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“What does thatso hard that she wasme shake, but I didn’t know if it was from cold or fear

“Itto need a C-section,” the paraht s his phone, he put it to his ear and, not two seconds later, started relaying how far ere fro whoever was on the other end instructions

I didn’t understand anything he said because it was in oing on wasn’t good I clutched at Violet, terrified as she continued to bleed and suffer pains on the short ride to the hospital

The driver caency roouy and three woical scrubs reached in and pulled Violet away frourney

“Are you Dad?” the guy asked as I ju, each of theurney, I kept up with them

“Yes,” I answered without hesitation

“Good Once we get upstairs, I need you to follow Mandy She’s going to get you soe into them and here she tells you Once we have your wife set up, someone will show you in so you can be with her”

Everything wasSuddenly, ere on an elevator, and not ten seconds later, the doors opened again The guy and two of the woain, while the one I assurabbed me by the elbow and steered me down a different hall

“Your wife is having an eency C-section,” she explained before I could even ask “Rodney called ahead and told us she has a possible placental abruption We can’t take the chance that he’s wrong Every second counts when there is a complication like this”

I froze at how serious her face looked “What…” I inhaled deeply and quickly blew it out, trying to cal heart “What kind of complications?”

She paused outside a door and grirasped hter “I understand how hard it will be for you, but both your wife’s and child’s lives are in danger right now Your wife seems to have already lost a lot of blood, and the baby could possibly be deprived of oxygen We won’t know until the doctor has the baby out Please…prepare yourself, sir”

With those words echoing inwith a ical cap, and booties that went over ed into the dry scrubs

Mandy showed me where to wait, but I couldn’t stand still I didn’t have my phon

e so I couldn’t call her mom or Shaw I didn’t know if Jenner was at the hospital yet or not, or if he even kneas going on For a second, I wondered how pissedto be that I didn’t show up for practice, but he could suck my dick I had more important shit to worry about than to care if he benched me or not

Standing outside the operating roo prepped for her C-section, I closedto leave er I’ on I don’t know…” I sed the knot of tears trying to block my throat “What do I do? Shohat I need to do to ht”