“If you are in this state when you see her, she is going to be scared. Do what you need to now before we get there.” What does he mean?

“Liam if you need to shout, do it now, if you need to cry go ahead, but you need to fucking breathe.” Edge’s voice is calm and collected, breaking through my spiral.

“Shit, okay. FUCK! AHHHH!” I yell out until my throat is hoarse but I can also feel my heart rate starting to steady. Just in time too, because Edge has just turned into the hospital parking lot – so fast I think we go in on two wheels.

I don’t care – all that matters is getting to my girls. My feet pound on the pavement and the double doors slide open for me.

“Ellis Ainsley, I need to see her.” Thanks to the guys, I’m able to speak in full sentences again, but I still feel the weight of five men pressing on my chest.

My voice doesn’t startle the woman behind the desk, but the footfall of three hockey players running probably gave us away. Moving too slowly for comfort she starts typing on her computer and eventually she looks up at me with boredom in her eyes.

“Are you family?” She waves her hands dismissively at me and the guys.

“I’m her fiancé.” I don’t think and the words are out there. There is a doctor stood holding a clipboard who I didn’t notice at first, tunnel vision only letting me see one obstacle at a time. She glances over the receptionist’s shoulder before smiling at me.

“You must be Liam, follow me.” She points down a corridor, but before I walk down it, Anders grabs me by the elbow.

“Liam, we are going to go pick up Jack okay? Cassie is on his pick-up list right?” When I nod he continues, “We’ll take him to your place and wait for y’all there,” he reassures me.

“Thank you, I’ll call you when I know anything.”

“Go get your girl man.” Edge pats me on the shoulder and I’m off. I scurry after the doctor as she leads me down corridor after corridor, it’s a labyrinth that my Sunshine is waiting in the middle of, a prize that I hope is alive and healthy.

“How did you know my name?” I ask the doctor, breaking out of my fog, as she leads me onto the maternity ward.

“As soon as Miss Ainsley knew she was being admitted she was asking for her partner, when you wouldn’t pick up the phone she was cursing your name.” I don’t think I am going to let my phone out of my sight ever again. Silence falls between us for a moment but I need to know what to expect.

“Is she going to be okay?”