Chapter 5
Audrey’s father stood on the hospital curb with private security behind him, looking at Dominic like he had just made the last mistake of his life.
Dominic tried to recover.
“Sir, this is a misunderstanding.”
Audrey’s father turned to the nurse.
“Is my daughter medically cleared to travel by bus five days after abdominal surgery while carrying an infant?”
The nurse’s face tightened.
“No, sir. Absolutely not. She requires assisted transportation and home support.”
He nodded once.
Then looked at Dominic.
“Did you hear that?”
Dominic lifted both hands.
“She’s exaggerating. She always makes things dramatic.”
Audrey’s father stepped closer.
“You will not diagnose my daughter from a sidewalk.”
Dominic’s mother climbed out of the SUV, suddenly polite.
“Mr… I don’t believe we’ve been properly introduced.”
He did not take her hand.
“No. You were too busy laughing while my daughter stood here in a hospital gown.”
Her face turned red.
“That is not fair.”
Audrey finally spoke.
“It’s accurate.”
Dominic shot her a warning look.
For months, that look had worked.
Not today.
One of the security men opened the rear door of the center car.
Audrey’s father took off his coat and gently draped it around her shoulders.
His hands shook only when he touched the baby’s blanket.
“May I?” he asked.
Audrey’s eyes filled.
She nodded.
He looked at his grandson for the first time.
The anger in his face cracked.
For a second, he was not a powerful man with a motorcade.
He was just a father who had nearly arrived too late.
“He’s beautiful,” he whispered.
Audrey tried to smile.
“He has Mom’s chin.”
Her father closed his eyes briefly.
Then he turned back to Dominic.
“My daughter and grandson are leaving with me.”
Dominic’s expression hardened.
“That’s my son.”
Audrey’s father looked at him.
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“Then you should have treated him like one before throwing his food, diapers, and mother into the street.”
👉 And when Dominic tried to blame Audrey again, the nurse and the recording turned his own cruelty against him.
