Chapter 0238
I stand rooted in my spot as the words keep ringing in my ears.
A baby girl.
Ava has a baby girl. She has a little daughter. Noah is going to be so fucking happy. He has been praying that he gets a sister, and his prayer has been answered.
“Can I see her?”
“I know you’re eager to see your daughter, Mr. Woods, but you’ll have to wait a bit until we’re done
checking her,” he says.
At first, his words don’t make sense to me, but soon enough, I realize that he assumed that I was the baby’s father. I don’t mind it at all; it just came as a fucking shock.
“She’s premature since she’s only twenty–six weeks old, and given the trauma she faced when Ava was shot and fell to the ground, we’ll place her in an incubator. She’ll be in NICU until we feel she’s healthy
enough to be with family.”
I notice that he has not mentioned anything about Ava. Does that mean they have no hopes of her
surviving?
My heart rate increases at that possibility. She has to survive. She just has to. Otherwise, how are we supposed to live without her?
“You have to be prepared though. We will do everything in our power to make sure she survives, but your have to know that she may not. If she does, she may have severe disability such as cerebral palsy. learning difficulties or hearing and vision problems”
“But that is just a probability, right? It is not something that is set in stone.” I ask him, already feeling sorry
for the little girl.
She came into the world too early, and already she’s faced and will face more than most people will ever
face in their entire lives.
“Yes. It’s just a possibility, but it doesn’t always happen. We just prefer giving parents all the angles in
case something happens.”
I nod my head.
“What about Ava?” I ask before he can turn and walk away.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you anything right now. Her situation is delicate, so as of now we aren’t sure how things will turn out.” He doesn’t give us time to process anything before he walks back into the room.
I stand numbly as his words hit me like sharp shards of glass. They pierce my heart and soul and cause a
load of pain.
Minutes later, a nurse comes to let us know that Ava is now in surgery. I thought I would see her before they took her to surgery, but she told me that they used a different door.
She said that her wounds, especially the one on her head, wasn’t pretty. They couldn’t allow her family to
see her like that.
After she leaves, I take my seat and continue praying to a God I have lost touch with. I bargain with him, I threaten him, and finally, I fucking beg him. Beg him to listen to my prayers. Beg him to save the woman I
love.
“Can I get you something to eat, Ro?” My mom asks me.
I shake my head. I couldn’t even stomach the thought of food right now, let alone eat it. I was a nervous fucking wreck. Food was the last thing on my mind.
Gabe takes the seat next to me when mom vacates it. With dad sitting on my other side. I don’t like admitting weakness, but in this moment, I am. I am weak and helpless, and I didn’t know how to stop
feeling that way.
Time passes with no word from the doctors. Before I know it, the waiting room door opens, and Noah comes running to me. His body.collides with mine and I take time to just breathe his scent in. It calms
me, but not by much.
I spot Calvin entering with Gunner. I give him a nod to say thank you, which he reciprocates. Emma freezes upon seeing them, but Kate’s eyes fill with tears when her eyes land on her grandson.
Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
