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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."

told you; Phillip is her

hospital, they rushed me up to the ICU wards. Anne is with her and it's only two visitors at

her room and choke up at

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

little face and those cheeks I love to squish.

"Are you Abby's mother?"

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you 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

her, to build a stable life for her and when

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along shortly. He'll speak to you outside the room. We don't want

nod. "Of course. Thank you,

her, holding her hand, rubbing her cheek. Anne is behind me and she rubs my shoulders. What a mess

stay where we were?

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

would find out and come and ask you. There's no easy way out of the past. You have to face it sooner or later.

suck in a breath as I sob.

"We need to do some

You'll call me if anything happens," I

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

happening at the time and there was so much excruciating

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

heard I was pregnant and had a complicated miscarriage, and also that I may never be able to conceive again, I thought he was going to cry. He said

him.

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

phone buzzed pulling me from my daydream. It's

Phillip just text that he is

you sure? I

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