I'm startled awake in the night by her pained anguished cries
Switching on the light I see that blood has soaked the sheets
Her cries keep growing and I quickly throw on some clothes
There's a knock on the door and I open it to find Lola staring into the room curiously through a haze of fatigue
Her eyes widen when she sees the blood on the sheets
"Go I'll clean it up," she states
She cries out in terror but I don't say anything
I keep quiet while the storm inside me rages on
We don't return until late in the evening and our room is clean
It's as if nothing happened
We don't speak to each other
We both only look at her now shrunk belly
My pain swallows my voice and I'm overwhelmed by the crushing sensation in my bones
4am I find myself crawling into Lola's arms
"I'm so sorry daddy," she repeats over and over again while I cry bitterly into her shoulder
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