---- froze. "Emergency team-get ready!" Acrowd of adults rushed off with my baby, barely ten pounds, straight into surgery. The OR light blinked on-then off way too soon. The same doctor came back out, eyes heavy. "Ms. Astor, she was brought in too late. Honestly... she might've already been gone before you even got here." His lips kept moving, but I didn't hear a thing. Just this sharp ringing in my ears and the unbearable weight crashing down on my chest. Then nothing. I passed out, and the doctors scrambled to catch me. When I finally came to, the pain hit like a freight ---- train-raw, relentless. Nadine was gone. Out of habit, I reached for my phone to text Gerard. But the second I opened the app, Peggy's new post smacked me in the face. [I'm pregnant! Just thinking about it makes me nervous. Good thing my boyfriend banned me from drinking-I almost hurt you, little one.] [Welcome to the world, my baby. Daddy and I have been waiting so long for you.]