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Jax sat in the waiting room with his head in his hands. It had been thirty minutes since they’d kicked him out of the room to do the surgery. He couldn’t forget that look of fear in Sydney’s eyes before he’d left her. He stood and paced the room. Waiting. Pacing. All the
‘what ifs’ ran through his mind. What if they hadn’t changed her appointment? We wouldn’t have been there at that moment. Waiting. Pacing. He worried that something would go wrong. What if one of the babies doesn’t make it? What if none of them make it? Jax knew they would both be devastated. Waiting. Pacing. What if something happens to Sydney? He tried not think of that one. Waiting. Pacing.
“Jax.”
He turned to see his father racing towards him. The two men embraced. “She’s still in surgery, Dad.”
“She’l
