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and placed them in the car as quickly as possible.
She helped me from the ground, and I leaned on her as she guided me to the car. The moment I sat down, I felt a wetness pool in my panties. Panic set in immediately and I began crying. “Please take me to the hospital,” I whispered in between sobs.
The next ten minutes were filled with Leann making phone calls. She called Ben to have him come and get Chloe. She said she refused to leave my side. She didn’t want me to be alone, and I was thankful for that.
She then attempted to call Gemma, but the call went unanswered. Calling Ben back, she directed him to swing by Bud’s and let him know that they would need to get Rhett.
Everything was a blur; all I could do was hold on to my stomach and pray with everything inside me that my baby would be okay.
Things happened very quickly from the moment we walked into the emergency room entrance. I was taken to the back, and the examination took place quickly. Questions were asked, one after another. All I could do was nod or shake my head. I felt lost.
“I’m pregnant,” I told the nurse who was helping me undress. She looked back at me with saddened eyes. Nodding her head, she relayed the message to the other nurse beside her.
I focused on a sign, pinned to the wall at the end of the bed. It was some sort of rating system. It asked how you would rate your pain. It had numbers, and next to them was an explanation of the comparable level of pain. I focused on the highest number. Nowhere on the list did it say excruciating or heartbreaking. There was no explanation for what I was feeling.
I wasn’t dumb; I knew what was happening. The moment the nurse helped me to remove my pants and I found the blood in my panties, I knew. I was losing my baby. I was losing the child that Gavin and I had created together. My heart was breaking with every second that passed.
When the sonogram machine was wheeled into the room, followed by the doctor, I met her eyes. She tried to appear hopeful, but I could see it; she already knew what she was going to find.
Silence filled the room as she lowered the wand to my lower stomach. The minutes felt like hours, as I waited for confirmation of what I already knew.
“The baby.” I paused, taking in a deep breath before I tried to speak again. “I lost the baby, didn’t I?”
She could only nod her head as she took my hand in hers. “I’m sorry, sweetheart. This sometimes happens, and there is nothing you could have done to change it. We’ll have to schedule a procedure. Is there someone I can call to be with you?”
His voice filled the room and my chest tightened. “Maria?”
The doctor turned as I looked past her. Gavin stood in the doorway, bracing himself on the edge. My tears fell heavily as he took a step in my direction.
“Baby?”
“What baby?” he asked.
Chapter Ten
The darkness set in. I was lost in complete hopelessness. I lay motionless in the hospital bed, remembering the pain in Gavin’s eyes as I told him about losing his baby.
He had focused on an imaginary spot between us and sat in silence. The distance between us appeared to grow with each passing moment. I wanted him to say something, anything. I needed him to hold me and tell me that everything would be okay, but only silence filled the room.
When he looked up as the nurse entered the room, his eyes were filled with tears. I wanted to ask him if he was okay, but the words were lodged within my throat.
He slowly stepped back away from the bed, while the nurse began explaining what would need to be done next. I really should have been focused on her words, but instead I stared past her. I wanted him to look at me; I needed the connection. He only stared at the ground, his lips pressed into a flat line.
The nurse explained that she would be back to get me once the room was available, and I could only nod my head.
The silence in the room was maddening. Gavin kept his
She helped me from the ground, and I leaned on her as she guided me to the car. The moment I sat down, I felt a wetness pool in my panties. Panic set in immediately and I began crying. “Please take me to the hospital,” I whispered in between sobs.
The next ten minutes were filled with Leann making phone calls. She called Ben to have him come and get Chloe. She said she refused to leave my side. She didn’t want me to be alone, and I was thankful for that.
She then attempted to call Gemma, but the call went unanswered. Calling Ben back, she directed him to swing by Bud’s and let him know that they would need to get Rhett.
Everything was a blur; all I could do was hold on to my stomach and pray with everything inside me that my baby would be okay.
Things happened very quickly from the moment we walked into the emergency room entrance. I was taken to the back, and the examination took place quickly. Questions were asked, one after another. All I could do was nod or shake my head. I felt lost.
“I’m pregnant,” I told the nurse who was helping me undress. She looked back at me with saddened eyes. Nodding her head, she relayed the message to the other nurse beside her.
I focused on a sign, pinned to the wall at the end of the bed. It was some sort of rating system. It asked how you would rate your pain. It had numbers, and next to them was an explanation of the comparable level of pain. I focused on the highest number. Nowhere on the list did it say excruciating or heartbreaking. There was no explanation for what I was feeling.
I wasn’t dumb; I knew what was happening. The moment the nurse helped me to remove my pants and I found the blood in my panties, I knew. I was losing my baby. I was losing the child that Gavin and I had created together. My heart was breaking with every second that passed.
When the sonogram machine was wheeled into the room, followed by the doctor, I met her eyes. She tried to appear hopeful, but I could see it; she already knew what she was going to find.
Silence filled the room as she lowered the wand to my lower stomach. The minutes felt like hours, as I waited for confirmation of what I already knew.
“The baby.” I paused, taking in a deep breath before I tried to speak again. “I lost the baby, didn’t I?”
She could only nod her head as she took my hand in hers. “I’m sorry, sweetheart. This sometimes happens, and there is nothing you could have done to change it. We’ll have to schedule a procedure. Is there someone I can call to be with you?”
His voice filled the room and my chest tightened. “Maria?”
The doctor turned as I looked past her. Gavin stood in the doorway, bracing himself on the edge. My tears fell heavily as he took a step in my direction.
“Baby?”
“What baby?” he asked.
Chapter Ten
The darkness set in. I was lost in complete hopelessness. I lay motionless in the hospital bed, remembering the pain in Gavin’s eyes as I told him about losing his baby.
He had focused on an imaginary spot between us and sat in silence. The distance between us appeared to grow with each passing moment. I wanted him to say something, anything. I needed him to hold me and tell me that everything would be okay, but only silence filled the room.
When he looked up as the nurse entered the room, his eyes were filled with tears. I wanted to ask him if he was okay, but the words were lodged within my throat.
He slowly stepped back away from the bed, while the nurse began explaining what would need to be done next. I really should have been focused on her words, but instead I stared past her. I wanted him to look at me; I needed the connection. He only stared at the ground, his lips pressed into a flat line.
The nurse explained that she would be back to get me once the room was available, and I could only nod my head.
The silence in the room was maddening. Gavin kept his
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