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Zayn burst through the doors of the childrens' trauma center. As soon as he entered, he saw Harry approaching his mother. It looked like he and Harry had arrived at the same time.

"Mom." He said.

When she turned and saw him, he came over and hugged her. She was still crying.

"What happened? Tell me what happened."

"Gregory was there."

"Gregory?"

"My neighbor. Mr. Brine."

"Okay."

"He was telling me about the Zinnia we were planting out front. And Darla was right there. I swear. But... the ball. She must've went after it. And the car... the screech was so loud and when I turned, she was... oh my gosh, it was awful."

"Is she okay, mom? Is she okay?"

"She's alive. But other than that, I don't know. I just saw the blood on her arm and on her face. I don't know how bad it is. But she was in so much pain."

Zayn hugged her again, and Harry reached around them and hugged them both. He never said anything. But that was about to change because the second Zayn felt Harry, he pulled apart from his grasp.

"And where the hell were you?!" He yelled at him.

"You were supposed to be watching her! What was she doing at mom's when we agreed we wouldn't take her until tonight?!"

"Zayn. People are looking at us. Let's go into the waiting room. There's nobody in there."

"Where were you?!" He demanded again.

But Harry stepped into the waiting room without saying a word, forcing Zayn to follow suit.

"Answer me. Where were you?"

"I had to run an errand."

"You're lying. I know you're lying. It's not a coincidence that you had just called me about your stupid job. You were already out, weren't you? You dropped her off and you met Reggie in person to secure that partnership."

That actually wasn't true. Reggie really did call him at home. He only dropped Darla off when Zayn made him mad and he got the message from Rodger. But of course he couldn't say that. So he said nothing.

"Wow." Zayn said with a shake of his head.

"You are unbelievable. And still, look at you. Not a drop from your eye. Do you even feel bad that you broke your promise, my heart and your daughter all in the same day? Plus you're half dressed, you hair is all tussled. You didn't even dress yourself properly before you decided to ditch everyone you loved."

Harry did hear Zayn. But he stopped listening when he implied he broke his own daughter. He didn't disagree. When it came down to who was ultimately responsible, he did break her. And after today, he didn't blame Zayn at all if he still meant what he said about not ever wanting a second child with him. What he did today was irresponsible and neglectful.

"I'm still flying out tonight." He said softly.

"What? With your daughter broken all up and possibly dying, you're still putting that job ahead of us?"

"It's not that, Zayn. I can't change anything. It already happened."

"But you can at least stay and make sure she's okay. You know, be there when she wakes up so her parents can be the first people she sees."

"I will be here on Monday."

"And if she doesn't make it to Monday?"

"She will. You heard your mother. She's alive. Darla's always been strong."