Journey to Happy Ending

Chapter 1553 Belinda's Delivery (Part One)

After receiving an urgent call from Belinda, Tom raced to the entrance of the hospital with some nurses

right behind him. Restless, he waited in anticipation of Belinda's arrival. The thought of the woman

giving birth on the way bothered him, but he was quickly reassured by Leena's approaching car.

"Tom!" Leena greeted as she got out of the car. A sense of relief washed over Leena when she saw

him. His appearance alone made all the difference during this stressful time.

"Leena," Tom greeted, comforting her. She appeared to be just as tense as him. "Is Belinda okay?" he

asked while opening the door. Taking her hand in his, Tom carefully helped the pregnant woman get out

of the car, saying, "Be careful now, Belinda."

"Thank you, Tom," acknowledged Belinda. Too weak to stand by herself at the moment, she

appreciated all the help she could get. It was the first time she was experiencing labor pains, and she

didn't know it would be this draining.

"How are you feeling?" Tom asked promptly. "How often are the labor contractions?" While

accommodating her needs, he simultaneously signaled one of the nurses to bring the wheelchair over.

It took her a few seconds to answer, "About once every ten minutes." Just as soon as she replied,

however, another contraction took over her, making her tightly grab Tom's sleeve to curb the pain.

"Relax," Tom said calmly, "Follow my instructions and take a deep breath." With his assistance, she

managed to sit on the wheelchair, still hissing in pain.

"Will you be the one to deliver Belinda's baby, Tom?" asked Leena cautiously. She followed after them,

fiddling with her fingers nervously.

"No," he said, "we do have a highly skilled obstetrician here. so there's no need for anyone to worry."

After Belinda's phone call, the first thing Tom did was to contact the best obstetrician in Renxin

Hospital. Even though he wasn't going to be in charge of her case, he couldn't just let anyone take

over. If there was anything he could do to ensure this wonderful experience to go smoothly, he made

sure to take care of it before their arrival.

"What?" asked Leena, eyes growing wide. "It's not going to be you?" Doubt was apparent in her voice.

As Tom was the only doctor she trusted, she had hoped that he would deliver the baby.

"She'll be fine, Leena," Tom reassured patiently. "The obstetrician will be there the entire time to tell her

what she needs to know." Although he knew where her concern was coming from, Tom could not help

but be at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Despite being an exceptional doctor, he had never delivered a

baby before. It just wasn't his field specialty.

According to the doctor, even with all the contractions that Belinda was experiencing, there was still a

long way to go before going into labor. As it turned out, her uterine cervix was only 3 cm dilated, and

therefore, she had to stay in the pre-delivery room for the meantime.

As soon as Duke alighted from the plane, he turned on his phone and saw countless messages come

in. Like that wasn't alarming enough, there were also several missed calls. As soon as he skimmed

through the messages, he dashed out of the airport and drove to Renxin Hospital.

With the contractions recurring more frequently, Belinda's discomfort grew more agonizing. Beads of

sweat dripped from her forehead as she clenched her teeth to suppress the need to cry. People's

descriptions of labor pain were, as Belinda realized, apparently quite accurate. She felt as though her

body was being torn apart, and a small part of her wished she could die then.

"Belinda," said Leena, trying to distract her. "If you're in great pain, just shout it out." The woman going

through contractions looked at her indecisively. "I saw a lot of women do it on TV," insisted Leena. "It

should make you feel better." Since Duke hadn't arrived yet, Leena felt obligated to accompany and

comfort her sister-in-law. She offered her hand for the distressed woman to hold onto, which the latter

gladly took with such force.

"I'm not like those women," Belinda scowled. "If I shout out loud, I'm going to sound like an Amazon

and that would be so humiliating." Rolling her eyes, Belinda thought her suggestion was ridiculous.

"Come on!" asserted Leena. "There's only three of us in here." She gestured around, as if to make a

point. "No one else would know or hear you." Apart from the two of them, the only other person in

there, was the assistant. The obstetrician had left earlier, and was only going to return when Belinda

was due for labor.

"You just want to make fun of me!" accused Belinda unreasonably. Starting to feel better as the pain

gradually eased out, Belinda began to gather just enough strength to retort.

"How on earth can you assume that?" Leena grumbled, pouting a bit. "Do you think I'm such an ass?"

Before her sister-in-law could reply, Leena's cell phone rang in her pocket. She took it out, and rejoiced

upon seeing the caller ID.

"It's Duke," she announced to Belinda. "I guess he finally arrived!" Ever since Belinda and she were on

the way to the hospital, she had been sending her brother messages to let him know of the situation. It

was in hopes that he could hurry over as soon as he got off the plane and get the chance to witness his

newborn child's first cry.

"Leena," came Duke's urgent voice from the other end of the line. "How's Belinda? Did she have the Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

baby yet?" Leena couldn't help but smile at the worried tone of the father-to-be. 'He's going to make a

great father, ' she thought.

"She's fine, Duke. The baby hasn't come out yet, but she's been having contractions for a while now.

You have to come here as fast as you can." With one hand holding the phone, the other was still under

Belinda's possession. If she was going to be honest, she wanted Duke to come as soon as possible so

her hand could be rescued. Leena didn't want to admit it, but she was starting to lose sensation in her

hand.