When I first told him I was pregnant his reaction had shocked me deeply. He accused me of trying to trap him with a baby that would slow down his career, and only a month later he filed for divorce before disappearing from my life completely.
Thirty minutes passed quietly inside the hospital room while the soft breathing of my daughter filled the silence. I drifted in and out of sleep until the door suddenly flew open with such force that several nurses outside gasped in surprise.
My mother stood from the chair beside the bed while turning toward the entrance in confusion. Before anyone could speak Travis rushed into the room looking pale and frantic as if he had been running for miles.
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