Single Heart Novels & Stories

] [He's just such a tiny thing… But holding him in my arms, I thought for a split second I should do everything for him and Sue. [But that was the moment the doctor told me about his congenital heart defect.] [30th September. I'm marrying for Nathan's sake, but I'm not marrying Sue.] [But I'm going to be a good husband to Sue and a good father to Nathan.] The pen was pushed so hard on the paper for that last line that it almost tore through it. I couldn't help smiling wryly.

“Same depth, same angle, same contrast. He’s… worse.” “Don’t editorialize,” Lyra said absently. “You’re not paid to panic.” The tech made a noncommittal noise and retreated, leaving her alone with the images. She tapped the screen, cycling through views. Angled slices of his heart appeared—short axis, long axis, four-chamber, two-chamber. No matter how she looked at it, the story was the same: progressive conduction system damage. His heart was a traitor. Slow, insidious.

—I smiled with tight lips and lightly slapped his somewhat rough cheek —"But seriously, Jax, why are you doing this? You're young, how old are you to be already involved in so much shit?" I managed to distance myself a bit, and as I sat next to him on the fabric sofa, my heart began to normalize its rhythm; I crossed my legs and let my hands fall on my thighs, looking at the television. An uncomfortable silence had settled in, and the television without volume didn't help.

No one has taken the time to share details of his illness with him. He thinks it is to do with the bond between his parents, a punishment for his mother not being the luna…I guess as he spends his days thinking about superheroes then that would be a reasonable explanation. “Athan, let me talk to you for a second. Has anyone spoken with you about a heart defect called a murmur?” “Erm, no.” “I think that’s what you have.” “What is it?” He looks up at me with so much trust that it twists my own heart.

I shrugged, trying to make him feel better. “No, you don’t understand. I don’t believe I even have a heart in my rib. I’ve never experienced my heartbeat my whole life.” He placed his hand on his chest. "See? No heart beat. Mom and other people confirmed it many years ago. I'm not just heartless as an adjective, but physical am.” I shook my head and chuckled. “That's not possible.” I placed my hand on his chest and the feeling of his heart beat was very soothing. “I can feel your heartbeat.” I lifted his hand and placed it on his chest to make him feel his heartbeat as well.

"Yes, Aella. You are my heartbeat. How can one survive without a heart?" "I love you Ace; I love the way you love Mia. You are such a good father." "I love you too Aella, and thank you for giving me, Mia" "Well, that explains why I ended up with baby number two." I laugh, kissing my wife. "Let me show you how much I have missed you." She is mine, she is my heartbeat, and as long as my heart keeps beating, I will know that she is mine. And at that moment, surrounded by Aella's smile and love, I knew strongly that our love would outlast even the setting sun.

"Our relationship was not that easy as well. Heartly has a Chronic Heart Disease that could attack anytime. Her life is always at risk and she needed assistance every time and wherever she is in case she would have a heart attack. I witnessed how she suffered in several heart attacks before and I almost lost her for how many times, that's why I am working hard to pursue my study as a medical student and to work hard for her." I stared at him as she stared at Heartly who was still laughing with Zhanaia and Caroline at their table. I heard Caroline mention my name so I looked at them as well with my brows creased. Zhanaia glanced at us and smiled when she saw us looking at them. I just sighed

I said, squeezing her hand. “So, I’m a twin. Is it just the one heart?” Kimi asked. We’d chatted a little about the possibility of her having twins at some point, since she herself is a twin. “I’ll look, but this early is hard to tell.” He moved the wand around her lower stomach, and only ever found the one baby’s heart. “As far as I can hear, there is just one baby in there. “Thank goodness,” Nate sighed. “I’m barely keeping it together with just one kid.”

He snapped. "True, I said that.” The doctor said, pulling up his glasses as though he was going to read out his next words to us. His eyes went over all of us before he finally continued. “Jordan has a rare congenital heart condition. It’s something that has probably been there lying dormant for years, but about a year and half ago, it started showing signs. Jordan had his first attack, was rushed here immediately, and when we managed to stabilize him, we told him how serious this is. Over the last year, his heart has been weakening and now, it has reached a critical stage.”

she said, which was the name Kia had given at the door. "Yes," Kia said. "I need to ask you something," Sable said, "and I need you to answer me honestly because it affects how I help you." "Alright," Kia said carefully. "The heartbeats," Sable said slowly. "They are not irregular exactly. They are strong, very strong for this stage, stronger than any twins I have listened to in forty years of practice and there is something in the interval between them.. "This will sound unusual." "I have a high threshold for unusual," Kia said.