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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."

now. I told you; Phillip is her father." Tears rolled

me up to the ICU wards. Anne is with her

to stay." I tell Jayden as I walk into her room and choke

One minute she was playing and the next she was

little face and those cheeks

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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

stupid. I'm trying to protect her, to build a stable life for her and when she needs

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her for a few minutes. The doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak

Thank you,

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

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

came back to face up to the past and try and make it right. So Abby could know her father." Tears pour down my face. "But I could have just married Phillip and Abby would have known him as her father,

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 Whoing

in a breath as I sob.

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

me if anything happens," I

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

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

when he wanted to start a wing for families going through trauma. So they could keep their support system with them and also get the care and attention

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

him.

family and even if

me from

go home. Phillip just text that he is on his way. I'll keep you

sure? I can

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