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Chapter 120
Rowan.
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It’s been three months. Three fucking months since Ava was shot, and she’s yet to wake
up. With each month that goes by, everyone is slowly losing hope that she’ll ever wake up.
It’s frustrating as hell, but there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s now beyond anyone’s
power.
She was taken off the machine a month after her accident. She didn’t need them to
breathe since her
lungs were doing just fine. They even transferred her to a normal room. We all thought
she’d come out of
the coma then, but it never happened. Two months down the line, and we are still waiting.
“Should I wait for you, Mr. Wood?” my driver asks just before I get out of the car.
“It’s not necessary. I’ll call you when I’m done.”
I get out of the car and walk into the hospital. The staff greets me because I have been a
regular visitor
for the past few months.
I just nod my head. I feel the tiredness down to my bones. I haven’t had a moment of
peace since that
day. Sleep flees from me every single night, and I’m left either staring at the ceiling all
night or working.
Due to the circumstances, Noah is back to living with me. He’s here every day after
school. Visiting his
mother and sister. I see the toll everything is taking on him, but I know it’ll only be better
when Ava and
Iris leave the hospital.
I head first to see Iris before seeing Ava. That little girl has won my heart these past few
months. Her
resilience and strength to overcome what was thrown at her remind me of her mother.
“You’re here, Rowan; let me just get our little princess ready,” Mary says as she busies
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Iris was taken out of the incubator a week ago. The doctors said that she was now healthy
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Minutes later, Mary is handing Iris over to me.
“Hey princess, How are you doing today?” I ask her with a smile.
I hold her tiny form in my chest and rock her back and forth. She doesn’t cry; she just
stares at me in
fascination. She looked like Ava, but her blue eyes were Ethan’s. She’s definitely going to
be a knockout
when she’s older.
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I run my finger down her cheek, and she grips it in a tight hold. I smile at that. She’s
become the highlight of my day, a part from Noah. She may not be my biological
daughter, but in my heart, she was. Nothing can change that.
“It’s now time for her bath,” Mary informs me.
I look up at the ticking clock only to realize almost forty minutes have gone by. Iris is
precious. While with her, you easily forget everything else going on around
you.
I let Mary take her away from me. This is usually the hardest fucking part. Letting her go.
“I’ll come to say goodbye to her once I’m done visiting Ava,” I say as I stand.
She nods her head and turns to leave. I watch them, feeling the heaviness in my heart get
worse with each step she takes away from me.
I was just about to leave when the pediatrician stopped me.
“Do you have a minute, Rowan? I want to talk to you,” she asks in a gentle and kind voice.
She’s around my mother’s age, and she just has this aura that immediately calms you
down when you’re around.
“Sure, about what?”
“It’s about Iris. As you know, she reached nine months a week ago, and since she’s
healthy and no longer in any danger, we’ll have to release her from the hospital.”
I stare at her, not really knowing what to do. “You can’t do that. Her mother hasn’t woken
up yet.”
“I know, but those are the rules of the hospital. One of you has to take her home whether
Ava wakes up or
not”
Fuck. I run my hands through my messy hair. “Can’t she stay for just a little bit?”
“I’m sorry, but no. We can only allow her to stay until tomorrow, but that’s it”
I nod my head. “Okay. I’ll discuss it with her grandparents.”
Without waiting, I walk out of the nursery and head straight towards Ava’s room. I was
about to enter,
when the door opens. Nora and Theo come out of the room.
“Just the people I wanted to see” the doctor’s voice makes all three of us turn to face him.
“Is there a problem?” Theó asks, concern marring his face.
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“Yes. I want you to consider a certain option for Ava. Usually patients wake up from the
coma within a
month, the fact Ava hasn’t concerns us and we are afraid that she won’t be able to”
I feel dread rising in my back. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but I don’t fucking like
where this
conversation is going.
“But you told us she might recover,” Nora points out.
“Yes, might, but now I’m not too confident. Not when there is little brain activity‘ he takes
a deep breath.”
I suggest you consider stopping her treatment”
The sounds that comes of my mouth can only be described as a snarl. “In other words,
you’re asking us to
end her life. To kill her”
“I’m sorry, but yes. She hasn’t responded to treatment and J fear that she may never will.
At this point, it
would take a miracle for her to wake”
Feeling tired of hearing his nonsense I turn.
“Then that is what we will wait for. A fucking miracle, cause there is no fucking way we’re
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what you’re suggesting.”
I don’t wait to hear his response or those of Nora and Theo. I walk away and enter Ava’s
room.
Collapsing on the chair, I take her hand in mine.
“Please, Ava. Come back. We can’t do without you. Noah misses you so much, and so do I.
Iris also
needs you, now more than ever. They want to release her from the hospital. Please. Please
wake up,” I
beg.
There is nothing from her side. She doesn’t move. She doesn’t open her eyes. She doesn’t
speak.
“They want us to consider ending your life. Please don’t make me do that. Don’t make me
watch while
they kill you. You need to open those fucking beautiful eyes.”
I place my head on my hand and just lean into her. For the first time since her shooting, I
let my tears fall.
I can’t stop them even if I want to, so I just let them fucking flow.
I let the sorrow and heartache that I’ve been holding in wash over me. I was supposed to
be strong for
Noah, Iris, and her, but now I feel like the weakest fucker to ever walk the earth.
I continue silently crying. Begging God for a miracle and begging Ava to wake up I don’t
know how long I
was bent over when I felt soft, trembling fingers running down my face.
At first, I thought it was just my imagination until a voice called my name. It’s hoarse, but
it’s
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I take a deep breath before rising my head, so afraid that it was all a dream, but it wasn’t.
My eyes clash
with her confused ones.
Holy fuck. Ava was awake.
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