"Do you want to hold him, Eve?" Alex says after he takes a look at his newborn nephew. He neither cry nor screaming. He peacefully stares back at Alex who is holding him on his chest.
Eve stares at the white ceiling. She is very tired mentally and physically that she can't even hear clearly what her brother is asking. She doesn't even realize that her baby is there around her.
Her eyes start to close slowly and she let it be, ignoring Alex's voices.
Her mind wonders around. She's now over with the pregnancy and it feels like she is reborn. She can be a teenager again like the rest of her friends.
A new individual, leaving her past behind. Her nightmare.
It's time for his dad to take care of him. The perfect time for her to be selfish about herself and her future that is waiting for her.
It will ends here.
Alex stops calling on his sister. Maybe she is exhausted and needs to take a rest. The nurse takes his nephew to check up on him and also clean him up while the doctor is taking care of sleeping Eve.
Excitedly, he exits the room and goes to his and Blake's family. They are all sitting there anxiously and at the same time encourage one and another that everything will be alright.
Bella is the first one who sees Alex out of the room. Even though she dislikes Eve because of him, she can't help but feel anxious too about the whole labor process. Not only Eve actually, she is also angry with her brother that she wants to chop his dick and feed it to the chickens.
Being only a year older from Blake makes her feel that her best friend slash closest sibling is being taken away from her to be a father figure for an unwanted child."I'm an uncle!" Alex announces. His mother bursts into tears as she hugs her husband for support and the others exhale as they didn't realize that they had been holding their breath.
"How is she?" This time, it is Blake's mother who is asking.
"She's...fine. I assure you all that. It's just she needs the time to sleep, okay? And thank you all for being there for her, she is very grateful for that. Now you all can go back to have some rest." He orders them. It's true though. All of them had been waiting for hours without food and rest and they all agree to do as they told.
"Are you coming, son?" His dad asks as he is the last person to leave the place. Alex looks at his dad and gives him a small tiring smile.
"I'm okay, dad. I don't want her to be alone when she's awake." His dad nods at his first child's statement. How lucky he and his wife to have such a wonderful children that have each other's back.
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लघु कहानीLove, Eve. { ranked 1 in short story } this is a short story with three parts that you can read it in an hour or less . enjoy :)