503 The Push Forward

(Winona)

"Dr Harris will be with you soon. How are your pain levels?"

"It's okay. A dull ache at most." Physically anyway.

She finishes fluffing the pillows behind me and checks the monitors one last time. "I'll make a note for the doctor."

I nod.

My hand covers my stomach. There's no baby anymore. No heartbeat to wait for. Just a dull ache where hope used to be.

I hear the door click open. I look over but it isn't the doctor, it's Jayden back again.

"Can I get a moment with Winona? I won't be long..." he asks the nurse.

"Sure, if it's okay with Winona."

"It's fine." I tell her.

"Hey," he says quietly, walking over to the chair by my bed.

"Hey," I reply.

"I'm going to head to the penthouse for a shower and go see the kids, okay?"

"More than okay. I feel better knowing you're with them."

don't want to leave

my throat tightening. "I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel. But I do know we have to push forward with life. One day at a time. That's all

the raw emotion in his eyes nearly

the chair, letting out a slow breath. "Helpless," he admits. "Angry. At myself, mostly. I keep thinking if I'd done something differently... not just about this, about everything that's happened since I saw those damned photos-" "Stop," I say sharply, cutting him off. "Don't do that. Don't put all of this on yourself.

and for a moment, neither of

this.

did exactly what any man would do under the circumstances," I whisper, my own voice trembling. "I'm sorry for hall pass week and making the choices I made. It

His grip is firm, grounding, and I cling

thing. We'll never know if any

It's unquantifiable.

something," he says quietly, his

I nod, waiting.

"Are we okay?"

how to answer it. "I don't know," I admit. "I don't even know where I stand with myself right now,

flinch.

as if he

"That's fair," he says. "I

on those stairs. I knew in that second, I'm all in. Whatever it takes, whatever you need, I'm here. I'm not going

wanted to hear

chance to develop it further. But I know we talked about running Nexus Global together

later for us to run together. If your own thing

forward, pressing

reluctantly. "Graba shower, check in on the kids. I'll have dinner with them and settle them into bed. Lisa's waiting outside if you're up for some company after the doctor

her I'd love to

tagging with me. She hasn't left your side either, but I know she needs to get back to Brussels soon for her job." Jayden stands, his hand lingering on

Harris walks in the

nod before turning her attention to me. "Winona, how

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