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A horrified silence filled the room. Alyssa and Heath both stared in shock at the man who had, in just a few words, ruined their lives.
"How long?" breathed Heath barely audible.
"She's known for months. She said she didn't want anyone else to know until she was sure she was over it." He explained.
"But?" asked Alyssa, speaking up for the first time since entering the office. She could just sense a but coming up.
"There were some complications." He continued explaining what had happened but Alyssa's mind was buzzing. Her best friend had been suffering through this the whole time and she hadn't confided in her at all. How could she have gone through this without her?
"…Kate found out about two weeks what had gone wrong and once again she asked for it to be kept a secret." Heath's head snapped up.
"Two weeks ago?" he confirmed. The doctor nodded. "She went through with the wedding knowing that she was this sick?" he said. "I can't believe I've been so stupid! What kind of husband does that make me?" he exclaimed. Tears were streaming down his face once again.
"Is she going to… die?" asked Alyssa turning to Lewis.
"There is an extremely high risk surgery that we can perform that may save her life but as I said it is extremely high risk." He explained.
"So basically your telling me that you can save her life but the only thing you can do is more than likely going to kill her instead?" simplified Alyssa. The doctor nodded.
"Will she wake up?" asked Heath.
"We believe she should wake up within the next twenty-four hours." Replied the doctor. He hated having to deliver news like this. Everyday he had to tell people that their loved ones are dying and then watch their world fall apart. It was the worst job in the world.
"Can we stay with her?" asked Alyssa.
"Of course." Replied Dr. Lewis. He led them back to Kate's room and left them there. They stayed with Kate all day and long into the night. Somewhere along that time Alyssa checked on her two sons but both were fine and happy with Hammer. Heath and Alyssa both fell asleep about two in the morning. While they were sleeping Brax arrived. He needed to talk to Alyssa. But when he saw her sleeping he felt his heart break a little bit more. Her beautiful face was tear stained and her expression looked troubled. Brax watched her for a few more moments before making his way back to his car.
At about four Heath was woken by movement from the hand he was holding.
"Kate?" he gasped jumping up, knocking the chair and waking Alyssa in the process. Kate's eye's flickered open.
"Heath?"
"I'm right here babe." He said tears in his eyes. Alyssa rushed out and got a nurse who came in and checked her over.
Later when Kate was cleared Alyssa gave her and Heath some time alone. Heath sat in the room with her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked her.
"I didn't want to worry you." She replied.
"You didn't tell me you might be dying because you didn't want me to worry?"
"I thought I would be fine."
"But even when you knew you weren't going to be fine, you didn't tell me."
"I was going to tell you after the wedding but with everything that happened…" she trailed away.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you…" Heath replied.
"Hey, hey it's not your fault. You're not a mind reader." She said smiling.
"No but I should have known something was wrong."
"You couldn't have known. I love you." She replied. She leaned in and hugged Heath and they stayed like that for a few moments.
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Outside the door Alyssa watched sadly. She jumped when Dr. Lewis came up behind her.
"What's wrong?" she asked him seeing the look of panic on his face.
"We were wrong. The latest tests have shown that Kate has less time than we thought. She could just slip away at any given moment." He said urgently. Realisation hit and she twirled around and burst into the room.
"Heath!" she cried. He looked up from the hug in surprise. Suddenly he glanced down in horror at his wife's lifeless form…
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