CHapter 14: If You Loved Me, You Would Be Here With Me.

"She told me something." Ryan whispered. He was sitting curled up in a sick, green hospital chair with Brendon on one side of him and Aleks on the other. Aleks could barely see through puffy, red, tear filled eyes. Brendon and Aleks both turned their heads toward Ryan as he spoke, but neither of them said a thing. "She said she wants me and Brendon to take the baby if something happens to her. She wants us to raise her."
Brendon nodded and pulled Ryan tight against him. A silent tear slid down his face as a doctor appeared in the doorway. The doctor pulled his mask down and walked carefully over to the three crying men. They knew immediately. He sat odwn in a chair across from them and folded his hands in front of him.
"We couldn't do anything to save Jasey." He spoke clearly. Almost like he was scared to mess up or stutter at all. "But the baby is fine." The three of them sobbed instantly.
"Can we see her?" Ryan choked.
"I don't know if it'd be for the best..."
"Jasey wants us," He gestured towards Brendon, then to himself "To take her."
"Then I guess you can." He sighed. "Follow me."

The three of them followed the doctor down a long hallway towards the nursery. Ryan and Brendon squeezed each other's hands nervously as they walked.
"Right through here." He stepped aside and pushed open a pink door. "The nurse will bring her to you." They stepped through the door into a relatively empty room. There were a few bassinets lined up against the far wall, but all of them were empty. A short, blonde nurse stepped out of another door at the back of the room. She carried a tiny pink bundle held close to her chest. She walked slowly to stand in front of Ryan and Brendon. Carefully, and ever so gently, she placed the tiny, squirming bundle into Ryan's open arms.
"Jamey." He whispered through silent tears.
"Jamey?" Aleks and Brendon asked together.
"It combines Spence's middle name and Jasey's first name. Jamey." He rubbed a thumb across her round, pink cheeks and smiled a little through the tragedy that surrounded him.
"Jamey..."