Chapter 19. Jessica : In The Dark.

Breathing was so hard to do with darkness engulfed me like a tight blanket. Pain was pulsating everywhere in my body.  My leg, my back and my stomach felt like tey had been crushed.

My stomach.

My baby.

I instinctively moved my hands to feel. My stomach was flat. There was nothing. No bump. No sign of the baby I had been waiting for so long.

Someone screamed, so loud, so sad, I had to cover my ears to block the searing agony.

Then I realized, I was the one who screamed.

I was the one who lose my baby.

My knees felt weak so I let myself fell to the cold ground. Hot tears filled my eyes as I curled into a ball, wishing my baby to come back to me.

In the dark, I could hear someone laughing hysterically.

I kept my eyes closed.

My fate was laughing at me.

Birds were chirping outside. Sun was shining ever so brightly and the room smelled like flowers and fresh grass.

I woke up happily. From the open window, I could see an unfamiliar garden with so many purple lilies blossoming prettily.

A man was there, in the garden, pushing a stroller on a pavement leading to a majestic fountain. Tall, lean, with the aura of comfort and safety.

Yuri! My Yuri!

I got out of the bed and ran to him.

My back hurt. My right leg felt like it was made of stone. I kept on running.

And there he was. My man with his back facing me. I hugged him from behind, reliving the feel of his strong shoulder on my forehead.

“Yul... I've missed you.”

He didn't say a word.

I hugged him tighter.

He didn't budge.

A baby was crying.

Is it my baby? I moved forward to look inside the stroller.

There was no baby though. The stroller was empty. Only pink blanket and pink shoes inside.

I looked up to my husband. His expression was cold.

“Yul...where's our baby?”

He didn't say anything.

The cry was getting louder, as if begging for me to come in a hurry. I my heels to see. The garden went dark. The lilies were all wilted. The water in the fountain went red.

“Yul... Our baby? She needs me. Where's she?”

Yuri didn't answer, just standing there staring at me in something I could only describe as pure anger.

While the baby was crying louder, my heart ached more and more.

“Yul.... where's our daughter. Please. Tell me.”

Wind was howling, blowing everything away. The stroller dissolved into dust. I desperately held on to Yuri's arm but he also started to dissolve.

“Yuri... please.”

His lips moved, mouthing words.

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