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As I wrapped ainst his chest, he toldon his final sentence, he crushed hter I frowned at what had him so upset, when he opened up tohimself to mention before now "You’re the wishshe would say to o perché tu possa trovare la tua luce, ht, , forlorn ti how could I not?
Axel kissed my head and added, "And I have found it, carina La mia fulmine… la mia luce… la mia vita… the only person who sees ed mirror that isto leave this storeroom to face the world outside, I reluctantly dropped my aro see how Molly’s doing," I suggested,across her chin
Allyher hand she retook mine Her eyelashes fluttered up and she asked, "Is… is this still okay?"
Bringing our joined hands to my lips, I kissed the back of her hand as I studied her hopeful face… her hopeful face I studied each line and curve, an i in mind An iht about how Ally had always looked at ht back to the tiallery looking so lonely that it made me crumble And then, froht, her beautiful face, theat er alone I should have known then, e uilt and fucking crippling sadness Though I was fighting to break the surface, I couldn’t ever get free Every fucker I kneatchinght throw h What I didn’t expect her to do was ju until I was ready to follow her to the shore
I squeezed Ally’s hand "It’sokay," I replied And there it was, that blinding s me hope that maybe this life would work out after all
"Ready?" Ally asked, with a nervous so, that I shouldn’t put her through the shit that no doubt everyone was gonna put her through for being with me But the other part of me, the selfish part, which for once injust forwith the selfish part I wasn’t giving her up for nothing or nobody
"Ready," I replied Together alked out of the storeroom and down the hallway to the OB unit As we entered the unit, the nurse at the nurse’s station directed us to the waiting roolanced down and could see the apprehension on Ally’s face She was nervous and I felt nothing but guilt
Sighing, I dropped o of her hand Ally looked up at hter "No," she said fir to take whatever they throw at us"
Yanking her to my chest, I kissed the top of her head Ally turned the doorknob, straightened her shoulders and walked through, pullingWhen I looked up, Austin, Lexi, Levi, JD and Cassie were sitting on plastic chairs… talking… but they were all now real fucking quiet as they looked our way
The silence dragged on and Ally stepped closer to my side When I liftedat us… at our joined hands… At Ally Prince with Axel Carillo
The first person I clashed eyes as Austin, as frowning in confusion, Lexi sat on his lap, herher throat, Ally asked, "How’s Molly?"
Moving on fro between Ally and me, back and forth, back and forth No one looked happy No one was answering Ally’s question
My stomach dropped and Ally’s face paled as we heard, "Molly’s stable Her condition’s now progressed to Eclampsia, that’s why she collapsed Her blood pressure ay too high"