I stare at the doctor as if I’m a damn idiot who can’t comprehend what he just said. In my defense, his words didn’t register wholly with me. He was asking me to choose between Ava and her baby. Does he know how difficult that is?
“Mr. Woods, time is of the essence. We need to know your decision,” he all but begs.
I open my mouth, but no words come out. I try again, and the same thing fucking happens.
“Mr. Woods?” the nurse calls, concern in her voice.
“The baby,” Letty’s soft voice suddenly says, breaking the silence. “Save the baby, if it comes down to it.”
The doctor and nurse nod their heads before rushing back to the ER. I turn to face Letty with mixed feelings waging war inside me.
My look must have communicated something because she hardens her eyes in defiance before speaking.
“Don’t look at me like that, Rowan. This is what Ava would have wanted,” she says through gritted teeth.
Corrine comes to the defense of her friend.
“She’s right. Ava would have picked her baby over herself any day, any time. If we picked her over the child, she would have hated us.
I deflate after she voices what I was thinking just a few minutes ago. I know she’s right, but that doesn’t take away the heaviness I feel in my heart.
I would never wish her baby harm. All I pray right now is that it doesn’t come down to that. I hope that
both of them make it. Ava deserves to know happiness, and her baby deserves to live.
I resume my seat and wait. It killed me to wait, but what choice do I have? I’m not a doctor, so I can’t
really help her. All I can do is continue praying.
I don’t remember the last time I prayed. Probably when I was still a kid in Sunday school. Right now, I’m willing to pray to anyone who’ll listen and answer my request. If it was possible to trade places with her,
then I would have gladly done so, even if it meant that I wouldn’t have survived.
As long as she got to live her life, then I would do it. I would sacrifice everything I have right now just to see her scowling or glaring at me. I would give up the world to reverse what happened to her if I could.
“It’s my fault.”
I turn towards the voice to find Letty silently crying.
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“She’d tried calling me, but I was unreachable. When I got her missed call, I told myself I’d call her after i got out of work. I should have just called her back immediately. ”
Travis pulls her into his arms as she continues to cry.
“It wasn’t your fault, Letty. You couldn’t have predicted this”
“He’s right Letty, if anyone is to blame, then it should be me. I picked up her call. She wanted us to go shopping, but I was busy, so I asked her if we could postpone. If only I’d gone with her. Maybe I could have done something to prevent her from getting hurt.” She had her arms wrapped around herself as if she were cold. Just like Letty, she was crying.
Looking at them, I see the love for their friend shining through their eyes. They haven’t known each other for long, but their bond is unmistakable.
“None of you could have predicted something like this happening, so don’t blame yourself. The only one responsible is the bastard that hurt,” Kate tells them in a trembling voice.
“Playing the blame game right now won’t help. We need to focus on Ava and the baby. We should send
our best prayers for them,” my mom adds.
I don’t say anything. I just focus on the emergency room, waiting for someone to come through the door.
Fuck. This was killing me. The waiting. The worrying. The uncertainty. I just need someone to fucking tell
me that she is going to be okay. That she and the baby were out of danger. That they will be okay.
Everything in me screamed and begged for a silver lining. For a kind of miracle. My heart and soul begged
for the angel of death to stay away. Their souls weren’t his to claim. Not now. It wasn’t their time yet; how
can it be when they’ve both barely begun to live?
right behind her, but she didn’t get it, not until the man cleared his voice,” Corrine says with a fond smile
to that place again,”
There was a moment of silence. Everyone was probably lost in memory lane. For the others, there probably weren’t any good memories. After all, they’d treated Ava like shit, but Letty and Corrine had lots
of them.
We have so many memories to share with Noah and her newborn. So much to tell them about how
amazing their mom is”
When those words leave Letty’s mouth, I blow up.
“Can you just stop!” I growl as I feel anger bubble up inside me. She had no right to talk about Ava like
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