Chapter 27

I run down the stairs and hop into my car. Hearing that she's gotten into an accident, it's not that I'm gonna cry over it but of course I'm worried. No one deserves to be hurt like that. Plus she's pregnant. That makes things worse. I speed through the traffic in the busy New York streets, even through a light or two, earning tons of honks from the other cars. I'm secretly sorry but I'm rushed at the same time. After fifteen to twenty minutes of speeding, I finally make it to the hospital; its intimidating stature that overpowers anyone that walks in, its dark memories that come from when Ava was rushed here a week and a half ago. I walk through its terrifying sliding doors and go up the elevator to her floor where she's being monitored. I ask the front desk for her room number and head there once they give it to me. Inside the room, I see her on the bed with her partner standing next to it. Once she turns to see me, she starts freaking out out of nowhere."OH MY GOD FINALLY WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU TAYLOR," she screams."I came as fast as I can I was with my kids I'm sorry. I'm here now.""YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK DO I NOT MATTER TO YOU? ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH YOUR KIDS THAT YOU CAN'T COME SEE ME AT THE HOSPITAL?" It's like she's never learned anything from having Ava. She hasn't learned about committing to your kids. You have them for a reason don't you?"Yes, I love my kids. It's normal for a dad to go see his children, to whom he gave life, or gave another chance at life. Yes, it's normal to wanna be with your kids and spend time with them. You should learn that from the first time you had a kid, for the next one that's coming. Speaking of which, calm down, stress is not good for the baby.""What baby," I hear. I turn around to see the physician with a clipboard, walking into the room. "Well, vitals are looking good. You're technically able to go home, but I'd have someone drive you on account of the alcohol." SO SHE WAS DRINKING? I WAS RIGHT THIS MORNING?"What alcohol," I ask."Amy's ambulance crashed into a firetruck. The firefighters in the accident are still being checked out but we took blood samples and ran some tests. Three of the paramedics had ethanol in their blood, including Amy." I start panicking. Why the fuck is she drinking if she's pregnant? Okay I know I'm not crazy about having this kid but for fucks sake this kid is a kid regardless. He or she deserves a good start at life. For Amy to drink while pregnant and neglecting our child like this is just sick. I immediately turn to her in anger."Amy how could you do that to the baby? Have you not learned anything about caring for a child in med school? Or when you had Ava? Does that mean nothing to you?""Sir, please settle down. We'll sort this out, and again, I don't know what baby you're talking about," the doctor says to me."Doctor she's ten weeks pregnant," I inform him. "That's not what her blood is telling us.""Excuse me," Amy interrupts. "First off, where did you even get my blood.""We did it while you were unconscious. I'm surprised this is news to you; you know that's part of the protocol. Your partner mentioned your pregnancy and so we had to test it not only to confirm your pregnancy but to find out how far along you are." The physician then turns to me. "In the blood we look at all kinds of chemicals, cells and markers. When a woman is pregnant, and Amy would definitely know about this as a medical professional, the placenta makes a hormone called hCG, human Chorionic Gonadotropin. The hormone is undetectable in her blood, meaning, not only is she not ten weeks along, she's not even pregnant." I freak out and turn to Amy."I miscarried," she asks, sounding like she might cry. Or 'pretend to cry.'"It's a possibility if you're pregnant. But your hCG can be detected for at least four to six weeks after you miscarry." I'm getting very impatient and very angry. I can't believe what this bitch just did."You told me you were pregnant two days ago.""No I didn't," she denies it. I'm about to lose my shit. SHE FUCKING TOLD ME TWO DAYS AGO!"Okay, there is some sort of denial or disagreement between you and I won't meddle into that, but the fact is, if there's no significant hCG at this point, there's no baby, and most likely there was no baby in the first place. Now that we've sorted that out, our plan is to assess the alcohol issue. We don't know if therapy will be required but the fact that you were drinking on the job is a serious matter." With that information, I bolt out of the hospital. Cameras are chasing me everywhere asking questions."Taylor, Taylor can you tell us what's going on?""Taylor, is Amy alright?""What about the baby?"Usually I dodge these guys as much as possible but this time, I'll make a statement. "Amy was never pregnant. She fabricated a lie. Tonight, she was out on the job intoxicated and her ambulance hit a firetruck. The doctor says the medical team was not finished examining all the firefighters and paramedics involved but my thoughts are with them and their families. I hope everyone is okay, and that they can return home to their loved ones." I've never felt so free until I finish my last sentence. And I walk out with my pride.************************************************************************************************************After twenty seven long chapters, this story is almost at its end. There may be a max of two more chapters but it's most likely that there will only be one more. It's taken me almost a full year to write this story it's insane. And the more than 5K reads I'm freaking out. It's still unbelievable to me I never even thought I'd get 5 reads let alone 5K. You guys are too good to me and I wanna say thanks to whoever even read a word of what I wrote. Thank you so so much. I love you bunches and to those writers who are reading my stuff, keep writing. Your LG stories are perfection. I love them all. By the way, I made a new fic. It's called Missed and it's a Gaga story. A pretty cool idea inspired by a TV show one of my cousins was telling me about. Anyway, check it out, and if you do happen to read it, let me know how you like it because I wanna know if I should do anything to improve it or if I should stop it.Until the next update,xohausofa