In Love, Never Say Never

I nodded and took a deep breath. Having calmed down slightly, I asked Hannah, “Where are you now? Send me your address, and I’ll come over right away.”

“OK!’

After we’d ended the call, I found Ashton looking at me anxiously. “What’s going on?”

“I think Hannah’s going into labor. There’s no one with her right now, so I’m going over,” I said, already making a beeline to my wardrobe to change.

When I had finished, I saw Ashton waiting for me at the door with his car keys in hand.

I was startled but had no time to question him. We immediately got into the car and headed off towards the address Hannah had given.

On the way, I began dialing John. None of my calls were successful.

“Why isn’t John picking up?” I fretted.

Ashton continued driving, his eyes fixed serenely on the road. “Don’t get all flustered yet.”

I knew that I had to compose myself but couldn’t keep my hands from shaking. Hannah’s baby was only seven or eight months old. How can she suddenly be going into labor? Something must have gone wrong.

It was precisely at this crucial moment that John had chosen to go missing.

I considered briefly and decided to give Louis a call. It was quiet on his end of the line. Louis’ rich voice came through clearly. “Scarlett, what’s up?”

“Uncle Louis, where’s John? I think Hannah’s going into labor now. Can you reach him?” I asked hurriedly.

Louis paused, then said, “I’ll look into it. How’s Hannah doing?”

instinctively, then replied, “I’m still on my way over to her.

fret, my dear. Let me worry about getting in touch with John. Focus on getting Hannah to the hospital as soon as you

down the roads. He wrinkled his brow as if he was

“What’s wrong?” I prompted.

I’ll have to go down to take a look,”

yard with a puddle of blood forming beneath her. She looked rather dazed and

us, she heaved a sigh of relief. Then she fainted

the ER. It was only then that I let out the breath I’d been

only to see streaks of blood all over his body. His hands seemed dipped

down at his dreadful state. He then commented ruefully, “I’m fine! I’ll go back and

onto a chair along

from the last time I experienced a miscarriage washed over me like a flood,

worry,

my phone and called John again.

a woman’s voice, however, that answered. “Hello, Mr. Stovall is

voice

John on the

silence on the other end for a while.

hardened. “Get

Stovall’s really in the shower right now. I’ll be

her with a response. I flung the phone away from me without even hanging

sudden bout of

the phone. He deftly extracted the memory card, then

Joseph. Joseph arrived in no time at all, bearing an entirely