Gabby whimpered, and Finn held her against his body. She buried her face into his neck, and held his fiancée as she broke down.
He was devastated.
For him.
For her.
For everyone.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “Stay in here as long as you need. I’ll have the nurse check on you,” he offered.
When he got up and left, Finn went to say something, and Gabby began apologizing.
“I’m so sorry,” she said. “I didn’t mean for this to happen.”
He stopped her.
“Lass, you didn’t cause this. You heard what he said. Biology did. You aren’t at fault. Your body knew something wasn’t right. I’m not upset with you. I’m saddened that you and I won’t meet this little one. Only, I know there will be more.”
She sobbed and he held her.
Gabby went through the storm, and it wasn’t pretty. She had prayed and hoped so hard for this to finally work out for her, and again, it didn’t.
This hurt.
She wanted this baby so badly. She wanted to be a mom more than anything in the whole world.
So, this crushed her.
“It’s okay, Mo ghràdh. It’s okay,” he whispered, reassuring her.
When Gabby’s phone chimed, he pulled it from her back pocket so she didn’t have to be bothered. When he saw the name, he handed it to her.
On her phone, there was a message.
‘I’m lighting a candle for you, and praying. Call me if you need me. I love you. Elizabeth.’
Seeing that, Gabby cried even harder.
She didn’t know how Elizabeth knew, but she did need her. What she needed now was someone to tell her that she wasn’t a failure.
Because all Finn wanted was a family, and she lost their baby.
“Call her,” he said. “She has children. Elizabeth understands this better than I do.”
She couldn’t do it.
She was crying too much.
Knowing he needed to help his woman, and get her through this, he called Elizabeth. He knew the woman loved Gabby, and he needed backup.
His sisters had had a few miscarriages, and then they had perfect babies afterward.
This wasn’t the end.
When Elizabeth’s face came on the screen, she knew immediately. A sobbing Gabby with a freaked-out Finn told her the tale.
She could read a room.
