Chapter 13
Abbey repeated what she thought Jed had just told her. "A hysterectomy?"
"Yes." Jed tried to be strong for his wife.
"Why?"
"You were bleeding to death Abbey. You lost almost half of your blood before they could stop it. It was the only way."
Abbey just stared at Jed, in shock at the outcome of what should have been such a routine surgery. 'What defines me as a woman has been taken away from me without my knowledge or consent. What will happen to our relationship now? I have always been a complete woman for him. It might sound old-fashioned, but giving him children and giving him satisfaction as a man has been my life. My children and career are important, but man staring at me right now is the most important part of my life. I have spent almost four decades satisfying him and he satisfying me. But how…..how can I do the same things, give him the same level of satisfaction that he has been used to?'
Tears started to slide down the side of her face.
Jed reached for her hand, trying to express his feelings of love toward her.
"Shh, Abbey, its okay. I still love you as before. Nothing has changed."
But it had. And she knew it.
TBC