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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.

T

"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 her father." Tears rolled down

me up to the ICU wards.

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

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

face and those cheeks I

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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rub her soft hand as I speak. I want to scream. My heart is breaking for her. She must

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

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hands start to

few minutes. The doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak to

course. Thank you, Nurse,"

is behind me and she rubs

Anne... Why didn't I just stay where we

of where we lived, all 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 my face. "But I could have

of the past. You have to face it sooner

in a breath as I

nurse comes back in. "We need to do some more tests so if you could both just

me if anything happens,"

I'll call you, yes.

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 escorted from the building if

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

in, and he heard I was pregnant and had a complicated miscarriage, and also that I may never be able to conceive again,

him.

have our little family and even if

me

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

sure? I can

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