Chapter 120

Mecael

My entire body froze. The air in the hospital became too dense to get through my nostrils. My chest felt like it was constricting more and more as each second passed.

She started with an apology. That's what people start with when things don't go well. When the next words will stab you in a way you won't be able to survive.

Sorry. That's how everyone starts.

"She…the baby…"

I grabbed his shoulders and pulled her to me. She yelped but did not fight me.

"Get. To. The. Point." I gritted.

"The baby could not survive." My eyes pierced into hers. "His lungs were underdeveloped and the brain…"

No.

I let go of her. She stumbled back but Alex caught her in time before she ended up on the floor.

The prayers did not work. Jokes on me for thinking the prayers of a sinful man could ever be answered. Shame on me for even going before God, taking my requests to him.

This is all my fault. If only I had kept myself pure,no bloodshed,no gambling,no nothing. Maybe then my prayers would have been