Page 106 of Rebel Heart
“Beau. Beau Easton.”
I was saying the words, but nothing was registering. All I wanted was her. My sweet, sweet Jules. I wanted us to be back at home, warm in our bed.
“Beau, is there someone we can call to wait with you?”
I swallowed roughly. “I have to call her family.”
“Would you like me to call them?”
Shaking my head, I pulled her phone out of my pocket. “I’ll do it. Where can I go to wait for her?”
“Come with me.”
The second I was inside the private waiting room, I went through the list of contacts on her phone, found the name I was looking for, and tapped on the screen.
It rang three times before Liam’s groggy voice came through the line. “Jules?”
“It’s Beau.”
He was immediately alert. “What happened?”
“I’m at the hospital with her.”
“Is she okay?”
My throat was painfully tight. “She… She woke up in terrible pain. She thinks she’s losing the baby.”
“Fuck,” he hissed. “Does anyone else know?”
He couldn’t see me, but I was shaking my head. “No. You’re the first person I called. I… I can’t do this again. Can you please let the rest of her family know?”
“Yeah, Beau. Sure. I can do that for you. Layla and I are on the way. We’ll be there soon.”
I barely had the strength to respond. “Thanks.”
I didn’t wait for an answer before I disconnected the call, collapsed into the nearest chair, and sobbed.
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I could sitfor only so long.
Whether it was the panic, fear, or some other physical response to the absolute despair I felt, I needed to be up. To be moving.
Time passed. Seconds. Minutes. Had it been hours?
It felt like an eternity.
My pacing came to a halt, and I lifted one hand into my hair while the other came to the back of my neck. If I didn’t get any answers soon, I was sure to go out of my mind.
Just then, the door to the waiting room flung open. Hope surged in my chest, expecting to see a doctor striding in to tell me that my wife and unborn child were fine. That they were going to be okay.
But I had no such luck.
My eyes landed on the concerned, terrified faces of Liam, Layla, Tate, and Ava. I took one look at them and lost it all over again.
“Oh no,” Ava murmured. A moment later, she was at my side, her arms around me, and my body shook harder with my grief.
