Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 30

Chapter 30

“Having Mommy and Daddy right here makes me so happy.” Brynlee’s heart was filled with a deep sense of security. She happily grabbed one of her dad’s fingers, wrapped her other arm around her mom, and drifted off to sleep with a contented smile.

Kaia and Finnian lay completely still until they were sure their daughter was sound asleep.

Kaia gently pulled her arm free, slipping Brynlee’s favorite stuffed bunny into the space where her arm had been.

“I need to go next door and finish some work. You stay here with her.”

Kaia slipped out of bed quietly. Without waiting for him to say anything, she opened the door and left.

The next morning was the day of Brynlee’s crucial checkup. Kaia woke up early. She was in the middle of washing her face when she heard her daughter crying from the next room, sobbing for her mom and dad.

Kaia dropped her toothbrush and sprinted over. In the dim guest room, her daughter was standing on the bed, clutching her stuffed bunny, too scared to get down, her little face wet with tears.

“Mommy, where did you go? I couldn’t find you…” Brynlee cried pitifully.

Kaia pulled her daughter tightly into her arms, kissing her forehead over and over. “Mommy’s right here, don’t be scared.”

“Don’t leave, Mommy. I don’t like being alone.” Brynlee buried her face in Kaia’s shoulder, her little hands gripping Kaia’s pajamas tight.

Kaia dressed her daughter and carried her downstairs, only to see her mother–in–law, Elaine, standing by the stairs. “Brynlee is up so early? Grandma was just about to go check on you.”

“Where is Finnian?” Kaia demanded. She couldn’t believe he had actually disappeared in the middle of the night after agreeing to stay with their daughter.

Elaine looked startled by Kaia’s obviously angry tone.

“Noelle had a terrible stomachache in the middle of the night, so I told Finnian to go check on her,” Elaine explained, pausing for a second. “Noelle called me originally. I was going to go, but I saw Finnian downstairs getting a glass of water, so he went instead of me.”

Hearing that, Kaia instantly understood everything.

“We have a doctor’s appointment for Brynlee’s checkup today. We’re leaving now.” With that, Kaia carried her daughter straight toward the door.

“You’re not having breakfast first? Even if you don’t eat, Brynlee needs to,” Elaine called after them.

“No, we’ll grab something on the way.” Kaia didn’t look back, her arms tightening around her daughter.

At the Prestige Medical Center’s pediatric wing, the environment was warm and bright. Dr. Miles Kendrick had cleared his schedule to personally run Brynlee through a series of routine tests. The results were fairly good; her symptoms hadn’t worsened.

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The knot in Kaia’s chest finally loosened a little.

“You’re taking excellent care of her,” Miles said with a warm smile after reviewing the reports. “Raising a child with her condition takes a lot of meticulous effort. We can schedule the surgery when she’s around seven or eight.”

“Yeah, I just hope the surgery goes smoothly so she can run and jump like a normal kid.” Kaia looked at her daughter. Brynlee’s physical activity had to be strictly limited every day, and even her diet was intensely regulated. Because of this, she was noticeably smaller and thinner than other kids her age.

“Brynlee, you were so brave during your tests today. Dr. Miles has a toy for you as a reward.” Miles reached into his lab coat pocket and pulled out a pretty little box containing a fairy with a magic wand.

“Wow, it’s so pretty! Thank you, Miles!” Brynlee took it, her face lighting up with a huge smile.

Right then, Kaia’s phone rang. It was Finnian.

Kaia glanced at the screen and put the phone back in her bag, making no move to answer it.

Miles noticed her silence the call. His dark eyes flickered. “Is Finnian swamped today? Why didn’t he come with you?”

“Yeah, he’s busy every day,” Kaia replied evenly. “It’s just a routine checkup, no need to drag him all the way down here.”

The three of them were walking through the first–floor lobby when the elevator doors chimed open, revealing two figures.

Finnian was holding a woman’s jacket and handbag in one hand, and a bag of medication in the other. Next to him, Noelle was pressing a cotton swab to the inside of her elbow where blood had been drawn. The two of them were parading right through the hospital lobby.

“Daddy!” Brynlee saw him first and ran over as fast as her little legs could carry her.

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