Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Hello 430

Chapter 430

The baby was bom prematurely-seven and a half months.

He lay in the incubator, nearly translucent. Just looking at him made my heart ache.

Lena couldn't say if the baby would make it. It was all up to fate now.

Tanya didn't actually succeed in jumping, but her baby sure paid the price. And she didn't get out unscathed either. Her uterus ruptured, she bled out like crazy, and they had to do an emergency hysterectomy just to keep her alive. Barely. She was lucky to be alive.

Honestly, I didn't care about her anymore. But the baby.. that poor kid. Desmond's parents didn't even acknowledge him, and now he was fatherless. With Tanya as his mom? Yeah, the future wasn't looking too bright. If she cared even a little, she wouldn't have kept putting him at risk with her wild decision When Hayden showed up at the hospital to get me, he looked... furious. Lena bumped me with her shoulder. "Uh-oh, your man's pissed.

Yeah, I saw it.

"You're still tangled up in this Jace mess," Lena muttered. "Of course he's upset."

my mouth to explain, but Hayden was already at my

had thickened, dropping the temperature a good ten degrees. Hayden, who was always calm and chill, now looked at me like he didn't even know what

okay, I knew it-I was fine, but today could've gone bad. Really

"I'm okay. Nothing

her usual sass "Hey, Hayden? Your girl's had a day. Maybe ditch the silent treatment and give her a hug, yeah?" Hayden didn't pull me in like she suggested. Instead, he turned

stake my whole career on it," Lena winked at me. She always had my back-my best friend through

just stared at her, then finally turned back to me. "This is the

grinning as

head, and all the tension finally melted away. relief, fear, and

letting his warmth surround me.

to it," Lena

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her expression turning serious. Actually, there's something

wrapped up in Hayden, I

her hands into her