Being a Colton.

032.

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THE PRESENT.

Frederick's POV.

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I was numb.

Exhausted and I was mentally checked out. It had been two months since Irene's accident and the truth. I was just moving through life with a broken heart and a shit mental health. I felt like dying. The love of my life was sinking more and more and I didn't even have any sort of escape.

A lot happened since My Granny's birthday. Francesca had been arrested for her involvement in my wife's demise. She was a keep accomplish to Sophia's crimes. She knew that Solhia killed our first child, and attempted to kill my wife. Tried to drug me, and framed Irene and Raymond of infidelity. Destroyed our marriage, destroyed my life. Sophia was on the run and they were still searching. I was convinced someone was helping her.

Julius was working overtime and I was paying him much more. It didn't matter, I just wanted Sophia to pay for everything she had done so far.

Raymond visited with Kate as much as he could. He looked physically ill and way older than we last time we saw him. I couldn't approach him because of how ashamed I was.

My child was doing very well though, that was the only thing that was good about the entire situation. We had to create his twin sister. It was such a heartbreaking situation, each time I remembered it, I felt like someone was stumping my heart.

Francis and Mitchelle flew back to New York just to help to check Irene. That was when we found out the big secret they were keeping. Mitchelle was four months along.

Irene was transferred to a private VIP room, I made sure she was as comfortable as possible but how could there be comfort when a bandage was wrapped everywhere? Mitchelle couldn't hold back her son, she wept and turned away.

I was standing in the room, staring at them. At least each other but I was left with no option. My wife was lying in a hospital bed.

"Are you okay, man? Kate told Mitchelle and I what happened." Francis sat next to me on the couch after Mitchelle fell asleep.

"What am I supposed to say? I am fine?" he knew I was not fine. My wife was in that bed, showing no signs of waking up. My child was in an incubator in another part of the hospital.

My best friend or ex-best friend was unable to walk, he had been checked back into the hospital because of how sick he was. I was so embarrassed to even visit him.

The last time we saw we beat the shit out of each other. I was sure he didn't want to see me. Who would?! When I blacklisted him in the corporate world. Francis was the only one who worked with Raymond even though we fought about it.

I remembered Francis being adamant that something was amiss, now the truth was out and I was left with the aftermath of the mess my sister and Sophia created.

After Francesca showed up in the hospital to show her fake support, I had her arrested. My Mom was shocked to the core that I could do that but why couldn't I?! She was an accomplist to Sophia's crimes. Francis didn't protest though. Francesca was not a child, she knew what Sophia was doing and the only reason Sophia was able to get away was because of Franscesa. I will never forgive her. Not after having a part to play in the destruction of Irene, the destruction of my marriage, and the death of my child.

"How is the baby?" Francis decided to change the topic.

"From what the doctors have said, well." he was still in the NICU, I have checked on him multiple times, and he was so tiny, he had so many tubes attached to him. I was scared that something might happen to him so I assigned someone to watch him, 24/7.