When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 22

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child. He must have searched the heavens far and wide before choosing me to be his mom. And here I was, wrestling with the decision to keep him.

Christine gently cleaned my tears, embracing me with a warmth she seldom showed in public. “Why the tears? Your baby’s doing just fine, very well-behaved and tough.”

“Really?” I asked in surprise.

“Of course, it’s true. Don’t you believe me? Ask the nurse,” Christine said.

The nurse, who had come in with her, chuckled helplessly. “Don’t just worry about the baby. You hit your head, and though we’ve bandaged the cut on your forehead, we haven’t done a CT scan because of the pregnancy. How do you feel now? Any severe dizziness?”

“I’m okay.” I nodded, feeling only slightly woozy

back to the hospital if you feel unwell.” While patting my shoulder reassuringly, the nurse added, “Just take care of yourself. That’s

With that, she left.

I hugged Christine, my whimpers low, crying out all my grievances and

go of me,

shaken. “You scared the hell out of me, you know? Weren’t you supposed to

while I was on the phone with you. you’d be here all alone, and nobody

saw the dashcam footage. You could’ve easily avoided that car with your reflexes, but you didn’t. What

word, her eyes reddening, turning away to clean her tears. clearly frightened by

was okay But all I could muster was a faint, “Chris, I’ve made up

at

deeply, feeling a sense of relief I hadn’t felt

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in disbelief before finally speaking,