Eva & Her Striker (Book One Of The "And Her" Series) (Unedited)

Chapter Seventy One-Justin

About an hour later, our babies are born, there was a slight complication as the umbilical cord was wrapped around one of our baby's neck, we later found out that it was Anaya's

"What are the names of these gorgeous babies, Mummy and Daddy? Do we have names?" the midwife coos from the far corner of the room

"Aidan-Jaxson and Anaya-Mae" Eva croaks smiling with tears in her eyes. Jesus, she's just fucking amazing, beautiful and amazing...

I rest my forehead against hers and smile at her with tears in my own eyes "Thank you" I whisper "Thank you for giving me them, for giving me you—I love you, so much" I croak as I kiss her on the lips

Eva whispers "I love you" before the midwife speaks again. "Right so Aidan Jaxson, weighs 3lb 4oz, and Anaya Mae weighs 2lb 14oz. I won't do the rest of their measurements yet, as he and Anaya need to go to NICU to be monitored, we've given them the injection they needed to help develop their lungs. But they will need to be incubated and put on oxygen until there is an improvement" she tells us as she put's our babies in an incubator "You'll be taken up to the postnatal ward lovey, once Dr Idama is finished stitching you up. Would you like to see your babies first? before I take them up to NICU?" She asks as she rolls them over to us

Looking at them, they're so tiny, but still so beautiful...

"Will we be able to hold them?" Eva sobs

"Not right now sweetie, you will have to wait until the babies have been seen to by the NICU paediatrician and they've given the OK to do so, then I don't see why not, I'll call your ward once the babies are settled in, okay—blow them a kiss mummy and daddy" she tells us

Eva blows them a kiss but sobs, as I wave to them...

The midwife leaves with our babies, taking them to NICU.

Eva starts to sob uncontrollably "I need my babies Justin, I need to hold them" she croaks

"Dr Idama, when will the epidural wear off?" I ask him as he's stapling my wife's stomach shut.

He looks to me "Well, erm, while the drugs wear off, you'll probably be best to rest in a lying or sitting position until the feeling in your legs returns. This can take up to a couple of hours, you may feel a slight tingling sensation in your skin Once you start getting feeling back, I'm sure you'll still be okay to hold the babies though" he tells us "Right, that's you all sort, shall we get you upstairs?" He smiles warmly at us as he takes his gloves off and washes his hands. We nod "Would you like to sit up, Eva?" Dr Idama asks Eva

"Wouldn't it hurt her?" I ask him nervously not wanting to see her in any more pain, than she already is in, physically and emotionally.

"No, shouldn't do. She still has the drugs from the epidural in her system" he assures us

Eva nods and Dr.Idama slowly lifts the bed into a comfortable sitting position. An orderly walks in and Eva jumps in fear, but relaxes once she sees the man's face...

Fuck!

"Baby, it's okay, he's in prison remember? He can't get to you now" I whisper softly

She looks at me relief in her eyes "I-I-I know, it just caught me off guard as he walked in, that's all. I'm okay, now" she smiles at me, but it's not her smile, it's a forced smile, a sad smile

"Okay," I croon kissing her forehead "Shall I let everyone know what's happened?" I ask her

"No, just wait till we get up to the ward, then message them or something," she tells me "I don't wanna be left alone babe, please stay with me" she pleads