NovelEnglish
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 F***ing 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 F***ing 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.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtI 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.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter 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 F***ing 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 F***ing 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 b*dy.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.
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