Forever Yours: Broken Promises

Chapter 2

Andre's POV

Pop and Ma Layton had finally arrived at the hospital. Ma Layton came up and hugged me.

"Dre you try to hold yourself together. Tahleea will pull through. She loves you and her children too much to give up on her life."

That statement tugged at my heart. Yes Tahleea loves me, but I didn't love her enough to be faithful. That's all she ever wanted from me, to be my one and only, and I fucking screwed it up! I allowed my sexual desire help me to make the worst mistake of my marriage. Doing this while we were dating is one thing, but to fuck around with Macy now that Tee and I are married is on a different level.

"Did anyone witness what happened?" Pop Layton asked.

I told him that an eighteen wheeler ran the red light and hit Tee on the driver's side and flipped the car. Ma Layton became weak and cried out for her only child. Pop Layton had to sit her down in a chair. I begin pacing again. It's been two and a half hours and the doctors still haven't given us an update.

I looked over to Darah and Jaxon who were consoling one another. Jaxon kept looking at me like he wanted to say something, but now wasn't the time for him to say shit to me. Tee is my wife, no longer his girlfriend! I know he still loves her. I can see it in the way he looks at her and how he still does for her though she's mine.

Isaac and Sean arrived and embraced their wives.
Everybody was having a hard time right now. I walked to the nurse's station hoping they could tell me something, only to be told I'd have to wait for the doctor to give me an update. I became more and more agitated and started raising my voice demanding they tell me what's going on with my wife. My sister ran to me trying to calm me down. I felt so empty and lost. I kept demanding someone to tell me something. Finally one of the nurses called the OR and asked if someone could give an update on Tahleea Hassan. She hung up the phone and said one of the doctors will meet me in the waiting area.

My sister and I walked back to the waiting room waiting for a doctor to come and let us know what's going on with Tee. After fifteen minutes, a doctor came out walking towards us. I ran to him trying to detect his emotions, but he was void of any. I held my breath hoping this wasn't the end. Everybody gathered around waiting on an update.

"Mr. Hassan, your wife had internal bleeding. We were able to perform surgery to stop the bleeding and during that procedure, she started hemorrhaging. We had to do an emergency c-section to deliver the babies. They were a little underweight but healthy. They are in the NICU on the labor and delivery wing. Mrs. Hassan also has a few cracked ribs and a concussion. Because of the trauma her body has gone through internally, we have her in a medically induced coma. We need her body to heal. The next twenty four to forty eight hours are going to be the most critical. You are welcome to visit Mrs. Hassan and the twins. Only two people at a time can visit either."

The doctor gave us Tee's ICU room number. Me and Ma Layton went to Tee's room while Pop Layton and LaShae went to see the twins.

Medically induced coma continued to bounce around in my head. Then guilt rose up again. This is my fault. All of this is my fault. What husband that truly and unconditionally loves his wife not be able to wait for sex until she gives birth to his children and heal?

All I could think is that I don't deserve my family at all. Tee has given me everything I asked of her and more and this is how I pay her, by cheating. I was pulled out of my thoughts when we reached her room. There were tubes everywhere and a machine breathing for her. Ma. Layton frantically placed her hands over her mouth to keep from crying out loud. She looked like she could faint at any minute but I need her to get it together. Right now I don't think I have the strength to hold myself up.