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After a few ain herself She stood up taller and looked between Jeff andto be devastated, then confused, and then she’s going to be pissed Noah, I want honesty right no are you feeling, sweetheart?"

Dragging in a deep and shaky breath, I slowly blew it out "Earlier, I’d have given anything for a beer and so to make me feel numb But I pushed it aside and focused on Grace Her love and the fact that she needs e"

Ari se growing, you knohat to do, right?" Jeff asked

Nodding my head, I said, "Yes, sir I called Brad after I called y’all He told , to call hio get some coffee and head up and wait for Dr Johnson"

Jeff wrapped his arm around Ari’s waist and led her into the hospital as I quickly said a prayer that everything went okay and that Grace would find the strength she was going to need to get through this

Grace

The warh the armed my face as I laid there, too afraid to open my eyes If I opened thein the corner with her knees pulled up and her head resting on the ainst the wall My heart skipped a beat knowing that he was here Not that I didn’t think he would be, but I knew the ht me back into this roo back over to my mother, I whispered, "Mom"

My mother’s head popped up and her eyes nition there She knew exactly how I felt

She knew the feeling of loss

Loss of your child

Slowly standing up, lanced over to Noah, then quickly looked back at ?"

Pressing , I finally said, "E her head, ht it up to her lips where she gently kissed it "I knoeetheart I know"