Hi everyone! So I'm supposed to be working on an English assignment, but I figure writing this will be more fun to write. Enjoy!

We pulled into the hospital, immediately getting concerned looks from those around us. I ran through the doors, covered in blood and bile, which was not pleasant to look at. Arnold was trailing close behind with Caressa in tow.

I ran straight up to the front desk. "This is Helga Pataki. He needs medical attention, now." The woman took a split second to pick up the phone.

Doctors came running in. They snatched Chance from me and put him on a stretcher that looked like a crib. They were cleaning him off and wheeling him away. I ran towards them, but was pushed back by security men. Nobody but doctors and patients were allowed through the doors. I started screaming.

"Let me through!" I yelled. "He's my son! Please!" I managed to squirm past them, covering them with blood. I stopped at a room where I could hear Chance's screams. The walls were made of glass, so I could see everything.

They were having to hold him down by the arms, legs, and head, and were allowed poking and prodding at his soft skin. He was letting out shrieks of pain. I banged against the glass. They inserted a needle deeply into his skin, which caused him to cry out. Within seconds, he was asleep and motionless. My mouth dropped open. They wheeled him away.

5:14 AM. That was the last time I saw Chance alive and breathing. He passed away in his sleep during surgery from internal bleeding. They said all of his issues were from Rob. He damaged his stomach and brain severely. Rob was to blame.

x x x

Four days after his death we held the funeral. Chance was lying in the front of the church, in a little black suit, inside a coffin. Everybody was allowed to go up, one by one, and because we were the parents, Arnold and I went first. Everybody was watching, and silent tears filled the room.

I walked slowly up to the coffin. "Hey baby boy," I whispered. All I wanted was to his little mouth form into a smile. "I'm really going to miss you." I burst into tears, and Arnold was there to hold me. I gave him a kiss on the head, and sat down in the front row of seats. One by one, people said their goodbyes. While not a lot of people were able to see him, so many people came to support me. Besides Arnold and me, Luna took it the hardest. Caressa just looked scared and confused.

The seats in the church began filling up after the goodbyes, so I walked up the podium in front of his small coffin and got ready for my public goodbye. I had written it two days before, and it was almost incomprehensible from the tears stains and the ink smudges.

I laid it flat onto the podium and looked up into the sea of people. I saw Arnold crying in the front row.

"Hello everyone. Thank you for coming." My voice cracked. I covered my face and with my hands to wipe away the tears, and then continued to read. "A few days ago I lost my child, Chance, to a health malfunction that occurred because a terrible man was a coward, and the only way he could find revenge was to hurt me and my unborn children." I looked into Rob's families eyes. They were taking it hard that their son, or brother, had done such a thing. "And I live in guilt that everyday people are suffering because of his actions. It's affected so many lives. It's affected my daughter Caressa's, my fiancé Arnolds, and two small babies who didn't deserve to die that young," I tried to fight back the tears, but they were rolling down my face. "I am so grateful for being able to be part of his life. While his life was short and very stressful, it's made me and everyone else a better person, and put a new perspective on life." I was talking between gulps of air. "I'm going to miss this kid. I'm going to miss him more than anything. I will always love him. I will always love him." I started crying harder, and Arnold came up to the podium and escorted me down to the seats.

He went up the podium, and began to speak. "Thank you to everyone here for attending. It's been a tough few months in our lives, and although I'm completely crushed that such a small child's life ended so quickly, I'm glad he's not suffering anymore. He was so young to suffer so much." He looked down, and I could tell it was hard for him not to just burst into tears. "I'm not his biological father. But I'm sure glad I was able to be part of his life. I know that he would have grown up to be an amazing kid like his mom. I'm so grateful to that I was able to be with him, day in day out. I'm really going to miss him. I hope he can rest now. Thank you." He stepped off the podium, and sat down next to me. He buried his head into my shoulders, and we cried into each other.

A few other people went up; even Caressa. I held her up to the microphone. I whispered into her ear to talk about her little brother. "My wittle broter was in my mammas belly, and one day he came home not in my mammas belly. He was so 'unny to make faces at. He gots sick tho, and went bye-bye. I gonna miss 'im." She wiggled out of my arms, and ran to Arnold.

Everyone was surrounding the deep pit in the middle of the graveyard, intended for Chance's burial. His coffin slid slowly down into the hole. I stood with a serious face, not knowing what to do. My child was officially gone. He's gone.

x x x

I walked into the apartment, once again, without Chance. Caressa waddled off to her room, but I collapsed on the floor. Arnold walked in, and carried me to the bedroom.

"Get some sleep," he said quietly. A new wave of emotions surged through me, and I started crying.

He crawled in with me, and embraced me. Caressa ran in. "Mommy!" She screamed. She ran over to my side of the bed. "Where's Chance mommy?" I looked at her confused eyes.

"Sweetie, Chance has gone bye-bye." She titled her head.

"But why mamma?" A puppy dog lip formed.

"Sometimes that's what happens hunny. I'm sorry." I gave her a hug.

"Oh, OK." She said and walked out.

That night, when everyone was asleep, I walked into Chance's room. I sat in the chair that I used the first night he came home. Tears rolled down my face. I was going to miss him more than anything. Anything.

Well guys, that's the last actual chapter! The epilogue is coming up next week. I really hoped you enjoyed this one, and don't forget to leave me some feedback. Bye!