Just a Soldier

Chapter 50 - Mama Gina

Y/n's POV:

Sophie and I didn't sleep much last night. I ended up climbing into bed with Ava when she asked, and she cuddled up to me before falling back to sleep. The nurse was in every 2 hours to check on her, something Ava didn't like as she had to wake up. But it didn't take long for her to fall back asleep.

Matt, Robert, and Susan all came by to visit. Susan had brought some food which Sophie and I were very grateful for after having a small lunch from the hospital cafeteria.

Surprisingly, it was Susan who didn't want to leave when it was getting late. I for sure thought it was going to be Robert. When she arrived, I could tell she had been crying by the redness of her eyes. But she was great at comforting me. Spending her time next to me, holding my empty hand for most of it.

I'm so lucky to have her and Robert in my life. Robert was in the middle of an interview when he up and left after Chris' phone call. "We'll come over tomorrow once she's settled back at home." Susan says with a warm smile, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder. I stood up and gave her a big hug. "We'll be at Sophie's, but Ava will be excited to see you." I tell her.

She looks at me surprised. I know that Sophie had given Robert the gist of things whilst I was taking a break, but I couldn't bring myself to talk about it to them. "Robert can explain." I say in response to her confused look. She nodded and turned to say goodbye to Ava whilst Robert gave me a big hug goodbye.

After Susan had her moment, she stood up and walked past me, place a kiss on my forehead. "I love you. See you tomorrow." She says and I can't help but smile. "Love you too. Thanks for the food." I reply and she nods.

After a couple of hours, when we realised that sleep was going to escape us, Sophie and I began chatting about life, as one does in the middle of the night in a hospital. Hearing her talk about Matt makes me so glad she is happy, and they are right back on track. I'm waiting for the moment he asks her to move in with him, considering they basically live together anyway. But so far, no signs of it.

I thought I had gotten lucky when Sophie had avoided talking about Scarlett, but when a silence fell on the room, she took the opportunity. "Why did you let Scarlett stay earlier? I would have kicked her out the moment she stepped in the room." She asks angrily.

I sigh, rubbing my hand across my face. I look down to make sure Ava is asleep. The small snores indicate that it's safe to talk. "She deserves to see Ava. Regardless of what is going on between us, she has basically been Ava's second mum recently, she had a right to be here." I defend. Sophie scoffs a little but eventually nods in understanding. "It just angers me that she can break up with you and then just assume she can be around. And to think you'd be going back to her tomorrow!" Sophie started agitated.

"We're not broken up just on a break." I mumble, looking down to my hand enclosed around Ava's. "Yeah, because she accused you of cheating with your ex and wouldn't give you a chance to talk. She even did it over the phone whilst you were in another country. Like come on!" Sophie points out.

Seeing Scarlett today had me really conflicted. I'm so unbelievably mad at her. She has hurt me so much yet seeing her broken and crying probably hurt me more. I hate seeing her in pain. The way she almost pleaded for us to go home to her. I want to fix things between us, but there is work to do. We're not going to work if there is no trust.

"I'm very aware of what happened Sophie. But I can't just throw this away. It's not just me that will be affected. We both need time before we talk. She needs to figure out if she can move past this and work to get over the trust issue. If not then there isn't a relationship to be had... And the thought of that kills me." I tell her honestly, sighing when I start crying again. I've had enough of the tears!