her. Brynn was horrified. Jane was her closest friend. She was the one who saw her through when Adam was gone, and Rose was dying. Jane helped pave the way for Adam to come home, and she took care of Brynn when Brynn couldn’t take care of herself. And now it was Jane’s day, and Brynn failed her… again.
Brynn was indebted to Jane in the same way that she was indebted to Adam. They both had brought her out of the darkness, and she loved her friend with all of her heart.
Before Jane, Brynn only had one friend in all of her life, but now Stacy was gone, murdered by her husband’s lover. Now Jane was her very best friend, and only the second real friend she’d ever had.
“Oh, Adam! The baby!” she cried. “…and Jane!”
“Jane is fine sweetheart,” Adam said smoothing her hair, which instantly calmed her. He knew just how to touch her to make her feel better. “She understands. She said she could postpone it, but I told her to just go ahead. This isn’t our day. It’s her day. She said it wouldn’t be the same without you.”
Brynn cried. She was looking forward to seeing her friend get married and finally find her happiness. Jane had come to work at Brynn’s restaurant years before and was broke, overwhelmed, and grieving the loss of her husband from stomach cancer. Brynn helped her get on her feet and find hope again.
Now, Jane and her two girls were finally getting the happiness they deserved. Ryan was a great guy, and he loved them all so much. Brynn was so happy for her friend.
A nurse came into the room and started checking the monitors and wires efficiently. She smiled politely at Brynn and asked her how she was feeling. Brynn said she was fine. Brynn always said she was fine, even when she wasn’t.
“How is my baby?” she asked, afraid of the answer. She was trying to live life unafraid for the first time ever, but this was a new kind of terror.
“Oh, the baby is fine. Don’t worry, the doctor will talk to you when she gets in,” the nurse smiled and patted Brynn’s arm softly. Brynn sighed with relief.
When the nurse left, Brynn looked at Adam, her eyes filled with questions.
“She’s in the waiting room,” Adam said, answering her first one. “She felt bad about shocking you the way that she did, but refused to leave.”
Brynn was quiet. She didn’t know what she would do with this woman in her life after all this time. Brynn didn’t know this woman, and didn’t know if she even wanted to… After all, this woman hadn’t wanted her before, abandoning her as a toddler, leaving Brynn to fend for herself. Brynn broke her leg, and she had nearly starved to death trying to look for her mother.
Now that Brynn was about to have her own baby, she couldn’t even imagine leaving her child behind. She had been terrified to become pregnant, but now that she was, she was terrified that some harm would come to her baby. She couldn’t even imagine a circumstance in which she would walk away from her child now.
Brynn looked down at her belly and smiled. She loved her baby with something inside of her that she hadn’t even known existed. It was as though the moment she knew she was pregnant, a switch turned on. Now she thought it had been so silly to be afraid of motherhood. Protecting her child and caring for it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to do.
“What does she want?” Brynn asked even though she knew that Adam wouldn’t know the answer.
“I don’t know, sweetheart.” Adam was asking himself the same question. While Ellie seemed concerned about Brynn, there was something in her demeanor that appeared detached. It made him uncomfortable.
His first impression of Ellie was unsettling, even though she was making every attempt to be friendly. Adam thought that he should give her a chance, but he couldn’t shake the uneasiness. “Don’t worry about that right now. I just want you to get some sleep. Please rest. The baby needs it, and so do you.”
Suddenly
Brynn was indebted to Jane in the same way that she was indebted to Adam. They both had brought her out of the darkness, and she loved her friend with all of her heart.
Before Jane, Brynn only had one friend in all of her life, but now Stacy was gone, murdered by her husband’s lover. Now Jane was her very best friend, and only the second real friend she’d ever had.
“Oh, Adam! The baby!” she cried. “…and Jane!”
“Jane is fine sweetheart,” Adam said smoothing her hair, which instantly calmed her. He knew just how to touch her to make her feel better. “She understands. She said she could postpone it, but I told her to just go ahead. This isn’t our day. It’s her day. She said it wouldn’t be the same without you.”
Brynn cried. She was looking forward to seeing her friend get married and finally find her happiness. Jane had come to work at Brynn’s restaurant years before and was broke, overwhelmed, and grieving the loss of her husband from stomach cancer. Brynn helped her get on her feet and find hope again.
Now, Jane and her two girls were finally getting the happiness they deserved. Ryan was a great guy, and he loved them all so much. Brynn was so happy for her friend.
A nurse came into the room and started checking the monitors and wires efficiently. She smiled politely at Brynn and asked her how she was feeling. Brynn said she was fine. Brynn always said she was fine, even when she wasn’t.
“How is my baby?” she asked, afraid of the answer. She was trying to live life unafraid for the first time ever, but this was a new kind of terror.
“Oh, the baby is fine. Don’t worry, the doctor will talk to you when she gets in,” the nurse smiled and patted Brynn’s arm softly. Brynn sighed with relief.
When the nurse left, Brynn looked at Adam, her eyes filled with questions.
“She’s in the waiting room,” Adam said, answering her first one. “She felt bad about shocking you the way that she did, but refused to leave.”
Brynn was quiet. She didn’t know what she would do with this woman in her life after all this time. Brynn didn’t know this woman, and didn’t know if she even wanted to… After all, this woman hadn’t wanted her before, abandoning her as a toddler, leaving Brynn to fend for herself. Brynn broke her leg, and she had nearly starved to death trying to look for her mother.
Now that Brynn was about to have her own baby, she couldn’t even imagine leaving her child behind. She had been terrified to become pregnant, but now that she was, she was terrified that some harm would come to her baby. She couldn’t even imagine a circumstance in which she would walk away from her child now.
Brynn looked down at her belly and smiled. She loved her baby with something inside of her that she hadn’t even known existed. It was as though the moment she knew she was pregnant, a switch turned on. Now she thought it had been so silly to be afraid of motherhood. Protecting her child and caring for it seemed like the most natural thing in the world to do.
“What does she want?” Brynn asked even though she knew that Adam wouldn’t know the answer.
“I don’t know, sweetheart.” Adam was asking himself the same question. While Ellie seemed concerned about Brynn, there was something in her demeanor that appeared detached. It made him uncomfortable.
His first impression of Ellie was unsettling, even though she was making every attempt to be friendly. Adam thought that he should give her a chance, but he couldn’t shake the uneasiness. “Don’t worry about that right now. I just want you to get some sleep. Please rest. The baby needs it, and so do you.”
Suddenly
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