Chapter 0246

I nod my head and follow them.

We first enter a separate room where they sanitize us before giving us a medical gown, gloves, and

masks to wear. Once that is done, we are then taken to the NICU unit. We pass a few babies who were also in incubators before stopping at one in particular.

Mary smiles at us. “Noah, meet Iris.”

One look at her, and she had me wrapped around her tiny fingers. She wasn’t my blood, but she already. has my F***ing heart in her hands.

Iris, though small, is beautiful. She had her eyes closed, so I couldn’t see her eye color, but everything

else, from her nose to her l*ps and the piece of hair that was sticking out of her pink hat, was Ava. She

was a spitting image of her mom.

I feel my heart break watching the tubes sticking out of her. She didn’t deserve this. She should still be

cushioned in her mother’s womb.

She’s alive.

Right. That’s what matters.

“Can I hold her?” Noah asks in a small voice.

Noah was already shaping up to be a great big brother. The love and care he has for his sister were plastered all over his face. There is no F***ing way you can

can touch her only if you promise

his hands inside the incubator. He softly touches her cheeks, and she leans into him, though

until the nurse lets us know it’s time for us to leave. I walk back to the waiting room with Noah after we get out of

but not at

I ask my brother while taking a seat

she

both

asks who else wants to see Iris. Reaper

“How’s Iris?” he asks.

Noah still looks mesmerized. “For some reason, I think she

the spitting image of

A few moments later, Reaper comes out, phone in hand.

few words, hangs

leave but

me “For

the bastard

and give him my hand,

wait to see her?” Theo asks

run out

and leaves. I watch him, wondering why he

Ethan walks in, escorted by police

hurried rush has something to do with seeing his brother, the police,

think about Ethan,

I I

deceiving Ava.

about to confront the bastard when a hand clamps

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