Innocence of Love Read Free

appeared to be harder for Calvin to digest. She empathised more than he could imagine of his grief.
    Watching Kacey wiggling her legs and arms made her heart skip beats. Admiring Kacey with her thick dark hair, mesmerized when she opened her eyes. Big beautiful brown eyes like her own, thankfully not blue like her father, boy did she hate Rob for everything he’d put her through. Not once did he show an ounce of care, using her when it suited him and she’d been too dumb to ever notice. However, she guessed she spent most of their relationship high on drugs, drunk, or both sometimes. It hadn’t come to her attention how bad he’d been until sober, suddenly observing more watching his pathetic ways, what a beast he really was.
    She saw her bundle looking at her. She hitched her breath tears filled her eyes, not believing how beautiful her daughter was. She remained staring into her big brown eyes, so innocent, she was her innocence of love, no questioning it.
    She watched Kacey close her eyes. She admired her tiny framed body attached to pads and IV lines really wanting her to grow and get as strong as possible so they could leave here to be a family. Only where would home be? Yes, her parents had said they would help her, but would they stick to their word? Her mum had let her down so many times trusting her would be a major issue, and it would take a while for her ever to rekindle what they use to have, if ever.
    Sophie went to express her milk and afterwards helped the nurse tube feed. She smiled just delighted to be helping in any way possible.
    “How are you feeling?” the nurse asked whilst doing observations on her little bundle.
    “Scared, pretty useless,” she added, admiring her daughter.
    “Trust me, you’re giving her the best medicine. It is always hard for any parent to stand next to their child’s incubator. The days feel like forever, and your mind is constantly worrying whether they will be okay, she is doing remarkably well,” the nurse said.
    Sophie lifted her head to peer at the woman while checking on the monitors.
    “Thank you,” she said, unsure there was anything else to say.
    “It will be okay, it just takes some adapting,” she said when something caught the nurses attention over Sophie’s shoulder.
    Sophie turned her head, hoping Calvin had returned. She overlooked her right shoulder to the direction the nurse had been gazing only to see her parents.
    Sophie swallowed hard. They both gazed at her like they had something to say. She wondered what happened once she’d left them to talk. The thing was Sophie didn’t even feel remorse for bringing Sabastian up, after all no matter how her mother wished to dress it up, or regretted the fact Sophie continued with her pregnancy, the fact Sabastian’s alive and not all that far away.
    She gulped hard forcing bile down her throat, wishing Calvin would put in an appearance. He was missing like water out a river, the sky without the sun. She needed him, yearned for him, but he needed urgent time and space, he had much to deal with.
    “We’re going to leave, Sophie,” spoke her father. “We have a few things we need to discuss, and this isn’t the right place to be doing it,” he said.
    Her dad walked toward her reaching his right hand out to touch her shoulder.
    Sophie stared at her dad. She inhaled a deep breath seeing the tension in his eyes.
    “Okay,” she said, delighted they were going to take the matter elsewhere, even though they had been talking for ages in the accommodation.
    “We will come back when we have cleared a few matters up. I feel this might take some time,” he announced, stepping toward her.
    Sophie gulped. She licked her lips. “Sure.”
    She noticed her mum already edging toward the main door of neonatal. Her mum tired and riddled in guilt.
    “Dad,” Sophie said, her mouth filled with saliva, she swallowed.
    He turned around to look at her.
    “Please don’t be mad at her,” she voiced, unsure why the