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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.

on it. I never want to dwell on it. It was

was starting to sink into again, her gaze went from my stomach to

and reflexively rubber dmy stomach.

told her I

can tell her now again

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." Then she added in a baby voice, "I can't wait to see

"What if it turns out to be

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

head, laughing. "Oh Amie. The baby is so lucky to

her head

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

with daddy, earlier too," she

"You did?"

and he said they were beautiful and that I was creative." "That's sweet," I

but that hollow feeling that only his presence and soothing voice could fill remained. A quite sigh

for home. On my way out of the hospital, I tried Dennis' line again but there was still

a heavy heart, I stopped a taxi, gave

him. But then

didn't regret tell

him.

he had heard it

it would have angered him and then his anger would be fully

about the hospital bills that had been cleared. I had not

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