Chapter 26. Thrown Into the Darkness
508 Words
The moment the baby was taken away, Elena felt emptiness swallow her whole.
Her body trembled weakly on the hospital bed while tears rolled endlessly down her pale cheeks.
“My baby…” she whispered brokenly.
But nobody listened.
Outside the room, Sofia smiled proudly while holding the newborn in her arms for Mrs. De Luca to see.
“The De Luca heir,” Mrs. De Luca whispered emotionally.
Everyone celebrated happily.
Everyone except the real mother lying forgotten inside the hospital room.
That same night, Sofia secretly entered Bianca’s private ward room angrily.
“She’s still alive,” Sofia whispered sharply. “What if Adrian finds out something later?”
Bianca’s expression turned cold immediately.
“Then we make sure she disappears completely.”
Sofia hesitated slightly.
“But Adrian—”
“Adrian only cares about the child,” Bianca interrupted confidently. “By tomorrow, Elena will be gone forever.”
Late into the night, while the hospital remained quiet, several men secretly entered Elena’s recovery room from the back hallway.
Elena weakly opened her eyes in confusion.
“W-who are you…?”
No answer came.
One of the men roughly pulled her from the bed despite her painful cries.
Her hospital gown was still stained with blood from childbirth while her body remained weak and shaking badly.
“It hurts…” Elena cried softly. “Please…”
But the men ignored her completely.
Unknown to everyone—
Before this happened, Rosa had secretly helped Elena retrieve her hidden phone from Sofia’s wardrobe earlier that evening.
“You may need this someday,” Rosa whispered tearfully.
And now, while being dragged through the dark hospital hallway, Elena desperately typed one final message with trembling fingers.
Camilla… help me… please…
She quickly sent her location before the phone slipped weakly from her hand.
Moments later, Elena was thrown into the back of a large dark truck.
Pain shot through her body immediately.
The truck drove endlessly through the rainy night toward an unknown destination.
Elena cried silently while clutching her stomach weakly.
Her baby was gone.
Her body hurt unbearably.
And now…
They were trying to erase her completely.
Finally, the truck stopped near a dark isolated riverside far outside Milan.
Heavy rain poured violently while thunder echoed across the night sky.
One of the men dragged Elena out carelessly.
Her weak body hit the wet ground painfully.
“Please…” she begged weakly. “Don’t do this…”
But they showed no mercy.
One harsh push sent Elena rolling toward the edge of the massive river.
Her head suddenly slammed hard against a rock near the ground.
Everything around her blurred instantly.
Blood slowly mixed with the rainwater beside her face.
“She’s finished,” one man muttered coldly.
Without another glance, they abandoned her there before driving away into the darkness.
Alone.
Broken.
Dying beside the river.
As the storm continued above her, Elena’s weak fingers slowly moved toward her empty stomach while tears mixed with the rain.
Then finally—
Darkness consumed her completely.
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