~~Alex~~A few hours later felt like a lifetime. Every second stretched, every beep from the monitors in my head, every footstep down the sterile hallway, every muffled sound from the OR etched into my nerves.Then the doors swung open. James stepped out, mask off, glasses pushed up, and there it was… a smile. One of those rare, calm, “it’s going to be okay” smiles that made your chest ache all over again.All around him, my parent, techs, and even Dahlia and Madam Hale, frozen in tension, looked at him. I couldn’t move. My heart pounded like it was trying to escape my chest.“Alex,” James said, voice steady but lighter than before. “Surprisingly… your two babies are fighters.”I blinked. My mouth went dry. “What… what do you mean?”James shook his head with a faint laugh, relief visible on his face. “It turns out your baby boy’s heartbeat was unstable all this time. That’s why I thought he was gone. He’s… he was born unhealthy, fragile, but he’s in the incubator. With care, he’ll pul
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