Chapter 2
Five Months Later
Ivy had no idea that she was five months pregnant until she started to feel something.
Ivy: Ethan! Come quick! I feel funny! Something's coming out of me! What's happening to me?!
Ethan: Oh No! Ivy, are you pregnant?
Ivy: No way! I can't be!
Ivy gets faint and lies down on the couch. Suddenly, she feels a contraction.
Ivy: Oh my gosh! I am pregnant! This feels just like what I had you, Ethan!
Ethan: Golly, mother! We need to get you to the hospital.
Ivy: Call 911!
Ethan calls 911 and an ambulance arrives in mere moments. The paramedics rush Ivy to the hospital. Ethan calls Sam and tells him the news.
Sam: Oh my golly gosh! Gee willikers! Pregnant? And she didn't even know it?!
Ethan: No. She didn't know about it until just a few moments ago! And the baby is coming right now!
Sam: Right now!? But it's so premature! It's too early!
Ethan: What do you mean, Sam?
Sam: Oh nothing. I didn't mean anything.
Sam's inner dialogue: I guess my marriage with Grace is over. I'm going to have to divorce Grace, the love of my life, to marry Ivy and raise our child.
At the hospital, Ivy has given birth to a very premature baby. She weighs one pound and three ounces.
Sam walks into Ivy's hospital room and sees Ivy holding their newborn baby.
Sam: Wow! That's my daughter. She's tiny!
Ivy: I think we should name her Corrie Hope Bennett.
Sam: It's a perfect name.
Sam goes to hold his new daughter and suddenly she stops breathing. She has a big strong cry after she's born.
Sam sits down by Ivy's bed and starts to cry. Everything has changed so quickly.
Dr. Russell runs into the room and takes her to the incubator, in intensive care. She is hooked up to tubes and machines. She gets put into the ICU.
The Next Day
Ethan walks into the hospital room with Theresa. Sam is already there.
Ethan: How's my baby sister?
Sam: Corrie isn't doing so well, Ethan. Her heart rate keeps dropping. We don't know if she's going to make it.
Theresa starts crying. Ethan looks worried. Sam is the saddest dad in the world.
Sam: The doctors are doing everything they can.
Ethan: We've got to believe she can make it.
Theresa: She'll make it! I know she will.
Ivy gets released from hospital, but Corrie has to stay in Intensive Care. Everyone is worried.
Four and a Half Months Later
Corrie is still in the hospital. Sam and Ivy have been visiting her every day, but they haven't held her yet. The doctors keep telling them they will soon, but for now she's too fragile to touch.
Sam, Ivy, and Ethan enter Corrie's hospital room.
Dr. Russel: Good news, folks. Baby Corrie is finally healthy enough to be held. Ivy, you can pick up your baby now.
Ivy picks up Corrie for the first time. She hold her in her arms, kisses her tiny baby cheeks and starts to cry tears of joy. Ivy passes Corrie over to Sam. Sam is holding his baby daughter as in the background Celine Dion sings 'Miracle.' Dr. Russel stands by and lets the family enjoy this moment.
Sam and Ivy leave the hospital heading home once more without their little girl. Upon arriving home Ivy decides to take a nap. Upon falling asleep Ivy begins to dream that Corrie gets kidnapped by Grace from the hospital. Grace does this because she is jealous that Ivy took Sam away from her. Grace and David think Corrie is their baby instead of Sam and Ivy's. The doctor tells them, "Get well folks. You are good to go after you sign the insurance paperwork to release Corrie." When Sam turns his back, Grace quickly steals the baby! When Ivy and Sam return they see that Corrie is missing and they are horrified. They are suspicious that Grace was the one who kidnapped her but they have no proof. It was Grace's plan all along to steal Corrie as revenge for Ivy taking Sam away from her.
"Where's my baby?!" screams Ivy. "Where's my daughter?!" yells Sam to Doctor Eve. Luis hears the commotion coming from the discharge station and begins to investigate. "What's going on?" asks Luis. Sam replies, "Corrie is missing from the hospital. I think Grace took her!"
Meanwhile Grace plans to take Corrie to Bermuda where she thinks no one will find them. Though as soon as she tries to leave the hospital Corrie's security bracelet starts to sound and the whole floor goes on lockdown. Doctor Eve is the first one to reach them and immediately snatches the baby away. Security quickly captures Grace while Corrie is being returned to her rightful parents.
Ivy is awoken by the ringing telephone. It's calling to inform her that Corrie is ready to finally be taken home.
