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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."

don't want to talk about it right now. I told you; Phillip is her father." Tears rolled down

they rushed me up to the ICU wards. Anne is with her

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

and the next she was unresponsive. I'm so sorry.

those cheeks I

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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I want to scream. My heart is breaking for

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

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

course. Thank you,

Anne is behind me and she rubs my shoulders. What a mess I've gotten us

didn't I just stay where

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 it right. So Abby could know her father." Tears pour down my

come and ask you. There's no easy way out of the past. You

breath

some more tests so if you could both just wait

You'll call me if

stable right now. I'll call you, yes. Go wait for the

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

to start a wing for families going through trauma. So they could keep their support system with them

also that I may never be able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry. He said he'd never

him.

our little family and even if we

pulling me from my daydream.

home. Phillip just text that he is on

sure?

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