Always Been Yours

Tessa chuckled. Nicholas headed to the basement parking lot with an affectionate

smile. Now that his father had left, Gregory happily took Tessa’s hand and fretted over

her. “Are you tired, Mommy?”

“I’m not tired.” Tessa shook her head with a smile. Gregory continued, “Then, are you

thirsty? I’ll give you some water.”

He took off the little water bottle he had on him. Tessa’s eyes glinted mischievously as

she watched Gregory doing his best to take care of her.

“You can drink the water, sweetheart. Mommy’s not thirsty,” she said as she pushed

the bottle. toward Gregory. Gregory lowered his head despondently.

Tessa burst out in laughter when she saw his reaction. She had figured out what he

was up to earlier. He was probably jealous after seeing Nicholas kissing her.

Thus, she bent down and cupped his cheeks to kiss him. “You’re such a good boy,

sweetheart.” Gregory was startled but he soon started grinning. “You’re the best too,

Mommy.”

He tiptoed and kissed Tessa’s cheek as well. The mother-and-son duo was full of

laughter as they waited by the hospital

phone started ringing with a

today and was worried about

say? Is the baby in the right position?” “Almost. The doctor

a little. longer, but it

the good

baby’s position

While the two siblings were talking, a

barreling toward the hospital entrance. Tessa didn’t

realized that

His eyed widened with fear when he saw the van hurtling straight at them,

at once. “Watch

looked up instinctively and saw the van that was rapidly

and

a flash, Gregory fell backward onto the

what was happening. he heard a

flew some distance away

out all around them. “Oh,

a

bleeding! What

ground as the agonizing

entire body. It was so painful that her mind

as white as

kept gushing out from her, and soon,

around when he witnessed this scene. His heart

beating for