All Giselle could do was nod. "Okay then. I'll go with you."
Vivienne took nothing except for some water. Giselle, too, grabbed a few hurried bites before paying the bill and leaving the restaurant.
She accompanied Vivienne to a private OB-GYN clinic, where they made an appointment for a consultation.
After the consultation, Vivienne had to queue up for a series of preliminary checkups. Giselle was with her all the time, chatting the whole time to provide some comfort, but Vivienne remained quiet. She seemed blue and distracted, perhaps out of fear or reluctance.
Giselle visited the bathroom while waiting for the report. When she returned, she found Vivienne sobbing in a corner.
"What's wrong?" Giselle was taken aback and at a loss seeing her friend crying and trembling all over. "Is something wrong with the checkup report? Are you feeling sick?"
Vivienne shook her head. She continued sobbing without any explanation.
"If you're scared of the pain, shall we come another day and get an abortion under anesthesia?"
Vivienne still shook her head. She wouldn't stop crying.
Giselle could not make out what she was mumbling about, but she could totally relate to Vivienne because she too had experienced an abortion before.
She offered some weak words of comfort. Then, an idea popped into her head.
She wandered out of the lounge and found a quiet corner to call Sebastian.
…
Half an hour later, Vivienne was so close to entering the operating theater when Sebastian rushed to the hospital. He showed up at the floor where Vivienne was about to undergo the abortion and yelled her name aloud.

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