The first part of the chapter is a memory

(Isa's POV:)Ten years Ago:

I can't believe that it's been nearly seven months since I last saw him, and a bit longer since I left him.

Divorcing Edward had been one of the hardest things that I had ever done in my life. Especially since I thought that he was the love of my life, but if I was being honest with myself, I don't think the word love can define what Edward and I had. It was more like having a friend with benefits.

We were hardly ever home, what with him always traveling with his teammates for games, and me always being at work or traveling too, well neither of us were ever home.Our living arrangements constantly made me wonder if this was how all marriages worked, but I knew different.

Sometime after leaving Italy, I arrived at my Uncle Charlie and Aunt Renee's residence in England, and the divorce proceedings began.

The divorce process took six months to finalize. It was very straightforward, since I didn't ask for anything besides changing my name back from Masen to Rubio. Though my uncle later encouraged me to change it to Swan, for safety reasons some time. I never asked for anything, I didn't want anything, not from him. Or his family.

We were married for all of two years, in this time both of us worked hard to build up our careers, and ironically, while I always supported him throughout all of his, he never cared enough for me to support me through mine. In the end he managed to destroy that too.

He took everything from me, without realizing how much I gave up and helped him through his.

That is why I didn't want anything from him. I didn't want to accept anything from him, because anything that came from him or his family, always ended up being like a sharp double-edged dagger.

It wouldn't matter to me, but shortly after moving to England with my aunt and uncle, I found out I was pregnant. Though I thought that the situation would change in the beginning, that maybe Edward would want to get back together, I assumed wrong.

I tried calling everyone. His friends, his family, even Thanya and his manager, but they all ignored my calls, only Alice called, and that was to inform me that Edward had moved on, and I should too. She knew I was pregnant, yet she informed me that this is how it had to be. To move on, so I did.

Now, almost at full term, and still working at my Uncle's law firm as a paralegal, but had only just begun to study for my journalism degree. Since my law degree is consider to be null and void because of the lies that Edward and Thanya provided a few months ago.

I had been feeling really exhausted for the past week and a half, but this morning something felt off.

Just as I arrived at the office, Edward burst in through the doors.

I remember him walking in angrily, and shouting at me about him finding out that I had been lying to him, and that he couldn't believe that I had been opening my legs for some other dick to fill in his place, and then he shoved me back, and my head hit something hard.

I woke up in the hospital sometime later, my son and daughter had been born, and my head was wrapped tightly in a bandage.

(Present):

A beep next to my head woke me up.

I groaned, as the noise in the otherwise quiet room caused the sharp pain I felt on my left side of my forehead to pulsate as I listened to it.

The white, sterile room that smelled heavily of alcohol, and some other cleaning products.

As I began to slowly sit up, the door opened and both Gio and my sister rushed into the room with Cris and his miniature by his side.

"Isa! Cómo te sientes?" My sister asked, as soon as she got to my side. (Isa, How do you feel?)

"Me duele mucho la cabeza…" I mumbled, closing my eyes, and sighing tiredly. (My head hurts a lot…)

"Lo siento mucho por eso…" I heard Cris mumble, as he grabbed my hand. (I am really sorry about that.)

I gasped at the warmth in his hands, before slowly opening my eyes to look at him and his son. "Fue un accidente, no fue culpa de nadie. No te preocupes." I replied, giving him and his son a small smile. (It was an accident, it was nobody's fault. Don't worry about it.)

"Lamento mucho que se haya lastimado." Cris's miniature said softly before offering me a small white teddy bear with a 'get well soon' t shirt. ( I'm so sorry that you got hurt)

"Aw, está bien. Estaré bien, no te preocupes". I said as I took the bear and hugged it to my chest .(Aw, it's alright. I'll be alright, don't worry.)

"Mi papá parecía pensar lo contrario, dijo una mala palabra en el camino hacia aquí. Nunca dice esas palabras a menos que esté frustrado o enojado. Realmente debes gustarle." The little boy commented, giving me an amused smile, before Cris cleared his throat, flushing at his son's words. (My dad seemed to think otherwise, he said a bad word on the way here. He never says those words unless he is frustrated, or angry. He must really like you.)

Gio and Pilat let out amused laughs at Cris's expense before turning back to me. "El médico quiere retenerlo aquí durante la noche para observación. Ya llamé a mi mamá y le pedí que se quedara con los niños durante la noche. Sergio y yo volveremos tan pronto como estén disponibles las horas de visita del hospital. ¿Estarás bien por una noche a solas?" My sister asked, (The doctor wants to keep you here overnight for observation. I have already called my mom and asked her to keep the kids overnight. Sergio and I will be back as soon as the hospital's visitiing hours are available. Will you be alright for one night alone?)

"Sí, estaré bien. Todos deberían empezar a irse a casa ahora. Después de todo, se está haciendo tarde." I sighed, frowning when the IV in my arm tugged slightly. ( Yes, I will be fine. You should all start heading home now. It is getting late after all.)

My sister smiled, before leaning down to give me a hug and kissing my cheek. Gio leaned down and kissed my forehead before giving me a hug.

Cris gave me a hug before apologizing again and leaving too.

Once they all left, I closed my eyes again, and allowed myself to sink back into a tired, deep slumber.