》Alishia《

We were going to the hospital for a check-up, because I was going to give birth in a week, when...

- Water... - I whispered

- Are you thirsty? - Michael asked and reached for the bottle

- No! My waters broke! I'm giving birth!

- Right now?

- Yes, now!

- Bill, How long to the hospital? - Michael asked

- More than an hour. It is better to call an ambulance. We won't arrive on time...

- So what do we do? - he asked

- Nothing. We will deliver the baby. - Bill said as he stopped the car

We were standing in the middle of nowhere.

- Are you making a fool of me? - Michael asked

- You are both secret agents. You can handle it, I'm calling for help.

》Michael《

Bill spoke to the 911 operator, and I was sentenced to deliver the baby...

I helped Alishia undress from the waist down

Alishia was screaming like I don't know what...

- Alish, you can do it, push. - I said

- And what do you think I'm doing?!

- Then come more. Great... it's coming out... I see a head...

A few minutes later I heard crying...

I delivered a baby, although I don't know how...

The ambulance arrived about 20 minutes after Alishia gave birth...

We had a baby girl...

I was smeared with blood, but I didn't mind because I was too excited to deliver the baby...

***

At the hospital, they told me that Alishia and the baby might not have survived if we hadn't stopped...

The little one weighed 2.8 kg (6,173 lbs)...

Everything was fine and we were able to go home...

We named our daughter Abigail, as a tribute of sorts to the paramedic girl who cut the umbilical cord and was with Alish and our daughter in the ambulance.

I didn't take credit for the fact that my wife and daughter were alive, I attributed it to paramedic Abigail

***

We returned home 5 hours after we left for the hospital.

I sent the car to be washed and took care of the family myself

Mia took Abigail in her arms

- She's so tiny... - she said.

- You were like that too... - I said and started crying... I had a picture of Izabell dying in front of my eyes, and all I could do was watch and hold my newborn daughter... - You were so tiny too... you didn't weigh much more...

- How much?

- Give Abi to Alishia and I'll show you how much.

I took Mia to the kitchen and took two 1.5l (50.721 fl oz) bottles of Water and one 0.5l (16.907 fl oz) bottle

- Hold it - I handed her the bottles - That's how much you weighed. 3.5kg.

- Alishia was due to give birth in a week

- I know, but Abi decided she was going to be born today

***

In the evening, before going to bed, Alishia and I decided to de-stress in the bathtub. Alish was leaning against me

- I guess you were right with that brain... I feel different now than I did when Mia was born

- Michael, first of all, you are now 31 years old, secondly, you already have one child, thirdly, you have delivered the baby yourself, and fourthly, I am alive

- I love you... horribly... I'd kill myself if I lost you... I pretended to be strong for Mia, but I cried at nights... It was only thanks to you that I got myself together... When I saw you, something in me snapped, something changed...

- You fell in love and that's it

- When I saw Joseph raping you... If it wasn't him, I'd shoot a jerk in the head who dared to hurt you... but I took pity on him, for my mother...

- Maybe if he had shot right away, he wouldn't have broken my arms...

- Probably... Look... We met 2.5 years ago and now we have a baby...

- Two children. I love Mia like my own daughter...

- Thank you... I thought that I would never find one that would not only appeal to my daughter, but also love her... everyone I've slept with since Izabell's death wanted to get rid of Mia and thus have the sole right to my inheritance... I stopped one at the last minute... she wanted to inject something into Mia... When I checked what it was... The smallest dose kills... it was liquid rat poison... I asked my doctor... it was in such a concentration that with Mia's weight and height, even 1ml would have killed her...

- You saved me, me, Olivia, Ivonne, that would-be suicide... now also Abi

- Is it my fault that Abi decided that she was going to be born today?

- No, and not mine. I admire you... Most fathers would panic

- I was panicked... But I had to pull myself together so I wouldn't lose you too

- That's why you looked like a surgeon after an operation?

- Yes... Did you think what someone who has just delivered a baby looks like?

- Right... My hero...

- What a hero I am...

- And who else would climb over the balcony railing on the eighth floor to save a stranger?

- Maybe you're right... But you know very well that I have three lives... I don't want to combine my stage career with my family life and my work as an agent.

- I know, honey... I noticed it when you shot Joseph... When he ran out of the bedroom, you stopped being an agent.... you were so caring...

- Like me and my siblings, you became Joseph's victim. I wanted to protect you from what we've been through

- You didn't have a reason to... I was a toy for 7 years... In fact, only your father allowed me to work normally...

- He wanted to gain your trust... after a year, he would imprison you...

- Maybe... but you showed up and saved me...

- Yes, but you are the daughter-in-law of your abuser

- It doesn't matter. But I'm my savior's wife - She turned to face me - I want to have more children with you.

- For now, recover from childbirth... I don't want anything to happen to you... I've lost Isabell... I can't lose you either...

- Isabell watches over you and Mia... I'm sure she's proud of you for doing well even though she's no longer with us.

- She probably is... but I miss she... I can't live without her

- You still live

- 'Cause I've got you... If I hadn't met you, I'd probably have ended up with myself.

- And what with your daughter?

- I left the care of her to my mother or Janet... I needed love... I just wanted to have support, someone who would love me... maybe if Isabell was alive and we were only divorced, it would be easier for me to take it mentally

- Maybe, but now you've got me... We can handle it.

- You don't even know how happy it is for me to have you by my side.