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

aren’t sure how things will turn

numbly as his words hit me like sharp shards of glass. They pierce my

would see

her head, wasn’t pretty. They couldn’t allow her family to see

with. I bargain with him, I

I get you something to eat, Ro?”

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

takes the seat next to me when mom vacates it. With dad sitting on my other side. I don’t like admitting weakness, but in this moment, I

word from the doctors. Before I know it, the waiting room door opens, and Noah comes running to me. His body collides with mine and

not by

Calvin entering with Gunner. I give him a nod to say thank

seeing them, but Kate’s eyes fill with tears when her eyes land

where is mom? I asked Cal why he was picking me up instead of mom,

says, a mask of concern firmly

to come up with a way of delivering the

Is that why we are

breath before opening my mouth to

The doctors are with her

that

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tears that fill his eyes. He shouldn’t be going through

about his

the baby?” His voice is hoarse when she asks

him. “You have a baby sister, Noah. Just like

his face, right before a smile takes over his

“Can I see her?”

yet. Not until the doctors are done checking her out

it starts

down his cheek. He doesn’t make

die like grandpa? I don’t want her to leave me,

into my arms.

my chest while fighting my

is a question he shouldn’t have to wonder.

this to Ava was going to pay dearly. He or she messed with the wrong person.

caused they are going to feel

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

that for a while before he lets me go and climbs on my thigh. He then lays his

tightly. Noah is a strong boy, and the fact that he’s behaving this way shows just

vulnerable he is.

stand up, pace, and then sit down

that passed without a word, I

things weren’t going as

after Ava had been taken

Nora rushes in. Her eyes