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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

up to the ICU wards. Anne

room and choke up at my baby all hooked

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

her little face and those cheeks I love to squish. A

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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give 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 been so scared and I was at

a stable life for her and when she

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there. My hands

doctor will be along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We

course. Thank you, Nurse," I

rubbing her cheek. Anne is behind me and she rubs

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

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 just married Phillip and Abby would have known him as her father, and

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

breath as I sob. "I

need to do some more tests so

call me

right now. I'll call you, yes.

briefly wonder if the same doctors are still here. When I miscarried, I was looked after here and diagnosed. Jayden 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 they stuck to

to start a wing for families going through trauma. So they could keep their support system

able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry. He

him.

day, we'd have our little family and even if we

phone buzzed pulling me from my daydream.

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

you sure? I

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