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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."

right now. I told you; Phillip is

at the hospital, they rushed me up to the ICU wards. Anne is with her and

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

so sudden. One minute she was playing and the next she was

cheeks I love

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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

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

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there. My hands start

seat with her for a few minutes. The doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We don't want any...excitement,

Thank you, Nurse," I

Anne is behind me and she rubs my shoulders. What a mess

where we

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

easy way out of the past. You have to face it sooner or later. May as well be now,

suck in a breath as I sob.

comes back in. "We need to do some more

You'll call me if anything happens,"

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 his pretentiously entitled way but they stuck to

through trauma. So they could keep their support system with them and also get the care and attention they needed from the medical

and had a complicated miscarriage, and also that I may never be able

him.

family and even if we had to start with nothing, we'd be

me from my daydream.

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

sure? I can

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