Natalia opened her eyes slowly, and the light immediately penetrated her eyes. She looked around, and her body felt very weak. Her eyes fell on Axel, who was sitting limply beside the gurney. Natalia's hand tried to touch Axel.
"Natalia, are you awake?" Axel said a little happily. He rubbed his face with his hand.
Natalia didn't answer, and she stroked her stomach, which felt flat. She felt something was different from usual.
"Axel, our future child?" asked Natalia with a shocked expression. She kept stroking her stomach, but everything remained very even.
"Patience, darling, you're having a miscarriage."
Excited!
Natalia's body immediately went limp, unable to say anything else. She immediately cried. Axel hugged Natalia's body tightly.
"Patience darling, be patient, okay?" said Axel. He was unfortunate. Why could everything happen so quickly, even though he had just felt happy that he would soon become a father?
“Axel, why is Melani being this mean to me? What did I do wrong to her? She killed our child, Axel," said Natalia between sobs.
Hearing Melani's name, Axel's brow immediately furrowed. He didn't know about what happened between them.
Axel looked at Natalia's face, wiping the tears streaming down her face. “Melani? What's wrong?" asked Axel.
Natalia sobbed. “She came to the house and immediately pushed me, Axel. She said she wouldn't be happy if I were pregnant, but she wasn't," said Natalia. Axel, who heard this, clearly felt very angry. He didn't expect that Melani would go this far.
Axel hugged Natalia again, trying to calm her down. "You calm down first, okay? Later, we'll discuss it carefully with Melani," said Axel. Without realizing it, his hands clenched into fists, but his little heart said he was disappointed with Melani.
"You are too much, Melani."
"Now let's go home, shall we?" said Axel. Natalia nodded. He no longer has the enthusiasm to continue new things.
Natalia could only ponder without knowing where to go all the way home from the hospital. Heartache cannot be replaced by anything. Losing your first child is the most painful thing.
**
Unlike Melani, she is now at home. Looking at herself from the reflection in the mirror, her face and body were different from before.
"I hate you, Natalia," Melani muttered. She had heard the news that Natalia had miscarried. This didn't make Melani feel guilty, and she smiled happily when she heard that.
Tsk!
“MELANI!” Antonio shouted when he had just opened the door to his room. Melani didn't look back. Instead, Antonio grabbed his shoulder tightly.
"You're crazy? You harmed the child in Natalia's womb! You are crazy!” Antonio snapped, pointing at Melani's face with his index finger.
Melani laughed happily when she heard that. "Why? Why! I did that on purpose, Antonio!” Melani replied that she was no longer afraid of Antonio. It was enough what Antonio had done to her.
“You crazy girl!”
"Yeah, I'm crazy!" she replied. Melani's breathing rose and fell irregularly. Antonio clenched her fists, holding back the emotions that were surging within her.
“I can't accept that Natalia could be pregnant! While I don't!” Melani snapped back, laughing sarcastically. Remember that Melani will not be able to have children at all, while Natalia has been married for several months and has been pregnant. Melani will not accept it.
Antonio shook his head, not expecting what was on Melani's mind.
“I don't understand you anymore, Melani. That's someone else's luck! We haven't gotten it yet, and you can't be selfish!” Antonio replied, but Melani's stubbornness wouldn't listen to Antonio's words
"It's better, now you apologize to Natalia!" Antonio was about to pull Melani's hand, but Melani threw Antonio's hand away hard.
"No! I won't apologize to them, and they deserve it!” Melani snapped. She stepped away from Antonio.
Antonio looked at Melani angrily. “Why do they deserve it? Natalia doesn't know what it is about yourself, and she never bothers you at all!" Antonio snapped
“She stole my happiness, Antonio! She took Axel! I will never accept that Natalia will have Axel's child!" said Melani firmly.
Antonio was amazed, and he no longer understood the thoughts of the woman in front of him. He didn't know what got into Melani's mind, so she did something like this.
“This is your fault, Melani. I was going to give you to Axel. Axel will also help pay off your parents' debt, but what?" Antonio approached, staring closely at Melani's face.
“You refused on the grounds that you only get married once, right?” Melani immediately fell silent when she heard Antonio's words. She clearly remembered what she said to Axel when Axel wanted to help her.
“You are selfish, Melani. Axel went to great lengths to help you, but you don't want to appreciate it at all!" added Antonio.
Melani was utterly speechless, unable to say any more words. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, while Antonio smiled when he saw Melani, who looked sad.
"Now, when there is a woman who is happy with Axel, you say she becomes a usurper? You are the person who doesn't know yourself, Melani!" Antonio's hand pointed at Melani's face very strongly, not caring what Melani was feeling at the moment.
“To the point that you kill children who have not yet been born into the world. He wasn't wrong, and he didn't know anything. And you are indeed a sinful human being! Cultivate your sin until the end!"
Antonio came out of Melani's room, and he immediately closed the door tightly. Melani was still silent alone. Everything Antonio said was true.
Melani's hands shook violently, and tears immediately fell down her face.
"Am I wrong?" Melani muttered, her hands were shaking violently. The images of Natalia asking her for help and the blood coming out of Natalia's body were visible.
As if it had just happened in front of her, Melani immediately covered her face with both hands.
“I-I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Natalia!” Melani shouted. She was crying uncontrollably there. Even though she knows, what she did can no longer be reversed.
She had gone too far. Antonio's words made her realize it. It turns out that her selfishness brought disaster to her.
“I'm embarrassed to meet them again!” Melani surrendered. Undoubtedly, their family will be annoyed with Melani and may not recognize Melani as a daughter-in-law but as a murderer.
Melani turned to the cupboard, got up, and walked towards the closet. Please open it and take something that's there, yeah. Tie a long rope that I don't know is there.
As if someone had prepared it for her. "I'll end it all, and I'm sorry, Natalia."
Melani took a rope and tied it to a hanger and tied it around her neck, too, knocking over the chair that was resting on her legs.