Risking Fate(74)
I slid down the wall and put my hands in my face. Time passed but I stayed in the same position. Finally, the nurse said I could just go in with my daughter whenever I was ready. I gave a nod, but never looked up at her. I was too devastated and afraid to respond to anything.
It was obvious that Izzy had no clue what was going on and neither did anyone else in the family. I finally got up and gained my composure to make the first phone call. I grabbed my cell phone and walked until I had better service.
Hello?
Colt? My voice was broken as I tried to conjure up enough courage to explain everything. Miranda’s been in an accident. She was on her way to your house. You need to get the family and get to the hospital right now. Please hurry.
Where are you? How bad is it, Ty? Tell me something. How bad, Ty? Where’s Bella? Was she hurt?
It was too real. I couldn’t talk anymore… I couldn’t talk about this.
They say it’s bad. I haven’t seen her. I don’t know anything. Oh, my God, I can’t live without her, Colt. Please get here. Find her mother. Just come as soon as you can.
I started to really get choked up and had to hang up and text him the information. They were hours away and I knew it could be too late when they did arrive.
Miranda was the best part of me. If she died, part of me would die.
I went to put my phone back in my pocket and heard doors in front of me crashing open. Two men in white surgical gear came out. They had on face shields and both of them were covered in blood from head to toe. They didn’t see me standing there, staring at all of the crimson.
“That was one of the worse cases.”
The other guy gave him a half smile. “You did everything you could to make it easier for her. Don’t be too hard on yourself.”
The other guy agreed, “Yeah, I just hate to see them suffer. I couldn’t just leave her lying there alone. I had to stay until we had exhausted all of our options.”
As they walked further away, their words went with them. I took a few steps closer to where they came out of and just like it was planned, another man, covered in blood came walking out. As the doors swung, I saw what I feared from the moment I saw all of the blood on that first man.
My wife lay motionless on the operating table.
God, please no! Please don’t take her.
Chapter 21
Ty
Apparently, where I had walked to make my phone calls was a prohibited area. The nurse, that had taken me to see Izzy, came and drug me out of there.
I caused a commotion. At one point, she even threatened to call security. I wasn’t about to leave my wife, not when I’d seen where she was. It took everything I had not to bust through those doors and take her hand.
The woman was pulling me down the hallway when I stopped her. “Wait! Please, just tell me if she’s still alive? I saw her on that table. I saw the blood.” I ran my hands through my hair. It killed me to say it out loud. “She didn’t look like she was breathing.” Tears rolled down my face. “Just tell me if I lost her?”
She put her hands on her hips and looked down to the ground, then back up to me. “I really don’t know her condition. If you come back to the NICU with me, I can try to find out more. Mr. Mitchell, I can’t imagine what you must be going through, and I do apologize that I don’t have all the answers. How about we bring your daughter in to meet her brothers? We aren’t normally supposed to let children her age in there, but they are the only babies right now and I am sure it would help both of you.”
I didn’t answer, but I nodded and followed behind her anyway. I’d imagined seeing my sons born for so many months and now they were here. I wanted to be thrilled that I had two twin boys and that they were going to be okay. I wanted to hold them in my arms and promise to love them forever, because I would love them forever, but all I could think about was Miranda. All I could see was her lying on that table, not moving.
A flutter of happiness lifted my spirits when I saw my daughter coming out of the room. She ran up toward me, stopping only because she rammed her body into mine. “Daddy, this lady say’s you are going to show me Jake and Jax.”
I looked up at the lady and she smiled. She began walking ahead of us. I reached out my hand for Iz. “She’s right. Are you ready to meet them?” I tried to focus on the kids, because if I broke down I would have to tell Iz about her mother. Since I didn’t know exactly what was going on, it was better I stayed quiet. Izzy didn’t need to feel the way I was feeling. It was unbearable.
Seeing the twins for the second time was a happier experience, not like the first had been sad, it just wasn’t what I expected. Izzy walked through the room of nurses, holding my hand tight. As we approached the plastic bassinets where the boys were, she hesitated and stopped me from approaching them. I bent down to her height. “What’s wrong, Iz?”