Chapter 153

ASHLEY

"What the hell are you saying, doctor? How did this happen?" My heart is thudding in my chest as I try to make head and tail of what Nicci's doctor is saying to me right now. Tears cloud my eyes when he explains Nicci's sudden sickness and strange bleeding on the island. With shaky hands and a shakier voice, I ask him the hardest question.

"And my baby?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ashley. It was miscarried."

My vision blurs for a long minute and every other sound drawls to silence around me. I neither hear my phone clatter to the floor or my brothers rushing forward to check on me. After a few violent shakes, I snap out of it.

"Ashley, what's wrong, man? You're tearing up." Ashal pulls me into a hug while Ashton grabs my phone and redials the doctor's line. He listens quietly to him with a somber expression on his face. Asher descends from the stairs and joins us.

"What's going on?"