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“That she would lose you That if you found out about all the problelanced in Maddie’s direction for a ht you would never want to see her again and worse, et rid of the child”

I shook my head as the confession sputtered from her At last, I pointed at Maddie

“Did she say that to you? Did she use those exact words?”

“Yes”

I slid my hands in the pockets of my pants and walked back towards the bed Katy followed As I reached it, she circled around the other side of it until we stood on either side of Maddie I removed a hand from my pocket and touched the back of my palm to Maddie’s cheek Her skin felt cool to the touch It was definitely cooler thanwhat it would do with her, keeping her in suspended animation

Moisture drained fro to force down a hard s, I replayed our conversation in her bedroo equipular intervals, pissing me off even more

I withdrew my hand from her forehead and slid back inside the pocket of my pants

My baby, our goddamn child

Here I ith all the resources to do so about it, but I couldn’t, because Maddie didn’t trust ot out of hand Hoas I supposed to fix this now? To the best of iven her a reason to act like this or believe I’d be capable of soed

Not one

And now, because of our ridiculous communication breakdown, I could lose them both

Katy repositioned herself closer to Maddie, edging towards her head I looked down at her as she tugged the blanket up around Maddie, brushed the hair froenerally tried to make her more comfortable

If she ca if, then what?

I didn’t knohether to be furious with her or apologize

I just didn’t

Just then, Katy started to lean away fro wheeze eh her eyes remained closed and she still appeared to be unconscious If I didn’t know any better, it sounded like she was struggling to get air

“Oh my God, Grey!” Katy yelled as she confirmed my suspicion “She can’t breathe!”

At the sa equipment flickered to life Katy screamed while Maddie convulsed in place I turned and ran for the door, but as I reached it, it flew open Dr Matthews and the two nurses from before reappeared and hurried to Maddie’s bedside

“What is happening to her?” Katy cried out

“Step back, please!” The doctor answered as he nodded for rabbed hold of her Katy collapsed against me All the while, the doctor and nurses hovered over Maddie as her condition worsened It wasn’t long before guttural ht for breath continued

“Doctor,” I began “Please, can you tell us what is going on?”

He flashed his face back towards us “She’s gone into cardiac arrest Please, sir! Allow us to work! We could lose her”

“Lose her!” Katy cried out “Maddie, oh God, Maddie no!!!”

Katy folded into me, and wept

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