After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 102

Elijah recalled how, when Gloria still had feelings for him, she would daydream about their future kids.

She'd said if they had a daughter, she'd spoil her rotten-make her the happiest little girl on the planet.

If they had a son, she'd raise him to be just as driven and successful as Elijah.

Her eyes would sparkle talking about these what-ifs. She'd even sketched dozens of imagined portraits of these hypothetical children.

The moment she'd handed him those drawings, he'd torn them up and tossed the pieces into the fireplace without a second thought.

He'd told her, with ice in his voice, that he might have children someday, but certainly not with her.

He'd told her to quit wasting time on childish fantasies.

Now, the irony hit him like a physical pain. Back then, she'd been the one clinging

to his arm, sharing her dreams. Now he was the one haunted by visions of a life

with her that could never happen.

A knock interrupted his brooding.

"Sir, your driver's waiting."

gift from

route to the airport, he leaned back against the leather seat with his eyes closed, mentally scripting what he'd say when he finally saw Gloria and her baby. Without warning, blinding

collision threw Elijah against the

glass rained everywhere, slicing into his

BOOM!

a commercial truck, went airborne

but strangely, Elijah felt nothing just a

meet the little girl who supposedly had

sirens-began to fade as darkness closed

the Phillips family huddled outside the OR, tension written across their

ticked through the endless night. As morning light filtered through the windows,

exhausted surgeon,

them everything

just the beginning of their

vital neural pathways, but operating carried extreme risks. Their only option was to wait and hope

would

Mrs. Phillips staggered backward as if physically

she found her voice again, it cracked with rage: "Where's the driver

of security replied carefully: "The truck driver

Spit it out!"

fury made the seasoned security professional visibly

to its source. It was the