Irish Promises

Bonus Chapter Three - Part Three ❤️

Cian

I rush through the hospital attempting to remember the directions the receptionist gave me but fail miserably as my minds a scramble of panic.

As I round a corner in the midwifery unit I collide with one of the midwives sending her hurtling backwards.

Somehow my reactions are still somewhere inside me because I manage to reach out and grab her before she falls flat on her ass on the ground.

"Shit sorry, I er- fuck" I blurt out seemingly unable to string a fucking sentence together.

She's an older lady and her wrinkles bunch as she gives me a disapproving glare and rights herself. She moves my hands from her tunic and then brushes herself off.

"Okay how about you take a breath and let me help you young man" she says her tone sharp but somehow comforting at the same time.

"My partner" I begin, having to pause to suck in a breath. "Stas, Anastasia O'Leary she was brought in and I can't get hold of my brother to find out what's happening" I blurt out all in a panicked rush.

She takes a moment to digest what I said but then her brows pinch together as if I've just spoken Spanish.

"Your partner?" She says as if she didn't understand me.

"Yeah she came in with my brother, she's pregnant and there was something wrong" I blurt out.

Again she looks at me like I'm making no sense at all.

"Erm okay just wait here for a moment please" she says and turns to dart away towards a nurses station.

I don't wait for even a second before I'm following after her and when I hear her conversation with the other midwives I know exactly why she looked at me like that.

"But he said he's the dad" one of them says whilst the other replies. "I know that but he's saying hes the partner"

Despite all my worry and panic an involuntary laugh slips out of me causing them all to turn and face me with horrified expressions. I can only imagine how they'll look when Blake and Hugh turn up.

"We're both the dad" I explain but all they do is stare at me dumbfounded.

Even though I get this definitely isn't the usual and that I should probably cut them some slack my patience disappears within seconds. This is all wasting time and I need to know where they are.

"Can you just tell me where she is please" I grit out my voice coming out aggressively without intending to.

They all glance at each other clearly unsure of how to answer me but then I hear Finn's voice.

"Cian!" He calls from behind me and when I spin round to face him I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders as I take in how traumatised he looks.

"Holy fuck what's going on Finn? Where's Stas? Is the baby okay?" I blurt out rushing towards him but he just freezes on the spot and stares at me blankly for a moment.

"She didn't get to hold him man" he says staring at me "It's the one thing she asked me for and I was so wrapped up in everything I didn't hand him to her"

It takes me a moment to digest what he's just said but then it hits me.

"The baby's here?" I ask in disbelief.

"Yeah" he breathes with no emotion on his face whatsoever and I quickly gather he's in a state of shock. "He was tiny Cian" he colds his hands out and stares at them as he then says "he was just so tiny"