by Claire Thake
“Leah think about it, another little you or little me! We're not getting any younger and you are an amazing mother.
Leah took in a deep breath, trying to get over the shock, smiling and nodding, not trusting herself to speak without blubbing like a baby.
Before Leah had a chance to speak the house phone starting to ring, Leah was going to just leave it to ring, but Ryan jumped up and grabbed the receiver.
“Okay, okay calm down and speak slowly,” Ryan said and look of shock on his face, before passing the phone over to Leah.
“Hello?”
“Leah it's me, I’m sorry I know you had plans tonight, but I didn’t know who to call,”
“Carrie, its fine, calm down what's the matter, slow down.”
“It's Jason Leah, he's in the hospital, he got into a fight with Lacey’s new boyfriend over Mia and fell and hit his head on the pavement, they have put him in a coma to help his brain repair.”
“Okay Carrie, where are you? I will leave and come to you,”
After getting all of the details from Carrie, Leah hung up the phone and turned to Ryan,
“I’m so sorry Ry, Carrie's brothers in hospital,”
“Leah it's fine, she needs you I totally understand, what happened?"
"I don't know all of it, but she said something about Jason getting into a fight with his ex's new boyfriend, over his daughter. He hit his head on the pavement and the hospital has put him in an induced coma,"
"Jeez, okay stop standing around here and go! Just keep me informed and don’t worry okay. I love you,”
Leah kissed Ryan before running up the stairs to throw some clothes, and essentials in a bag, before saying an apologetic goodbye to Ryan and climbing in her car to drive to Carrie.
TO BE CONTINUED….
Acknowledgements
I owe thanks to so many people! Firstly to my wonderful family, my husband Del and my three beautiful daughters, you inspired me to fulfil my dream. To my fantastic Mum and Dad, thank you for all your support.
To the Booky Ramblings Team! Thank you Shona and Lisa for bringing me on board and pushing my love of books and reading, without you this would never have been possible.
My fantastic beta readers: Carrie Broadley, Nikki Palmer and Becky Formby-Westall; thank you for all your help and encouragement despite the long wait!
I would also like to say a big thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the book! Please would you consider leaving a review if possible.
About The Author
Claire has always had a dream to write and publish a novel, but despite stopping and starting several times, did not make her dream a reality until she made the decision to participate in NaNoWriMo 2014, where she succeeded to complete the 50k words challenge. Her debut novel Revive was published in January 2015.
Claire currently lives in Rochester in Kent, with her husband and three daughters.
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