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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."

want to talk about it right now. I told you; Phillip is her father." Tears

me up to the ICU wards. Anne is with her

I tell Jayden as I walk into her room and choke

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

and those cheeks I love to squish.

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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Can you give us any idea what's happening?" I rub her soft hand as I speak. I want to scream. My heart is breaking for

build a stable life for her and when she needs

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there. My hands start

with her for a few minutes. The doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the

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

hand, rubbing her cheek. Anne is behind me and

Anne... Why didn't I just stay where we were? Life was so much simpler

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

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, while she's too young to remember much

in a breath

"We need to do some more tests

You'll call me

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

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 but they stuck to their rules and said he'd be

keep their support system with

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

him.

if we had to

pulling me

he is on his way.

sure? I

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