CHAPTER SIX,
new life
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MAGGIE AND ELLIE gently laid Lori back onto the cold cemented ground. She was dazed and half passed out as her son gripped her hand.
"Mom...?" Carl asked fearfully. "Mom, look at me. Look at me. Keep your eyes open."
Maggie glanced at Ellie and sighed. "We have to get her back to Dad."
"Okay-" Ellie started to nod when Lori cut her off.
"I'm not gonna make it." The Grimes woman muttered.
"Lori, with all this blood, I don't even think you're fully dilated yet." Maggie tried to explain. "No amount of pushing is gonna help."
"I know what it means, and I'm not losing my baby." Lori countered quickly. "You've gotta cut me open."
Ellie took a deep, shaking breath as she and Maggie glanced at each other.
"No, I can't." The Greene woman dismissed her with a firm shake of her head.
"You don't have a choice." Lori pleaded softly.
There was a pause before Carl stood up. "I'll go for help. I can make it-"
"No!" Lori said sternly, looking her son in the eyes.
There was another beat before Maggie sat forward. "Look, Carol's the one that practiced that. Dad only taught me the steps, Lori. If I-"
"I can do it." Ellie muttered, looking at her shaking hands.
"Please." Lori begged.
"I have no anesthetic, no equipment-" Maggie tried again.
"Carl has a knife." The Grimes woman glanced to her son.
Maggie sighed. "You won't survive."
"My baby has to survive." Lori begged. "Please. My baby...for all of us. Please, Maggie! Please!"
The Greene woman sniffed back tears before shaking her head.
"Please." Lori sighed softly.
Ellie glanced at the women before turning to Carl. "Give me your knife."
"What?" The boy scoffed.
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