Trouble In Paradise- A Manstead Fanfic (COMPLETE)

Chapter 43- The Wait

Will POV:

Three minutes. It's been three minutes since I last saw Natalie. Make that four minutes now. I already cannot bear this wait. I don't know if I'll be able to do it for three hours.

I found a couch in the surgery waiting room and settled into it. I gave Owen his blocks on the floor and he's been content ever since. Zoe on the other hand has been as anxious as I am. I've tried distracting her with her iPad but nothing works. She just wants Natalie to make it out alive.

I feel so bad for Zoe she's been forced to grow up to fast. Seeing Owen playing with his blocks only remind me of how fast Zoe has grown up. They're the same age yet Zoe acts like she's five years older than him.

However a few minutes later I notice Owen stop playing with his blocks. He crawls onto my lap and clutches onto my shirt. I wrap my arms around him as if to say that everything is going to be alright.

Zoe soon joins us and I wrap my arms around her as well as the two kids drift off into a peaceful sleep. I stare at the wall in front of me trying to not think of what could happen and only focus on the positive.

Soon I feel soft hands on my shoulder gently shaking me. I open my eyes and see Maggie and April glancing at me worriedly.

"Will go into the lounge and sleep we've got the kids." Maggie says gently while placing her hand on my shoulder.

I shake my head as I reposition the kids on my lap. "I can't, I've got to be here for Natalie."

"Will she's not going to be out for another two hours. I promise we'll come update you as soon as we here from Connor."

"Maggie, I can't. What if something happens to Natalie? I need to be here. And I'm not even tired I'm fine."

"God Will stop being difficult, you've been sleeping and we aren't even an hour into the surgery. Go sleep. April and I can hold down the fort." Maggie says while moving the kids gently off of me.

I roll my eyes before standing up and stretching. It was at this moment that I see Connor walking out towards us. I immediately feel my heart sink. It's only been an hour. He still has at least another hour to go. He shouldn't be done unless....

No she can't. She couldn't be gone, could she? She was just here and now she could be gone? She could of left and I would of never known? Owen and Zoe could of lost there mother and not even known? How? Why does the world work like this? Natalie cannot be gone.

I slowly sink back into my chair and place my head in my hands. I stay like this until I feel a hand rub my shoulder.

"Will?" I hear Connor ask.

I look up slowly and see Connor, Maggie, and April looking at me worriedly. I give a light smile as I look to Connor with fear in my eyes.

"She's gone, isn't she?"

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AN: Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait I just got back from New York and I'm at my friend's lake house right now actually and when I get back home I get like two days before we go to South Carolina. So that's why this is so late and so short. I'm really sorry, next chapter should be better! I'm trying to do multiple chapters on the surgery because it will help prolonge my plan and will give me time to research stuff! Thanks again for reading and happy Fourth of July!