Every family has its own troubles. Mrs. Shelby may have been an insufferable gossip with a ruthless, vain ambition to climb the social ladder, but in this particular matter, she was truly pitiable.
As it turned out, Mrs. Shelby and her husband had been through thick and thin together. They met when they were young and built their business from the ground up. It was fair to say that she had been by his side through every hardship along the way.
Even when she was pregnant, she was still traveling everywhere with her husband for work.
But because of that relentless pace, Mrs. Shelby unexpectedly went into premature labor. Due to their work, she didn't get to the hospital in time, and during delivery, her uterus ruptured, causing a massive hemorrhage.
To save her life, Mrs. Shelby had no choice but to undergo a hysterectomy, leaving her permanently unable to have children.
