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The moment the doctor stepped in, his gaze immediately rounded up on the seat that Aiden had been occupying.

"Where's he?"

"He left," then I added, "there was an emergency."

He nodded and we continued the session.

After my session, I made my way to Amie's room. As I headed there, I retrieved my phone from my bag and tried to reach Dennis again but his calls just kept going to voicemail.

When I stepped in, Amie smiled but she glanced behind me, her gaze lingering on the door. I knew she expected Aiden to step through the door like earlier.

But when the door remained close, she seemed to have a sigh of relief and her smile widened.

And my heart dropped. I briefly wondered if she would accept Aiden as her father. But I wouldn't know if I don't tell her, right? I just wasn't ready.

She respects him as she has been taught to respect everyone but I didn't think she fancied his presence.

I could see the question in her eyes whenever she glanced at Aiden or whenever he spoke but she had said nothing.

I knew she wanted to come to a conclusion before she asks me. But would I ever be ready? Would I ever be ready to answer her questions and tell her the truth when I'd told her that she didn't have a father?

Sometimes, remembering how I had denied Amie the protection and love of a father growing up and denied Aiden the opportunity to know his daughter made me feel like a witch.

want to dwell on it. I never want to dwell on it. It was now in the past and I regret my

starting to sink

and reflexively rubber dmy stomach. "She's fine. She

told her I can't wait to

tell her now again

forward. "I am yet to meet you and I already miss you, little one. When you come, we'd do so much painting together. I'll make your hair and feed your food to you. You can even sleep with me in my room and on my bed. We'd cuddle and watch so many cartoon shows together."

laughed heartily. "What if it turns out to be

back in bed. "It doesn't matter. I'll still love him and do stuff with him. I'll teach him how to fight

Amie. The baby is so

her

about her morning. The laughs she had when one of the nurses told her jokes, the food she ate

daddy, earlier too," she told me

"You did?"

call came in just after you left. I showed him my recent paintings and he said they were beautiful and that I was creative." "That's sweet," I told her

presence and soothing voice could fill remained. A

so I left for home. On my way out of the hospital, I tried Dennis' line again

stopped a taxi, gave him the address to

the window. Maybe I shouldn't have told him. But then he would have still found out. I sighed It might have caused a rift between us-one I would ensure

didn't

him.

he had heard it

have angered him and then his anger

about the hospital bills that had been cleared. I had not expected that he would glare up like

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