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."

to leave you if

to feel. But I do know we have to push forward with life. One day at

him, and the raw emotion in his eyes nearly undoes me. "What

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

up to meet mine, and for a

finally says, his voice cracking. "I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm sorry I reacted the way I did with

voice trembling. "I'm sorry for hall pass week and making the choices I made. It

grip is firm, grounding,

accepting our parts in this whole thing. We'll never know if any different choice might

It's unquantifiable.

something," he

I nod, waiting.

"Are we okay?"

not sure how to answer it. "I don't know," I admit. "I don't even know where I stand with

flinch. He

as if he expected

"That's fair," he

of things after I found you on those stairs. I knew in that second, I'm all in. Whatever it takes, whatever you need, I'm

wanted

I'd like a chance to develop it further.

gives me a reassuring smile. "Leave that with me. I have a plan. Nexus will still be there later for us to run together. If your own thing is what you need right now, you do that. We'll figure it

leans forward, pressing

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

Tell her I'd

your side either, but I know she needs to get back to Brussels soon for her job." Jayden stands, his hand lingering on mine for a moment

walks in the

her attention to me.

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