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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Ava?” I ask before he can turn and walk

now. Her situation is delicate, so as of now we aren’t sure how things will turn out.” He doesn’t give us time to process anything before he walks back into

his words hit me like sharp shards of glass. They pierce my heart and soul and cause a load

Ava is now in surgery. I thought I would see her before they took her to surgery, but she told me

said that her wounds, especially the one on her head, wasn’t pretty. They couldn’t allow her family to see

I have lost touch with. I bargain with him, I threaten him, and finally, I fucking beg him.

to eat, Ro?” My mom

couldn’t even stomach the thought of food right now, let alone eat it. I was a nervous fucking wreck. Food was the last thing on

admitting weakness, but in this moment, I am.

room door opens, and Noah comes running to me. His body

but not

give him a nod to

seeing them, but Kate’s eyes fill with tears

where is mom? I asked Cal why he was picking me

says, a mask of concern firmly

this was hard. I had time to come up with a way of delivering the news, but

baby? Is that why we are at the hospital?”

a calming breath before opening my mouth

really badly, Buddy. The doctors are with her

sure that she’ll

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heart breaks at seeing the tears that fill his eyes. He shouldn’t be going through this. He shouldn’t

worrying about

the baby?” His voice is hoarse when she asks

baby

wonder fills his face, right before a smile takes over

“Can I see her?”

until the doctors are done checking her out to

place for a while until it starts slowly slipping. The tears that

make a sound though. He

grandpa? I don’t want her to leave me, dad.” His voices catches at the end and I

into my arms.

to my chest while fighting my emotions and trying

a question he shouldn’t have to wonder. A possibility

did this to Ava was going to pay dearly. He or she

have caused they are going to

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

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

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

vulnerable he is.

stand up, pace, and then sit down over and over again. Noah never leaves my

that passed without a word, I slowly

things weren’t going

had been taken in for surgery when her parents

in. Her