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The journey to the hospital was a blur. Driving wasn’t an option – he’d had too much to drink the evening before. The taxi to the East Surrey Hospital was going to cost an arm and a leg, but that didn’t matter. Money was just money. What concerned Dan right now was that he needed to get to Lisa’s side.
Oddly, the news of her miscarriage wasn’t the biggest shock to him: it was the fact that she’d been pregnant at all. They hadn’t even been trying and the news that not only had they managed to create a child but it had then been taken away from them before they even knew about it was what hurt the most. He’d never get to enjoy any of the high points – taking the test, finding out the news, seeing the doctor, having the scans. All of that was lost before they even knew they’d had it.
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