're telling me to get out?"

Marcus couldn't believe his ears.

"Rain, did the hospital make you lose your mind? I'm your husband! I came here out of the goodness of my heart, even bought you stuff, and this is how you treat me?"

Sienna fanned the flames.

"Exactly! You're so ungrateful."

"Marcus was worried you'd keep leaking, so he made a special trip to the supermarket to get discounted diapers. Do you know how long the line was?"

"Women like you are just spoiled. You have no idea how to appreciate a man."

I spoke slowly:

"Sienna, if you care about him so much, if you're so understanding, why don't you marry him?"

The room went silent.

Sienna's expression froze, then she put on a wounded look.

"Marcus... do you hear what she's saying?"

"We have a pure friendship! If I liked him, we would've been together ages ago. What would you have to do with it?"

"How can you be so dirty-minded? Can't men and women just have a platonic friendship?"

Marcus panicked immediately.

He fumbled in his pocket for tissues, trying to wipe Sienna's tears.

"Don't cry, Sienna. She's just not thinking straight because of the pregnancy."

Then he whipped around:

"Rain! Apologize to Sienna right now!"

"We're completely innocent! Above board!"

"You don't understand—Sienna's personality is like a guy's. She's always casual. She's never even thought of me as a man."

Right. I don't understand.

I laughed coldly:

"I won't apologize."

"I did nothing wrong. Why should I apologize?"

Sienna sniffled.

"Stop fighting, okay? It's my fault. To make it up to you, dinner's on me tonight—let's get Mexican food! Super spicy!"

Super spicy?!

I couldn't eat spicy food right now. She was doing this on purpose!

But Marcus clearly ate it up. Most of his anger melted away.

"See Sienna's big heart! Now look at yourself!"

Marcus pointed at me in frustration.

"She's not even holding a grudge and she's treating you to dinner. Aren't you going to thank her?"

I closed my eyes, exhausted.

"I need to rest. You two leave."

Marcus's face darkened again.

"Rain, you really think you're something, huh? Sienna's being nice enough to invite you and you're acting like this?"

He grabbed Sienna's hand.

"Let's go. If she won't eat, I will!"

Sienna smiled smugly. Before leaving, she turned back and made a face at me.

"Take care, Rain. Remember to use those diapers so you don't wet the hospital bed."

The door slammed shut.

Their voices faded down the hall.

I couldn't hold it in anymore. I coughed up blood, spattering the white sheets red.

A nurse heard the commotion and rushed in, screaming.

"Doctor! Doctor! The patient's coughing up blood!"

Before I passed out, I heard the nurse cursing angrily:

"What kind of family is this?! The baby just died and they come here to upset her—do they want her dead too?!"

Those words—the baby just died—slammed into my heart like a hammer.

But Marcus couldn't hear them.