Love Unbreakable

She Woke Up Caught off guard, Nicole stumbled backward when Jarrod shoved her.

Her heel got stuck in the emergency exit door, causing her to fall hard onto the concrete.

The sound of her falling was a muffled thud, making it clear she'd taken a heavy fall.

Just as Nicole was gearing up to unleash a string of curses, a soft feminine voice wafted in from the outside.

"Jarrod, what brings you here?” It was unmistakably Jamie's voice.

Switching his attention from the door to Jamie, Jarrod answered softly, "I’m visiting a friend.

What's got you in the hospital?” Jamie caught a faint whiff of shower gel, and for a fleeting moment, her eyes flashed with barely noticeable malice.

"I'm a bit lightheaded, so I came to get checked out.” Jamie leaned against Jarrod's chest.

Jarrod gave her a quick look and asked, "Feeling worn out?" Without waiting for her response, he scooped her up into his arms.

"Hey, there are so many people coming and going here..." Jarrod's eyes settled on the now-shut emergency exit door, and a dark feeling began to stir within him.

"What's there to be scared of? I'm just holding my girl.

Who's going to object?" Blushing, Jamie wrapped her arms around his neck.

“You have no shame, do youe" With a grin, Jarrod patted her rear.

"I've seen you unfazed in far more brazen scenarios." Their conversation dwindled as they walked away, leaving Nicole alone, curled up behind the exit passage.

The back of her head and her elbow bore the brunt of her fall, both now pulsating with pain, making standing up a real struggle.

Only a few days had elapsed in their supposed three- year arrangement, and Nicole had already found it hard to endure.

Though Jarrod had vowed not to marry within their agreement, she still couldn't hold her head high.

She knew that, especially in front of Jamie, she could be cast aside at any moment.

Suddenly, the exit door swung open.

Nicole thought it was Jarrod and blurted out, “Aren't you supposed to be with her?" It fell quiet on the other end.

Lifting her gaze, she found not Jarrod, but a young doctor in a white coat, holding a cigarette and regarding her with a perplexed look.

Nicole hastily apologized.

"I'm sorry." "It's fine." The doctor glanced at his cigarette and then back at her, putting it out without a word.

footsteps approaching, Nicole knew she

mustered the strength to stand and

paces

young doctor steadied her, releasing her hand once she was

hand dismissively, remarking, "I can manage on my own, but thanks.” "Don't mention it.” A stone's throw away, Jarrod

another man not long after he

cooed, "We can leave now, Jarrod." Breaking his stare, Jarrod turned

found herself trapped

small silhouette stood with its back to her amid a seemingly

by some psychic connection, Raegan knew it was her

to close the gap, her feet felt

attempted to call out, but her vocal cords

her as she collapsed to her knees,

farther she reached, the more distant the child

spot, she beseechingly implored the

paused in the limitless white, and through the infinity of snow,

Raegan found she still

was only a

"Please...

into the distance until it was swallowed

the chilling clink of surgical instruments broke through, accompanied by

save the

the other injuries..." Frantically, she shook her head, her

away...” But her

icy grip of forceps removing

open by a dull blade, as she was

replaced by a shroud of darkness consuming

had been comatose

mutter incomprehensibly, at times feverish, and

relayed the doctor's diagnosis to Mitchel, the latter's already fragile heart was freshly

looked as though he had been dealt a crushing blow, his face marked by

the paternity test Raegan had entrusted him to monitor the accessing

went

you two, but I think you should

thing she would typically do.” Mitchel stared at the test results, revealing

had

indeed his own didn't surprise him

this time! He had questioned her,

most, he had cast her into a pit

hue, teetering on the edge of

unconscious, Mitchel found himself sitting alone on a bench outside the ICU, consumed by guilt every