Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1156

"What's going on?" Rebecca White's tears stopped instantly, her eyes wide with worry and fear.

"What's wrong with my baby?"

"There's a bacterial infection," the nurse said softly.

As usual, before a newborn could be discharged, there were a series of checks.

"If it's an infection, he can't go home yet. He needs to stay in the hospital for treatment."

That meant Rebecca couldn't take her son home right away.

The baby was transferred to the neonatal unit.

Rebecca stayed at the maternity center, but every day, when Jacquetta was away, she'd sneak over to see her little boy.

He was so tiny, lying in the incubator, crying his heart out.

The nurse tried to soothe him, but nothing seemed to work.

"Um..." Rebecca hesitated, reaching out. "Can I try holding him?"

"Of course," the nurse said.

She gently placed the baby in Rebecca's arms.

Like magic, the moment Rebecca held him, he stopped crying. He settled quietly against her chest, sucking on his fingers.

The nurse smiled. "See? He smells his mom. He knows you're here."

brand new mom, holding

you for nine months-your scent is his favorite

brushing her thumb over his tiny hand.

another nurse teased. "A

"Can I?"

"Of course!"

in thought. "What should I

a moment, she decided.

"James? That's adorable!"

and wrote 'James' on

beamed. "James has

cuddled him close, patting his back and whispering, over

staying in the

Rebecca visited. She never

one night, a storm rolled in-wind howling, rain hammering

from a restless

Jacquetta wasn't there. The room

to the door, and

her instantly-she was

one

James?" Rebecca's

She barely got

words

she moved

to see

arm, face troubled. "Rebecca... I...

do you mean,