All Chapters of Drengr: Chapter 111 - Chapter 114

Four months later…“Hey,” I answered my phone. I was standing in line at the grocery store waiting to pay and I wondered what she’d forgotten this time. It had happened a few times and two weeks earlier, she’d actually phoned me three times while I was doing the grocery shopping.For the past four months, I hadn’t really let her out of my sight. It wasn’t paranoia, but guilt. I hadn’t left Seward and when I had to leave the house, the alarm system was on and my phone was open on the camera app that I checked every few seconds.“Don’t freak out,” she said.“I never freak out,” I said and smiled.“My water broke and I’m on my way to the hospital,” she said.“What?” I asked her loudly and three people ahead of me turned around to look at me.“I’m driving to the hospital so when you’re done with the groceries–”“You’re driving yourself to the hospital?” I yelled at her and more people looked at me. I left the cart in the queue and started running toward my car. I drove to the hospital an

That unexpected twist. Life is full of them. My unexpected twist came in the form of Charlotte dying a few hours after bringing Tala into the world. It’s been four days and I’m functioning on autopilot.That night I brought Tala home and I sat beside her crib until the following morning, making sure nothing happened to her during the night. The most awful moment was when William woke up and I had to tell him that Charlotte was gone.He sat on my lap in that rocking chair next to Tala’s crib and we cried. Jessica stopped by every day and sat with Tala so I could shower and I cried as I stood under the water. Everything smelled like her, everything reminded me of her, especially Tala. She had Charlotte’s dark hair and she smelled like her too.“He should hire someone to help him with Tala.” I heard Jessica say to Malachi downstairs in the kitchen as I sat on my bed.“Give him time,” Malachi said. Time. Time wouldn’t heal this. Nothing could take this pain away. I put my suit on and wen