Seven Years of Marriage with Jake

Chapter 59

Chapter 3

Seeing how indifferent he was, I didn't even want to argue anymore.

The only thing that mattered now was transferring Cody and getting a proper diagnosis and treatment.

The Lucas I saw in front of me wasn't the same man who used to splash around barefoot in the tiny apartment with our son.

I pushed the office door open hard and headed straight back to the ICU.

As I dialed a familiar number on my phone, my hand shook slightly.

Lucas and I had been married for seven years. For all that time, I'd been cut off from my family.

My parents and brother had begged me not to marry him, but I had stubbornly turned my back on my wealthy family to struggle alongside Lucas in a different city. Now, the only people who could help me were the ones who had never abandoned me.

When my dad picked up, I could barely get the words out through my sobs.

"Dad, please... best hospital in the state..."

save my son. He needs to be transferred to the My parents didn't hold a grudge. They immediately contacted the top medical team in the state. After hanging up, I glanced at the clock on the wall.

team would arrive

then, Lucas came rushing

are

and

whole medical team

stared at

that I wasn't responding, Lucas grew

on, don't just stand

to look

in the ICU, and you're already thinking about harvesting his

paled

about? He's our son! Do you think I'm

wake up again. He's just a shell of a

meaningful. Cody used to watch TV and say he wanted to make his life count. Isn't this

this, rage

Lucas had made us watch a documentary about

he was, had cried through the

realized that my son's kindness and my trust were

the strength I could muster, I slapped him hard across the