Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 68 ~ News

ALEX

I don't know how long I've been pacing outside the hospital room. Minutes?

Hours? Time doesn't feel real when you're forced to wait.

My hands clench into fists, then relax, only to clench again.

Every few seconds, I hear her.

Athena.

Her voice, raw with pain, broke through the walls that separate us. Each sound she makes feels like a blade against my skin, cutting deeper and deeper.

And I can't do anything about it.

I run a hand through my hair, exhaling sharply. The sterile hospital air does nothing to settle the weight in my chest.

I've faced a lot of things in my life, fights, failures, and loss, but nothing prepared me for this kind of helplessness.

When I first stepped into that room, she told me to leave. And for the first time, I actually listened.

Because I saw it in her eyes. The anger. The frustration. The pain.

She didn't want me there.

And maybe... maybe she was right.

Maybe I don't deserve to be in that room with her.

But I can't leave, either. So I stand here, listening, waiting, feeling every damn second like it's a lifetime.

The only comfort I have is that we will both be smiling after this. We are going to be parents and fuck, my heart is about to burst with joy.

The doors open and mum and dad rush forward. Mum kisses my cheek before placing my head between her hands.

"I'm so proud of you." She kisses me again but I shake my head at that.

"Athena is doing all the work. What can I get her as a push present?"

I know it's not the best time but I've been thinking about it. It's just that everytime I want to go through with it, I'm hit with more pictures of her and Zayan and it makes my heart boil.

Earlier when she walked in, I had received a text from Arnold. I was going to ignore it until I saw what he had attached.

I was losing my mind and all I could see was red. So I canceled my plans to go through the options and rush home only to confirm that she wasn't home.

ears, bringing me back

but it doesn't work

out to get something, and I seize the opportunity standing with mum next to

My voice

nurse says with a small, tight

in pain." I

Dad calls me, a silent Warning to watch my tone but I'm too

says gently rubbing my arm, "But she's strong and will need you

Strong.

Athena is one of the strongest people I've ever met. But that

My throat tightens.

nurse hesitates, then shakes her

down my frustration as she disappears

the worst. But the seconds drag,

And then-

The atmosphere suddenly changes.

in and out. Not sparing a glance at us and It doesn't take rocket

pulls one nurse to the

her an apologetic look and rushes out to

a sickening dread curling around my ribs, tightening

of us believe. Dad stands still, his jaw tight, his hand on

finally, the door

down his mask. His expression is

hesitation when he speaks.

"She's stable."

rushes out of me

legs nearly give

short-lived, burning out

see it in his face. The way his lips

are stiff with

the baby?" My voice is barely above a

hesitates, his gaze flickering away before he meets

like a hammer to my

me goes

around me, it all fades into a dull, empty

Stillborn.

cries. No tiny hands grasping my

Nothing.

me, her hand flying to her mouth, and I hear Dad

I can't think.

keeps talking, but his words don't

for months. We made plans. Had