Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

115. In a coma

Chapter 115

I stand rooted in my spot as the words keep ringing in my ears.

A baby girl.

Ava has a baby girl. She has a little daughter. Noah is going to be so fucking happy. He has been praying that he gets a sister, and his prayer has been answered.

“Can I see her?”

“I know you’re eager to see your daughter, Mr. Woods, but you’ll have to wait a bit until we’re done checking her,” he says.

At first, his words don’t make sense to me, but soon enough, I realize that he assumed that I was the baby’s father. I don’t mind it at all; it just came as a fucking shock.

“She’s premature since she’s only twenty–six weeks old, and given the trauma she faced when Ava was shot and fell to the ground, we’ll place her in an incubator. She’ll be in NICU until we feel she’s healthy enough to be with family.” O

I notice that he has not mentioned anything about Ava. Does that mean they have no hopes of her

surviving?

My heart rate increases at that possibility. She has to survive. She just has to. Otherwise, how are we supposed to live without her?

“You have to be prepared though. We will do everything in our power to make sure she survives, but you

have to know that she may not. If she does, she may have severe disability such as cerebral palsy,

learning difficulties or hearing and vision problems”

“But that is just a probability, right? It is not something that is set in stone.” I ask him, already feeling sorry

for the little girl.

She came into the world too early, and already she’s faced and will face more than most people will ever

face in their entire lives.

“Yes. It’s just a possibility, but it doesn’t always happen. We just prefer giving parents all the angles in

case something happens.”

I nod my head.

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I ask before he can turn and

now we aren’t sure how things will turn out.”

sharp shards of glass. They pierce my

that Ava is now in surgery. I thought I would see her before they took

her head, wasn’t pretty. They

him, I threaten him, and finally, I fucking beg him. Beg him to listen to my prayers.

you something to eat, Ro?”

couldn’t even stomach the thought of food right now, let alone eat it.

admitting weakness, but in this moment, I

opens, and Noah comes running to me. His body collides with mine and I take time

not by

I give him a nod to say thank

but Kate’s eyes fill with tears when her eyes land on

was picking me up instead of mom, but he

says, a mask of concern firmly

had time to come up with

that why we are at the hospital?”

breath before opening my mouth

mom was hurt really badly, Buddy. The doctors are with her right now and they’re doing

that she’ll

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breaks at seeing the tears that fill his eyes. He shouldn’t be

worrying about his

about the baby?” His voice is hoarse when

at him. “You have a baby

fills his face, right before a smile takes

“Can I see her?”

the doctors are done checking her out to make

in place for a while until it starts slowly slipping.

He doesn’t make a sound though. He silently

her to leave me, dad.” His voices catches at the end

into my arms.

hug him to my chest while fighting my emotions and trying to be strong

to wonder. A possibility he shouldn’t have

did this to Ava was going to pay dearly. He

have caused they are going to feel it

strong. I’m very sure that she’ll pull through” I

stay like that for a while before he lets me go and climbs

tightly. Noah is a strong boy, and the fact that he’s

vulnerable he is.

up, pace, and then sit down over and over again.

Every minute that passed without a word, I slowly die inside. I

that things weren’t going

taken in for surgery when

Nora rushes in.