Long chapter ahead.
3 years later.
Third Person POV
Anna yawned softly and leaned her back against the rocking chair, sitting comfortably.
She looked at the blue eyes of her daughter, staring at her with innocence and cuteness.
Her heart swelled with happiness when her little one gave her a toothless smile while drinking her milk from the bottle.

Her little girl, Alice will turn 9 months tomorrow. She is a naughty child.
[Thank you for the suggestion babe AnkitaGhosh205]
She had her mother's eyes and her facial features, probably from her father.
It was 3 in the morning. Anna's eyes were getting heavy and the need to slip into slumber was getting increased.
She heard footsteps outside Alice's room and the door opened with a creak.
Jack popped his head inside the room to check whether his angel was sleeping or not.
He was in an important meeting and that was the reason behind his tardiness.
He smiled when he saw his wife and opened the door and went inside.
He walked toward her and kissed her cheek and got rewarded with her tired smile.
"You are still awake."
He bent down to his angel's level and kissed her forehead making her giggle.
"I was waiting for you and it was Alice's feeding anyway." She replied to him with a yawn.
Alice removed her little mouth from the nipple of the bottle and made a gurgling sound.
Anna laughed softly and picked her up from her lap and gave her to Jack and said "She is finished."
Jack nodded and patted her back gently until she burped. Anna stood up and said, "I'll bring your dinner in the room."
Jack again nodded and took Alice out of the room. He passed by his other kids' room and went inside.
Mia was sleeping without her blanket as she had pushed it down on the floor and Matthew was in deep slumber and was sleeping soundly.
He shook his head and with one hand, picked up the blanket and spread it on Mia.
He then kissed his children goodnight and walked out of the room and closed it quietly.
He then moved toward his room and opened the door. He put Alice on the bed who was babbling something.
Anna came inside with a tray in her hand and placed it on the bed and said "you go and change."
He went inside and came out after changing his clothes. He ate his food in silence after asking if she had it too.
"How was their first day in school?" Jack asked once he finished his food.
Anna giggled and said, "Mia fought with someone on the first day and Matthew made a new friend."
Jack chuckled and said, "looks like they had a good day."
"Yeah. Now we should sleep. I am very tired and you are too." Anna said and placed sleeping Alice between them.
They laid down on their place and Jack moved his head toward Anna and pecked her lips.
She gave him a smile and mumbled a 'good night' and put her hand gently on Alice's body.
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FLASHBACK
"What?" Anna whispered
"We have tried our best but we couldn't do anything to save him from going into Coma." Dr. Samuel told them.
Anger bubbled in Anna and she glared at the doctor and said "What kind of a doctor are you who couldn't even save a person?"
Richard held her hand and with a soft voice said "Anna."
Dr. Samuel was unaffected as it was the usual thing for him to hear such things from the relatives of the patients.
"Now all we can do is wait. Wait for him to wake up. You can meet him after 2 hours. Talk to him, maybe he can hear you." Dr. Samuel said and excuses himself.
"What am I going to answer to Mia and Matthew?" Anna mumbled to herself.
Hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and now one year had passed.
Nothing changed in this one year except the changes everyone saw in her Anna.
She was always a mature girl since her teenage and now she has turned into a wise lady.
Telling kids about their father was one of the toughest things she had ever faced.
Mia had cried a lot for her father and threw a lot of tantrum meanwhile Matthew was a silent kid who had handled it pretty well.
Handling kids along with her classes was difficult for her as her kids didn't want her to leave them, afraid that their mother won't come back as well.
So Anna left her studies for that one year. Nothing was more important to her other than her kids.
And her husband who was in the hospital, with no change in his condition.
She went to meet him daily along with the kids as they wanted to meet their father.
Mia always laid beside her father and hugged him tightly and said "Mia miss pa."
She had inquired about him to the doctor but he didn't say anything other than 'he will come back when he wants to.'
Jane took the kids home when they fell asleep. Anna waited for them to leave then turned her attention to Jack.
His bruised body had healed. But the scars of the bullets on his back didn't fade.
His skin color had now changed into his normal from pale white. She moved her hand forward and clutched his hands.
She signed and started to tell him about her day and about the kids like always.
".... They are getting so naughty. Especially, Mia, she fought with Noah yesterday and slapped him. Poor guy started to cry." She told him with a chuckle.
[Noah is Avril and Ace's son.]
"They missed you, you know. You have to come back, for them. Mia always asked about you. They need you, Jack." She continued.
She bit her lips and closed her eyes when she saw no change in him and got sad as always.
"I... I want you to come back so that we could talk about us. I am ready to give you a second chance. But for that, you have to come back to your family." She motivated him
"You know Charlotte got a proposal last night but she denied him. Not because she doesn't love him, she just wanted you to be there for her, Jack." She informed him.
"The person is none other than Carson. You have to come back to interrogate him. Please come back." She whispered in tears.
She cried and declared "I forgave you. I forgave you."
She fell asleep in the chair while crying. She felt someone caressing her hand and she stirred.
She opened her eyes and almost fell from the chair she saw brown orbs watching at her.
She opened her mouth to say something but closed it. With a squeak, she said, "you are awake."
She pressed the button to call the doctor quickly before he could close his eyes.
She stepped out of the room as per the Doctor's instructions and called her mom and dad along with Charlotte.
The doctor assured Anna that now he woke up, he is fine and better. She was happy and thanked God.
She went inside with timid steps and saw him staring at the ceiling of the room.
She cleared her throat to get this attention and said "hey"
"Hey" he replied with a slow voice.
She was hearing his voice after one year and still, she couldn't believe that he got his consciousness back.
"I am glad that you are now fine." She said with a small smile.
She went toward him and heard him say "You called me here. I have to come back, Anna. You told me that you forgave me. Right?"
She licked her dry lips and said "I forgave you. Now take some rest. I am here."
With a smile, he fell back into a deep slumber.
FLASHBACK ENDS
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The next day, Anna and Jack were sitting in the garden of their house with their kids.
Mia and Matthew were running and playing with each other and Alice was in her father's lap.
It was overcast weather. Anna was talking to Charlotte on the phone and was telling her to come and meet them.
Charlotte was now happily married to Carson. It was very awkward at first because he had proposed Anna first.
But then they cleared all the misunderstandings. Telling Jack about it was another matter.
He gave him a very hard time and denied his wish to marry and Charlotte didn't repudiate her brother's wish.
But after some time, he agreed. Now they are expecting their first child.
She cut the call and turned her attention toward her kids. Mia ran toward her and hugged her tightly.
She caressed her hair and asked "Ma. Why was Aunt Charlotte's tummy so big?"
She chuckled and said, "Because there is a baby inside her."
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