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Chapter 0239
“Dad, where is mom? I asked Cal why he was picking me up instead of mom, but he said,
You’ll explain everything,” he says, a mask of concern firmly on his face.
Damn this was hard. I had time to come up with a way of delivering the news, but words
fail me.
“Is she having the baby? Is that why we are at the hospital?” he pushes.
I take a calming breath before opening my mouth to speak.
“Your mom was hurt really badly, Buddy. The doctors are with her right now and they’re
doing everything
to make sure that she’ll be fine.”
My heart breaks at seeing the tears that fill his eyes. He shouldn’t be going through this.
He shouldn’t be
here worrying about his beloved mother.
“What about the baby?” His voice is hoarse when she asks that.
I smile at him. “You have a baby sister, Noah. Just like you wanted.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis eyes widen, and wonder fills his face, right before a smile takes over his features.
“Can I see her?”
“Not yet. Not until the doctors are done checking her out to make sure she’s fine”
The smile stays in place for a while until it starts slowly slipping. The tears that he had
controlled, start. falling down his cheek. He doesn’t make a sound though. He silently
cries.
“Will she die like grandpa? I don’t want her to leave me, dad.” His voices catches at the
end and I pull him
into my arms.
I hug him to my chest while fighting my emotions and trying to be strong for him.
That is a question he shouldn’t have to wonder. A possibility he shouldn’t have to consider.
Whoever did this to Ava was going to pay dearly. He or she messed with the wrong person.
For the pain
they have caused they are going to feel it tenfold.
“No, she won’t. Your mom is strong. I’m very sure that she’ll pull through” I murmur in his
ear.
We stay like that for a while before he lets me go and climbs on my thigh. He then lays his
head on my
chest and holds me tightly. Noah is a strong boy, and the fact that he’s behaving this way
shows just how
vulnerable he is.
+15 BONUS
We continue waiting. I stand up, pace, and then sit down over and over again. Noah never
leaves my side, even for a moment. Every minute that passed without a word, I slowly die
inside. I was afraid that the delay meant that things weren’t going as was expected
It was hours after Ava had been taken in for surgery when her parents arrived.
“Where is my daughter?” Nora rushes in. Her eyes were bloodshot and puffy.
This is the first time that I have seen Nora and Theo disheveled. They’ve always been put
together. Even when Ethan was sentenced. Yet today they looked like hell had frozen over.
It’s understandable, though. They lost more than twenty–five years with their daughter,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmand now they face.
the risk of losing her for good.
Before anyone can answer, the door opens, and a doctor comes out. The look on his face
tells me everything I need to know. He didn’t have good news.
I turn to my mom. “Could you take Noah and Gunner to get some snacks, I’m sure they’re
hungry.”
She nods her head and calls the boys to her. Noah gives me a look, but I assure him that
everything will
be okay.
I know I F***ing lied, but I can’t have him here in case the doctor delivers terrible news.
“Mr. Woods…” he begins, but stops.
I grit my teeth and force my jaw to work..
“Fucking say it,” I snarl as I brace myself against what might be an announcement of a
death.
“She’s alive, but she sl*pped into a coma during surgery,” he says calmly, delivering one
more blow that
none of us were expecting.
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