Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 305

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Elena: POV

Unknown: Ms. Vance, this is Detective Sarah Thomas with NYPD. We need to take your stament regarding the kidnapping and assault when gi good time?]

I typed back:

Me: [After I know if Julian is going to live.]

Detective Thomas: [Understood. I’ll be in touch.]

I set the phone down beside me and drew my knees up to my chest, wrapping my arms around them.

“Mommy?”

I looked up. Lila stood a few feet away, and my breath caught in my throat.

Because behind her stood Sophia Cruz.

For a moment, I couldn’t process it. Couldn’t reconcile the woman standing in this hallway with the friend I’d last seen four years ago-the friend I’d thought I’d never see again.

She looked different. Older, maybe, though was hard to tell. Her dark hair was shorter, cut in a sleek bob that framed her face. There were faint lines around her eyes that hadn’t been there before. But it was unmistakably her.

And beside her, one arm wrapped possessively around her waist, stood Lucas Reynolds.

“Elena, Sophia breathed.

Then she was moving, crossing the distance between us in three long strides. She dropped to her knees in front of me and pulled me into a fierce hug.

“Thank God,” she choked out. “Thank God you’re not dead. When Blake called and said-I thought-*

I sat frozen in her embrace, my mind struggling to catch up. Four years. It had been four years since I’d seen her. Four years since I’d disappeared from h

ľ life without a word.

“Sophia,” I managed. “How did you-”

“Blake got a call from Adrian,” she said, pulling back to look at me. Her eyes were red-rimmed, mascara smudged. “Julian’s assistant. He told Blake what happened-the kidnapping, Victoria, all of it. Blake called Lucus immediately.”

Lucas moved to stand behind her, his hand coming to rest on her shoulder. His face was hard, unreadable, but there was something in his eyes when he looked at Sophia-something protective and fierce.

Sophia’s hands tightened on my shoulders. “Elena, I thought you were dead. For four years, I thought-*

“I can’t do this right now,” I interrupted. The words came out harsher than I intended, but I couldn’t help it. Couldn’t handle the weight of her grief an relief on top of everything else. “Julian is in surgery. They don’t know if he’s going to make it. I can’t-I need to know if he’s okay first”

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“I know.” I said, and I did. But I couldn’t give her what she needed right now.

All I could do was sit here and wait to find out if the father of my child was going to survive.

“Mommy?’ Lila’s voice was small, uncertain. “Who is she?:

I looked at my daughter, then back at Sophia. “This is… an old friend, baby. Her name is Sophia.”

“And I’m Lucas,” Lucas added, crouching down to Lila’s level. His voice gentled in a way I wouldn’t have expected. It’s nice to meet you.

Lila studied him with the solemn intensity’ only a four-year-old could manage. “Are you Mommy’s friend too?”

“Something like that,” Lucas said.

Sophia was staring at Lila like she’d seen a ghost. “Elena… is she-”

“Julian’s daughter,” I confirmed. “Yes.”

“Jesus,” Sophia whispered. She looked between me and Lila, and I could see her doing the math. “Four years old?”

“Almost.”

“So when you disappeared, you were-

“Pregnant,” I finished. “I didn’t know. Not until after.”

Sophia’s hand flew to her mouth. “Oh my God. Elena, I’m so sorry. If I’d known-if any of us had known-”

“It doesn’t matter now,” I said, even though it did. Even though everything mattered and nothing did all at once. “All that matters is Julian surviving this.

Sophia nodded. She stood, then hesitated. “Can I… can I sit with you? While you wait?”

I wanted to say no. Wanted to tell her to leave, to give me space, to let me process this alone.

But when I opened my mouth, what came out was: “Yes.”

She sank down beside me on the floor, Lucas settling on her other side. Lila crawled into my lap, her head resting against my chest.

And we waited.

Another hour passed. Maybe two. I lost track.

Sophia didn’t try to make conversation, which I was grateful for. She just sat there, a solid presence beside me, occasionally squeezing my hand when the

silence became too heavy.

Lucas had his phone out, what looked like sending emails or taking care of work thing

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Tib je alle sleep in ing was her breathing soft and even against me shoulder

Finally, the red light won dark.

1 jerked upright so fast I nearly dislodged Lila. Sophia caught her, gently taking her from my arms as 1 gambled to my feet

The doors swung open.

Dr. Morrison emerged, pulling off his surgical cap. His scrubs were still stained with blood-Jurian’s blood-hut his face was calm.

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