Six years later, his father has a new wife who treats Sam like he’s her own. They’re worried …show more content…
He hasn’t checked his messages in months. His father finds him and tells him that Raina is pregnant in her third trimester. Sam leaves to go find Raina. Raina goes into labor a few days after. She goes to the hospital alone to have the baby. She pushes and pushes but something is wrong. She’s in more pain than she should be. She makes a decision to save the baby’s life over hers. Sam travels the country to get to her but when he gets there. The decision was already made. He visits his baby in the nursing room. He holds her and comforts her. Then he visits his wife. She’s been given an anesthetic and slowly dying. Sam holds her hand delicately. As Sam touches her hand flashes of aesthetic images goes through her mind, until she springs up. She doesn’t understand what happened but he hugs her. A few days later, Sam is about to leave the hospital. Looking slightly older. Raina catches him before he leaves and tries to get an explanation. He tells her everything. He tells her about the weight, the guilt, everything. Raina hugs him tightly and he cries overwhelmingly. Comforting him like a mother comforts a baby, with a mothers touch. He felt the weight of the world lift off