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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."

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

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

as I walk into her room and choke up at my baby all

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

cheeks I love to squish. A nurse comes

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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want to scream. My heart is breaking for her. She must have been

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

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minutes. The doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We don't

Thank you, Nurse," I

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

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

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

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 of

a breath as

some more tests so if you could both

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

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

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

could keep their support system with them and also get the care and attention they needed from the

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

him.

and even if we had to

pulling me from my daydream.

you go home. Phillip just text that he is on his way.

sure?

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