In Your Eyes ↦ Lauren/You

Chapter 24

Lauren's POV

After I broke down in front of Luke. I told him that I needed some time with myself and he let me. He told me that if I ever needed someone to talk to, he's only a phone call away. And I know that, he's always there for me. And I'm thankful that I have someone like Luke in my life.

I'm currently sitting in the passenger seat of the ambulance. Brad and I decided to go back to the headquarters to clean the vehicle, since it has a lot of blood inside. I'm still shocked at what happened earlier, I can't believe that I just let the mother of the baby that we rescued, died. I know how it feels to grow up without a mom. And I don't want that to happen to him but I didn't even do anything to prevent her from dying. I didn't even save her life, for her baby. What kind of rescue worker am I?

I sighed as I look at the window next to me. I just hope that everything will go well for the baby.

"We're here," I heard the British lad said and I unbuckle my seat belt and slide off the vehicle.

"Lauren," I glance up and saw Harry standing in front of me. He gave me a sad smile and he spread his arms wide and I lunged myself to him. He wraps his arms around my body and he rubs my back. "Everything will be all right," I kiss the top of my head and I sob on his shoulder. "You did your best to save her, if it wasn't for you, then maybe they exploded inside the car. Don't blame yourself, it's her time. And we can't do anything about it." The green-eyed man whispers to my ears.

"But the baby," I sobbed out.

"Don't worry about him, we will do anything just to make sure that he will grow up strong and we will make sure that whoever adopts him, will take good care of him." The Chief reassures me and I nodded my head. "Now, take a rest inside and we will be the one who's going to clean the ambulance." Harry pulls away from our hug and grab Brad's arm. "You'll clean the ambulance,"

"But... but..." Harry raised his eyebrows at him and Brad didn't do anything else but exhaled and run his fingers through his curly locks.

"Don't worry about me, Haz. I'm fine," I force a smile but he shakes his head. "I swear, I'm good. I can clean the ambulance."

"No,"

"Please?" I said in exasparated tone. "Just let me do it. If you will just make me do nothing but stare in to space, then I'm just going to think more about what happened awhile ago."

"Fine," He drags Brad out with him. I open the back of the ambulance and I can feel myself crying again as I stare at the vehicle where the baby's mother's life ended.

I take out the stretcher and I grab a cloth and a bucket with water and started scrubbing the foam bed of the stretcher. A lot of blood was absorbed in the wet cloth and I wringled it.

My mind went back to where Dr. Y/NN and I are inside the ambulance and we are trying our best to save the woman who was stucked inside the car that almost explodes. She placed her hand on top of mine while I'm holding her air bag mask and when I removed it, she whispered something to me.

"Please save my baby," That was her last words to me before pulse went flat line.

I can feel another set of tears forming in my eyes. I place my arm on the steps of the ambulance  and lean my head on it. I started to cry again as I think of what's going to happen when the baby grows up. He will never remember the face of his mother.

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I take a deep breath as I stare up at the sky. It's getting a bit darker and the stars are starting to show up. I can feel the cold wind hitting my face.

I keep on walking and went inside the place where I know my mind will be clear. The event that happened this morning, it's still haunting me. I need some time alone, I need some peace of mind.