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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."

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

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

I walk into her room and choke up at my baby all hooked up to tubes

the next she was unresponsive. I'm so

her little face and those cheeks I love to squish.

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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I speak. I want to scream. My heart is breaking for

trying to protect her, to build a stable life for her and when she needs

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will be along shortly. He'll speak

"Of course. Thank

rubbing her cheek. Anne is behind me and she rubs my

just stay where we were? Life was so much

where we lived, all of this would have still happened. You weren't to know Abby would get ill and I know you came back to face up to the past and try and make

the past. You

a breath as I

to do some more tests so if you could both

be okay? You'll call me if anything happens," I

stable right now. I'll call you,

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

a wing for families going through trauma. So they could keep their

they would finally let him in, and he heard I was pregnant and had a complicated miscarriage, and also that I may never be able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry. He

him.

family and even if we had to start with

phone buzzed pulling me

text that he is on his way. I'll keep

you sure? I can

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