Hey all! Apologies for the delay - it was not intentional! I had to have surgery in June which did not go to plan and I suffered complications and I had to re-adjust to go back to work and get back into a rhythm again before I could sit down and write again. I'm due to have another surgery in the next two or three months so I thought I best get back into writing again. This story will be finished in the next couple of chapters so I hope you like it. I will also be working on 'The Fateful Watcher' so keep tuned into that. One story at a time!

CPOV

I'm waiting to for the fucking doctor to come out and tell me what's going on with Ana. I'm pacing up and down the hallway with Teddy on my shoulder. He is traumatised. I cannot wait for Leila to get what's coming to her. My poor little boy.

"Daddy - I want Mama, where's my Mama?" Teddy cries to me in frustration. "Mama is with the doctors because they are going to make her better. Don't worry. Everything will be fine." I reassure him. He looks at me with tears welled up.

"I want Mama. I want to make sure she is ok." He cries to me again and tucks his head into my neck. I rub his hair to help him calm down. I've been doing this for five hours. I'm going out of my mind. My Ana. We've only just reconnected. I don't want our time to be cut short. We need time together. We need to be a family.

"Anastasia Grey?" My head shoots to the direction of the doctor and race towards him. He looks at me skeptically. "You're next of kin?" I nod. "I'm her husband." You best tell me what's going on. I'm not going through this again.

"Mrs Grey suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen area. We managed to get the bullet out but she did start hamemorraghing during the surgery. Unfortunately we were not able to save the baby." My heart drops. Our poor baby. Poor Ana - she's going to be crushed.

"Is Ana ok?" I ask him. "She's ok - resting in recovery. We have not informed her yet about the baby. We feel it might not be wise to tell her until she is on the mend." The doctor informs me.

"I can't not tell her. It will devastate her if I'm not honest with her. I'll tell her. When can we see her? Our son needs his Mom." I state to the doctor.

"I'll take you to her now." He guides us through the door and the different hallways before we reach her room. I turn to Teddy. "Now, Teddy. We're going to see Mama but you need to be really gentle with her. She's got a booboo so you must not hurt her, ok?" Teddy nods eagerly. He really missed her. I open the door wary and see Ana sleeping, attached to an IV and a couple of monitors. She has an oxygen tube around her nose. I walk over to the seat next to Ana and put Teddy on the edge of the bed where her left hand is not attached to anything. Teddy looks at Ana and holds her finger with his hand.

"Mama?" Teddy pries. Ana starts stirring and twists her hand so Teddy's Palm is in hers.

"Teddy..." she says. She opens her eyes but squint her eyes back shut adjusting to the bright lights. She reopens them and immediately goes to Teddy. "Hey my little prince." She smiles at Teddy. His reaction is priceless. His face lights up. "Mama!" He greets her and I smile.

Ana turns to me and smiles. "Hey you." I stroke her face gently and she leans her face into my face. "Hey you. I knew you'd come through. My beautiful Ana." She smiles and then it fades. "The baby?" She looks at me wide eyed. Oh shit.

I look down and take a deep breath. "They did everything they could. The baby could not survive. We lost the baby." Ana's face immediately tears up. "I'm so sorry Ana." I stroke her hair.

She cries whilst looking at me through her eyelashes. "I'm so sorry Christian. I wanted this baby so much for you." I look at her puzzled, not understanding what she means. "You missed so much with Teddy. When I found out, I thought this would be good because you'd be able to experience what was taken away from you." Her voice cracks at the end of the sentence. My beautiful Ana. I lean in and kiss her forehead. "You've given me the most amazing little boy in the world and the most amazing girl. That's all I need. We can always try again once you're better." I smile at her to lift her spirits.

Teddy crawls up to Ana. "I want to lay with you." She immediately changes her expression to happiness. "You want to lay with Mama? Like we did when you were a baby?!" Teddy nods. "How about Daddy gets in the bed and we can all lay down together?" Teddy claps his hands "Yay Mama and Daddy!" I look at Ana questionly, concerned for her. "Do you really think that's a good idea considering you had surgery?" I stress my concern. Ana looks at me smiling. "I want my family - that's what I need." My strong Ana.

I lay down on my side next to her so she gets the most of the bed. Teddy crawls up on Ana's left shoulder and faces me. "Night Daddy." He says to me. "Night champ." I kiss his cheek. "Night Mama!" Teddy sings to her. "Night my little prince." She coos and strokes his back and we lay there all safe.