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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."

Phillip is

to the ICU wards. Anne is with her and it's only two

I walk into her room

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

and those cheeks I love to squish. A nurse comes

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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I want to

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

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there. My hands start

will be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We

"Of course. Thank you,

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

Anne... Why didn't I just stay where we were? Life

to know Abby would get ill and I know you came back to face up to the past and try and make it right.

out of the past. You have to face it sooner or later. May as

suck in a breath as

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

me

call you, yes. Go wait

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 when they wouldn't let him in with me. He carried on in his pretentiously entitled way

families going through trauma. So they could keep their support system with them

be able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry. He said he'd never realized how

him.

day, we'd have our little family and even if we had to start with nothing, we'd be okay.

me from my daydream. It's

Phillip just text that he is on his

sure?

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