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"I'll drive you."

""You don't have to."

""It'll be faster. Come on."

"Thanks Jayden."

He leaves a wad of cash to cover dinner and tips on the table and takes me by the arm as he ushers me out. That touch burns into my skin but I can't think about that right now. My baby is in intensive care and I need to get there. The valet brings the car and Jayden opens my door. I get in and before long we roar off into the traffic, weaving and beeping.

"Jayden, slow down, I don't want to have an accident or be delayed if the traffic cops stop you.

"Sorry. Look, you relax, just let me drive. I understand how this must make you feel."

"No, no you don't. Only a parent could understand what it's like to have their only child, maybe the only child they can ever have, in a life-threatening situation. I almost yell the words because stress has me wired so high. He glares across at me. "Only a parent huh?

"That's right." I snap back.

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"Well, isn't that what I am? She's my kid, isn't she? You go on about honesty, but you can't even tell me the truth about something so important. You're a hypocrite."

I told you; Phillip is her father." Tears rolled

ICU wards. Anne

to stay." I tell Jayden as I walk into her room and choke up

sudden. One minute she was playing and the next she was unresponsive. I'm so sorry. The ambulance

little face and those cheeks I

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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you give us any idea what's happening?" I rub her soft hand as I speak. I want to

stupid. I'm trying to protect her, to build a stable life for her

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be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We don't want

nod. "Of course. Thank you, Nurse,"

her cheek. Anne is behind me and she rubs my shoulders. What a

where

the past and try and make it right.

day Abby would find out and come and ask you. There's no easy way out of the past. You have to face it sooner or later. May as well be now,

in a breath as I sob. "I

nurse comes back in. "We need to do some more tests so if you could

You'll call me

right now. I'll call you, yes.

if the same doctors are still here. When I miscarried, I was looked after here and diagnosed. Jayden and I were both very distraught because we had no clue what was happening at the time and there was so much excruciating pain and blood. He'd had a hard time

through trauma. So they could keep their support system with them and also get the care and attention they needed from the medical

and also that I may never be able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry.

him.

day, we'd have our little family and even if we had to start

buzzed pulling me

that he is on

you sure? I

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