When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

I nodded and took a deep breath. Having calmed down slightly, I asked Hannah, “Where are you now? Send me your address, and I’ll come over right away.”

“OK!’

After we’d ended the call, I found Ashton looking at me anxiously. “What’s going on?”

“I think Hannah’s going into labor. There’s no one with her right now, so I’m going over,” I said, already making a beeline to my wardrobe to change.

When I had finished, I saw Ashton waiting for me at the door with his car keys in hand.

I was startled but had no time to question him. We immediately got into the car and headed off towards the address Hannah had given.

On the way, I began dialing John. None of my calls were successful.

“Why isn’t John picking up?” I fretted.

Ashton continued driving, his eyes fixed serenely on the road. “Don’t get all flustered yet.”

I knew that I had to compose myself but couldn’t keep my hands from shaking. Hannah’s baby was only seven or eight months old. How can she suddenly be going into labor? Something must have gone wrong.

It was precisely at this crucial moment that John had chosen to go missing.

I considered briefly and decided to give Louis a call. It was quiet on his end of the line. Louis’ rich voice came through clearly. “Scarlett, what’s up?”

“Uncle Louis, where’s John? I think Hannah’s going into labor now. Can you reach him?” I asked hurriedly.

Louis paused, then said, “I’ll look into it. How’s Hannah doing?”

replied, “I’m still on my way over to her. I

right. Don’t fret, my dear. Let me worry about getting in touch with John. Focus on getting Hannah to the hospital as soon as you can. Don’t

the roads. He wrinkled his brow as if he was ponding

“What’s wrong?” I prompted.

is in the alley. My car won’t be able to enter. I’ll have to go down to take a

was lying in the yard with a puddle of blood forming beneath her. She looked rather dazed and on

relief.

at the hospital, Hannah was quickly wheeled into the ER. It was only then

see streaks of blood all over his body. His hands

look of horror, he glanced down at his dreadful state. He then

chair along the hallway. I quickly clung to Ashton once I’d partially recovered

a miscarriage

embraced me, consoling, “Don’t worry, nothing bad is going

subsided, I remembered my original mission. I took out my phone and called John

that answered. “Hello, Mr. Stovall is currently

voice sounded

on the line,”

was silence on the other end for a while.

annoyed, and my voice hardened. “Get

“Ms. Stovall, Mr. Stovall’s really in the shower right now. I’ll be sure to get him to call

dignify her with a response. I flung the phone away from me

and survived that sudden bout of violence,

and retrieved the phone. He deftly extracted the memory card, then casually tossed the

Joseph. Joseph arrived in no time at all, bearing