“She is love. She’s okay now, but—” My mother broke down crying.
My heart was in my throat and my hands were shaking so hard I had to grip the phone tighter to keep hold of it. “Mum?”
“She...” I heard her shuddering breaths. “She had a miscarriage, love. I’m so sorry. She’s lost your baby.” My mother broke down.
I heard her saying she was sorry again before the phone slipped from my hand and I broke down into tears. I was on auto mode,‘she’s lost your baby’replaying over and over in my mind. My heart was breaking, but I couldn’t imagine how Andie was feeling. I needed to get to her, to hold her, to tell her I was sorry for everything and that I loved her.
The beeping of a horn ripped through the turmoil of my mind. The driver slammed on the breaks, shooting me forward before we hit something from the front. A vehicle slammed into the back of us, and we were in a skid. I was thrown from side to side, until finally, we were hit again from the side.
My head bounced off the window. Then, there was nothing but black.
CHAPTER 27
ANDIE
“I don’t understand. We were so careful.,” I sobbed. My emotions a range of grief, loss, guilt, and pain. Lauren, Betty, and Kate hadn’t left the hospital since I’d been brought in.
“Sometimes these things just happen. No contraception is one hundred percent safe,” Kate said, sitting on the side of my bed and holding my hand. “Morgan is on his way, okay?” She gave my hand a squeeze.
I looked up at her with tear filled eyes, my heart breaking again. “He’s going to hate me. He wanted more kids, and I just lost his chance of being a father again.” I broke down again.
“He is not going to hate you. He’s worried about you,” Kate replied softly.
“Hey, don’t be silly. Morgan loves you. He could never hate you.” Lauren came to lie on my other side.
“Yeah, maybe, but sometimes love isn’t enough to make everything better,” I said.
I laid back down and closed my eyes. I kept replaying the first time he had asked me out and how his face lit up when he talked about having more kids. He was such a good father and wasdestined to have more kids to share his love with. Tears leaked from under my lashes.
“Come on, Andie,” Betty said gently from the bottom of the bed, “try to get some sleep.”
“Yeah, I will. Why don’t you lot go home and rest, too? You’ve been here all night.”
“We’re not leaving you,” Lauren said.
“Honestly, go back to the villa. I need to sleep, like Betty said. I’ll see you all later.”
I held in my tears until I heard the door opening and closing, then I broke down. The sobs tore through me, making my body heave. I was broken, damaged and Morgan deserved more than me.
I woke up to a damp pillow from the tears and a sore throat. I shuffled up until I was sitting and grabbed the jug on the side table and poured myself a drink. The cold water felt good on my dry throat.
I saw Lauren and Betty asleep on the chairs on either side of my bed. They hadn’t gone back to the villa but had known I needed time to myself.
I threw back the covers and tiptoed to the adjoining bathroom, dragging my IV stand with me. My legs felt weak, and it was more of a shuffle than a walk. I used the toilet and washed my hands.
Looking in the mirror, I saw the devastation. My skin was a sickly white, and my eyes were red and puffy with deep purple rings underneath them. I splashed cold water on my face and ventured back into the room.
Betty and Lauren were both awake and looking up at me in the dim light. “How are you, love?” Betty asked.
“Meh,” I said as the tears filled my eyes again. I climbed into bed and pulled the covers up.
“We’re so sorry, Andie. We love you very much and are here for anything you need, okay?” Betty jumped up and sat on the bed, holding my leg.
“Do you want anything to eat?” Lauren asked.
“No, thanks.” The thought of food made me feel sick.
“Did Kate go back to the villa?”
