Chapter 24: I Can't...

"No Mallory. I can't.." Hunter whispered, pushed Mallory away, and left the room quickly. He can't be involved with her in that way. He needed to set those feelings aside and be the stronger one. Even if it killed him to walk away, knowing he broke both their hearts.

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Mallory stood left frozen with tears in her eyes. How could he push her away and leave like that. She knew he had wanted too. The tears began to roll down her cheeks, and she struggled to compose herself. The air was hard to suck in, and she fell down to her knees and closed the door in the fall. She began sobbing, lying in a mess on the floor.

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"There is your baby," Dr. Smith said, pointing at the little baby on the screen.

"Wow, it looks so big already!" Maria said as she studied the little head and arms on the screen. "Yes, how far along is Maria?" Calvin asked without breaking away from the screen, too. He was hypnotized by the baby's movements.