He left behind only one cold, hard line. “You better not regret this.”
The pain in my back made my chest race. I didn’t even have time to ask where Zion was heading. He clearly still had a pile of things waiting for him. I could only go to the hospital by myself first.
Only when the results came out, and the doctor said the baby was safe, did I finally let out a breath.
The fear that lingered rushed through me again. I sat on the bench in the hallway, covering my face, crying until I could barely breathe.
I didn’t dare think about what I would do if something truly happened to the baby.
When I returned home, Grandma Ravenna already knew what had happened today.
She held my hand, her eyes red with pain for me.
“There are only two days left before the divorce papers are done.”
“Natalie, you’ve suffered.”
I sniffed and forced a small smile. “I’m okay.”
Grandma Ravenna sighed and muttered, “Tomorrow is your grandpa’s 80th birthday.”
“He doesn’t have much time left. Could you… at least for these last two days, let him feel at ease?”
I still agreed.
Grandpa Kale’s birthday gathering was held at the old house.
Ravenna and I arrived first.