Chapter 13 - Jonah Demands Answers From Mom
Back in the hospital waiting room, Jonah sat across from Maren, holding a small notepad where he had been doing algebra homework. He put his pencil down, looking directly into his mother’s exhausted eyes with a sudden, mature seriousness.
“Dad isn't coming back, is he?” Jonah asked, his voice steady despite the overwhelming heartbreak hanging in the air. Maren closed her eyes, swallowing hard before nodding slowly. “No, Jonah. He’s filing for divorce and walking away.”
“Because of Theo?” Jonah pressed further, his jaw tightening. “Because of me?” “Because of a mistake I made two years ago when we were separated,” Maren confessed, tears spilling over her lashes. “I thought our marriage was completely over, Jonah. I was lost and scared.”
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“Did you ever love Dad?” Jonah asked, hitting her with a question that felt like a physical blow. “With every single fiber of my being,” Maren answered instantly. “And I broke his heart in a way that can never, ever be repaired.”
Jonah looked back through the glass window toward Theo’s incubator, where a team of nurses was adjusting the oxygen lines. “Well, Dad broke his promise to us,” Jonah said coldly. “Families don't walk away when things get hard.”
