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to quickly deliver both of your daughters safely, and the last I heard, your wife is still in surgery.
Both of your daughters are stable and in the NICU. Mr. Cage, I know you and your wife were told
about the possibility that she wouldn’t make it to term, but it’s going to be a long road ahead for your
daughters.”
I close my eyes, feeling my despair fall one tear at a time down my face. I listen to every
word that Dr. Lowery speaks. Steroids, feeding tubes, antibiotics, nasal CPAP, and monitors. I hear
the words, but I don’t understand them. My girls shouldn’t be here yet, and no matter what he said
earlier about Melissa being in surgery, the only thing that I can focus on is that if my girls had to be
removed from their mother early, how badly is she injured?
“… see your daughters shortly.”
“I’m sorry?” I have to force myself to look back up into his knowing eyes.
He smiles kindly and takes another step into the room. “I spoke with your son’s doctor before
coming in. He’s lucky, and they’ll be discharging him within the hour.
daughters shortly, Mr. Cage.”
We’ll get you up to see your
I just nod my head and watch him turn and leave. My mind is refusing to make sense of
everything that’s happening around me. The only thing keeping me from running through this whole
damn building until I find Melissa and my daughters is the little banged-up boy sleeping in front of
me.
With a deep breath and another silent prayer, I wait again.
With every minute that passes and still no word on Melissa, I feel more and more of my soul
being stripped from my body. That hope I had earlier has become so small that I almost can’t feel it
anymore.
In the last hour, I’ve had nurses come in to check Cohen and Axel come back to update me on
who is here and to tell me the same thing each time—no one will tell him anything. I’ve filled out a
million and one pieces of paper, and now I just keep staring at the two bracelets the last nurse
attached to my wrist.
I finger the bracelets, watching them spin around my wrist, and once again fight the urge to
take off on a hunt for my family.
My daughters… My girls are here and fighting in some cold and sterile room. They’re
fighting to live and there isn’t a damn thing I can do to protect them. Every instinct in my body is
telling me to go into protector mode.
My wife, my beautiful and loving wife, is somewhere within these walls, and the unknown is
tearing me apart.
“Daddy?” Cohen’s soft whisper has me dropping my hands and looking over at him. “Will
Mommy be okay?” His chin starts to tremble slightly.
“C-Man, can I tell you a secret?” He nods his head, a few tears slipping past his lids. “I’m
going to teach you a trick. Remember when I told you that we always protect the women we love?
Well, Mommy and your sisters need a special kind of protection. They need us to keep strong and
share our strength with them. Every time you think about your mommy, you give her just a little more
strength. And when you tell her you love her, it’s even stronger. So right now, we’re going to sit here
and we’re going to talk about every single thing we love about your mommy. And when we finish
with that, we’re going to talk about every single thing we can’t wait to show your sisters.
won’t be long before they have so much strength that they just can’t help but get better.”
And that’s just what we do. I hold his little hand and we talk about every single thing we love
about Melissa until they finally release Cohen from their care.
I hold it in, but deep down, I feel the bone-deep fear that I have no control over the outcome.
With my son in my arms, we walk out of the exam room and follow the nurse up to the NICU,
where I’m told a doctor will find me shortly with news on the babies and Melissa.
My heart is somewhere in this hospital, and I can only hope and pray that everything will be
okay.
Then it
Chapter 10 – Greg
“Mr. Cage?” I jump when I hear my name being whispered. When I look around, it takes me
a second to remember where I am, but when I do, it all comes crashing down at once.
Melissa.
The accident.
My girls, born and fighting for their lives.
Cohen, safe and scared.
Everything I thought set in stone for our happy lives together is hanging by a thread.
“I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t mean to startle you.” She smiles weakly, giving me a chance to get my
bearings.
“It’s okay. I didn’t realize I had fallen asleep.”
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