Surrogate in Love - Richard Madden

Chapter 26: Moral Support

*Iris P.O.V*

I spent the next few weeks sorting out somewhere for her to go. I also had to have an extremely hard conversation with Tom. He agreed with all the things that I had to say but he was hurt that it had taken all of this for her to tell us how much she was struggling. We spent a lot of time together that week trying to sort everything for her. Tom made sure that she had a few home comforts, pictures of the Twins, and some clothes of her own that weren't looking like they hadn't been washed in months. Richard was amazing for those weeks. I barely slept with worry and trying to sort her out and he stayed up with me every time I did try to help me sort out everything. By the middle of November, it was time for her to finally go into the Rehab we had chosen for her. I had sent her a text saying it would be easier for her to go from mine so she should be there by 11. It was currently 10.50 and we were all waiting for her to arrive. We decided it may be reassuring if all her friends were there for her so me, Tom, Richard, and Harrison were waiting for her. Taron was in Wales visiting family so couldn't be there. We even had the twins there, so she was reminded of what she was working towards coming home to. At 5 to 11 there was a knock on the door, and I went to open it. She was stood there looking nervous obviously not excited for what was to come. She came in and walked towards the living room. When she walked in the smile on her face was so bright it almost lit up the whole room.

"Tom?" it was almost like she was expecting him to yell at her the way that her voice was so small.

"We wanted to show you how proud of you we are for doing this and to show our support for what you are doing" he walked over to her timidly calculating every step and then hugged her. She burst into tears, and they stood there for a little while.

"I love you Jess, and I need you to get better" they hugged for a few more minutes and then they let each other go. She went around the room then hugged everyone, even Richard, and had little conversations. I tried not to pry too much into what she was saying to everyone, but I did catch little bits of people reassuring her and saying that they were proud of her. After about 2o minutes it was crucial that we left soon, or we would lose our slot for entry, so I had to hurry everyone along. Tom went into another room to go and grab the twins whilst I spoke to jess.

"Now we know that we aren't the only ones that you have missed and are doing this for so if you are ready for it we have two little men that would love to see you"

"Really?" the tears pricked at her eyes. I nodded.

"if you are ready to see them then yes" she just nodded and then Tom walked in. she held her boys with a little help from Tom. They were a lot bigger than the last time she held them. They stayed like that for a little while before Tom had to pry the boys from her arms and we had to go. We said our goodbyes to everyone and then made our way to my car. Jess was in floods of tears as we got in and closed the doors to the others.

"Are you ready for this babe?" I asked her to make sure that she wasn't about to leap out of the car and run away again.

"100% I want my boys back" 

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