Second Chance at Forever (Forever Book 2) by Mary Wasowski Page B

you will have to stay here another day for observation. Can I call someone for you?”
    “That won’t be necessary. I don’t have any family here in the city.”
    “What about your husband, or a boyfriend, perhaps?”
    “I don’t possess either one of those at the moment, but I will be alright, doctor. Can you please hand me my bag? I need to make some calls. Can I ask you a question, Dr. Briggs?”
    “Yes, you can ask me anything, Ms. Mitchell.”
    “Dr. Briggs, why were you holding my hand?”
    “I was holding your hand because you looked very peaceful as you slept, and I knew once you woke up, you wouldn’t be. Again, I am very sorry for your loss. I don’t usually work down here in the emergency room, but I’m happy I was here for you.”
    “Dr. Briggs, what was the sex of my baby? A boy or a girl?”
    With head hung low, he whispered, “A boy. The pathology report said it was a boy.”
    Tears flooded my eyes to the point where I couldn’t see. I lost Walker’s son…my baby boy. My last connection with Walker was now gone, and I had nothing left. My tears were beginning to flow uncontrollably. I wanted to just die at that moment along with my son. Dr. Briggs held my hand again and asked if he could do anything for me. I pulled away from him.
    “Thank you for answering my questions. If you’re not an emergency room physician, what do you do here at the hospital?”
    “I’m a neurosurgeon, but rest assured, I was fully qualified to treat you. If you need anything, Ms. Mitchell, just hit the button for your nurse, and she will page me right away.”
    After Dr. Briggs left my room, I placed my hand over my stomach. Remembering my last appointment with my doctor, I had heard the baby’s heartbeat. The sound echoed throughout the room. It was the most amazing sound I ever heard in my life. I wanted to record it and play it over and over again, and now Walker’s child was gone. I had lost my last connection with the only man I would ever love. Why did this happen to me, and to us? Phillip Reed was to blame for that. His fucking bodyguard grabbed me so tightly, holding me back from getting to Walker. Please, God…take me to my son! I don’t want to be without my baby! Please, God, take me to him!
    I must have been crying in my sleep. I could feel wetness on my cheeks, as I struggled to open my eyes. I couldn’t move my hands, and when I was finally alert, I realized my hands were bound and secured to the bed rails.
    “What’s going on? Why am I being restrained?” I called out to the nurse, and she quickly entered my room.
    “Calm down, Ms. Mitchell, the restraints are there to protect you, not hurt you.”
    “Protect me? Why?” I was crying again and very scared.
    “Let me call your doctor, and he will explain it all to you.” I know she was only doing her job. It’s not as if she wasn’t kind, but I wanted to scream and demand for her to release me. I just lost my baby, and now this? I didn’t understand why this was happening. My chest was beginning to hurt, and I couldn’t breathe. The beeping on the machines in the room was getting louder, and I was gasping for air. There was a scurry of activity in my room. All I could see was an oxygen mask covering my nose and mouth, and I could hear loud voices above me. My eyes began to close, and darkness consumed me. I saw no light around me. Just darkness. And then I heard a voice. A chilling voice that I would never forget.

    “I warned you, Ms. Mitchell. I warned you.” It was Phillip Reed, Walker’s evil father.

chapter two continued...

    I SCREAMED BACK with all my strength. “You did this! You killed my baby with your hate. Why couldn’t you have let me be happy with Walker? WHY??????????”
    I woke up with such a force, my head sprang back into my pillow. I was still restrained, but I now heard a calming voice beside me.
    “Shhh, Ms. Mitchell, try to take some calming breaths.” Dr. Briggs was stroking my cheeks and tucked my hair