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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before he can turn

but I can’t tell you anything right 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

me like sharp shards of glass. They pierce my heart

comes to let us know that Ava is now in surgery. I thought I would see her before they took her to surgery, but she told me that they used a

wounds, especially the one on her head, wasn’t pretty.

I take my seat and continue praying to a God I have lost touch with. I bargain with him, I threaten him,

something to eat, Ro?” My

of food right now, let alone

I don’t like admitting weakness, but in this moment, I am. I am weak and helpless, and I didn’t know how to stop feeling that

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

not

give him a nod to say thank you, which he

eyes fill with tears when her

why he was picking me up instead of mom,

says, a mask of concern firmly on his

with a way of delivering

baby? Is that why

breath before opening my mouth

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

that

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

about his

voice is

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

and wonder fills his face, right before a smile takes

“Can I see her?”

are done checking

it starts slowly slipping.

cheek. He doesn’t make a sound though. He

leave me, dad.” His voices catches at the end and I

into my arms.

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

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

pay dearly. He

they are going to feel it

won’t. Your mom is strong. I’m very sure that she’ll pull through” I murmur

before he lets me go and climbs on my

me tightly. Noah is a strong boy, and

vulnerable he is.

pace, and then sit down over and over

that passed without a word,

weren’t going as

Ava had been taken in for surgery when

daughter?” Nora rushes in. Her