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The Present Bites Back

Author: Wealth
last update publish date: 2026-05-03 04:19:00

Roberta's POV

The cab was still there when I pulled into the driveway.

The driver leaning against the door, arms crossed, watching my house like he wanted to leave.

I barely parked. The engine was still running when I ran.

“Ziva!”

The back door opened.

She stepped out slowly—one hand gripping the door, the other pressed to her hip like she was holding herself together.

Too pale.

Too small.

“Mommy.”

That was it.

I dropped to my knees and pulled her into me.

And she broke.

A sound tore out of he
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  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    The Present Bites Back

    Roberta's POV The cab was still there when I pulled into the driveway.The driver leaning against the door, arms crossed, watching my house like he wanted to leave.I barely parked. The engine was still running when I ran.“Ziva!”The back door opened.She stepped out slowly—one hand gripping the door, the other pressed to her hip like she was holding herself together.Too pale.Too small.“Mommy.”That was it.I dropped to my knees and pulled her into me.And she broke.A sound tore out of her shaking, and I held her tighter as my own tears came just as hard. We clung to each other, both of us crying like something inside us had finally given way.“I’m here—” I choked. “I’m here, I’m here baby.”She buried her face into my neck, her fingers clutching my shirt like if she let go, she’d disappear.I held her like I could put her back together.Like I could undo everything.Behind us, the driver didn’t move. He Just… watched.Like he had stumbled into something broken beyond fixing.I

  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    The Present Bites Back

    Roberta's POV The cab was still there when I pulled into the driveway.The driver leaning against the door, arms crossed, watching my house like he wanted to leave.I barely parked. The engine was still running when I ran.“Ziva!”The back door opened.She stepped out slowly—one hand gripping the door, the other pressed to her hip like she was holding herself together.Too pale.Too small.“Mommy.”That was it.I dropped to my knees and pulled her into me.And she broke.A sound tore out of her shaking, and I held her tighter as my own tears came just as hard. We clung to each other, both of us crying like something inside us had finally given way.“I’m here—” I choked. “I’m here, I’m here baby.”She buried her face into my neck, her fingers clutching my shirt like if she let go, she’d disappear.I held her like I could put her back together.Like I could undo everything.Behind us, the driver didn’t move. He Just… watched.Like he had stumbled into something broken beyond fixing.I

  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    Ten Minutes Too Late

    Connor was almost smiling, holding Ziva's iPad when he pushed open the door."I found it," he called out. "Ziva, I found your."Her bed was empty."A nurse was tucking the corner of the sheet.Connor stood in the doorway."Where is she?"The nurse glanced up. "Dr. Sammy discharged her about ten minutes ago. A cab took her home," the nurse added, turning back to the sheet.Connor felt the floor drop.""A cab?" His voice was very quiet. "She left in a cab." Then his voice rose. "She's post-operative. She had a hypotensive episode yesterday. She needs monitoring. She needs.""I just do what I'm told," the nurse said quietly.Connor was already moving.***He didn't knock."Sammy's office door swung open hard enough to hit the wall behind it. Sammy was at his desk, reading something on his screen. He looked up slowly."I see you've lost your mind," he said."You discharged her." Connor stepped inside and closed the door behind him. "You put a seven-year-old in a cab alone.""Her father re

  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    A Cab for the Spare Child

    Ziva's POV My eyes were so heavy. Like someone had tied weights to them. The ceiling blurred."BP dropping. Forty-four over twenty-eight.""Push another fluid bolus. Wide open.""Her heart rate is fifty and falling.""Atropine. 0.2 milligrams. Slow push."Something cold went into my IV. I felt it travel up my arm like a tiny river. My chest felt strange. "Ziva. Squeeze my hand."I tried. My fingers didn't move."Ziva."I heard the fear in his voice."Come on, kiddo. Squeeze. Just a little."I squeezed.It was barely anything, but Connor's whole body relaxed."That's it. That's my girl. Again."I squeezed again. Harder this time."BP coming up. Fifty-two over thirty."I heard feet running and voices overlapping, but Connor stayed beside me. His hand never left mine."You're doing so good," he said. "Just keep your eyes on me. Don't go to sleep yet.""Mommy," I whispered."Mommy's coming. I called her myself. She's driving as fast as she can."I believed him. I had to."The second bag

  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    Call My Mommy

    The first thing I noticed was the ceiling.It was white. Not a nice white — not like my bedroom ceiling. This white was flat and hard, and the light coming from it didn't have any warmth in it at all. It just pressed down.I blinked.My eyes felt thick. Like when you sleep too long and everything takes too much effort.I blinked again.There was a sound— a beep that came at even spaces and then sometimes didn't. I listened to it for a while before I understood it was coming from beside me. A machine. Wires going somewhere. I followed them with my eyes and found my own hand at the end of them, taped up.My throat was very dry. I tried to sit up."The pain came so fast and so big that I made a sound. It came from deep in my hip, down through my leg, a dull, heavy thing that sat in my bones like stones.I stopped moving.I lay very still and breathed through my mouth and waited for it to go back to wherever it lived.It didn't go all the way back. It just got quieter."Hey." A voice. Ca

  • HIS FORSAKEN WIFE HIS GREATEST REGRET    The Moment I Stopped Being His Child

    Ziva's POV – Inside the Pre-Op BayThe curtain was thin.I heard everything.The iPad was on my chest, the red light still on. I pointed the camera toward the gap. Mommy would see. Mommy would know.I don't care about the risk.Daddy's voice. Cold. Like he was talking about a car. Not about me.I pressed my lips together. My eyes burned.That girl in there.He didn't say my name. He said that girl.Like I was a stranger. Like I was nothing.A tear slid down my cheek. I didn't wipe it. I didn't move.The iPad kept recording.At all cost. Even if it costs hers.Hers. Mine.Daddy was willing to let me die. So Nolan could live.I wanted Mommy. I wanted her arms around me. I wanted to go home. I needed to see Mommy. But I couldn't move. I couldn't make a sound.The iPad was warm against my chest. Still recording.Daddy had just paid money to save Nolan's life at the detriment of mine.Doctor Connor. Only Doctor Connor cared about me. He asked if my Daddy is really my Daddy. I also want to

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