CHAPTER 176: LEAKAGE

MARIE "Someone get me a doctor!" My father yelled, holding the limp baby in his arms as we burst into the hospital's waiting room. Crystal's face had turned ashen with fear, and I could only imagine what mine looked like as I felt and saw my world lose all color. "She'll be all right," my friend whispered, but I could only stare at her mutely. The medical team quickly began whisking Amelia to an examination room. And even though we followed behind them, I couldn't feel my legs moving. "No, we are going in!!" Crystal yelled, and through the fog that'd steadily grown inside my mind, I figured the doctors were telling us to stay back outside. I wanted to say something, to support her insistence, but I still couldn't speak. And I felt strange. She suddenly turned and rushed forward to throw her arms around me in a hug. I felt a mix of emotions rush through me as I watched my father begin to pace around. "Marie?!" Crystal called out as she pulled back, her tear-glazed eyes studyi