Chapter 300: Light of My Life
Months later...
"Stop walking back and forth like that," Aiden chided with a scowl. "You’re going to wear a hole straight through to the foundation of the building."
Matteo scowled as he tossed Aiden a glare. "And you’re any better?" he said, looking pointedly at the pile of torn papers that surrounded Aiden, papers he had been picking at for the last couple of hours to relieve his anxiety.
Aiden merely scoffed as he tossed the remaining paper bits in his hand onto the ground, gaining the disdainful glares of the nurses who passed by. However, none of them dared to say anything to this pair of brothers.
They had been guarding the doors to the hospital’s delivery room for the last seven hours. With each hour that passed, the duo only turned more and more frantic. Matteo’s pacing increased in speed, while Aiden had gone through enough papers that he could match the efficiency of an office paper shredder.
Amelia wasn’t supposed to give birth so early― she had two more weeks left before her projected due date, but when she woke up with bad contractions, Matteo carted her first thing to the hospital with her emergency bag.
Before he knew it, he was locked out of the delivery room as Amelia was wheeled away, and Aiden was left as his only company.
"Why are you here?" Matteo asked, tucking his hands into his pockets, trying his best to remain calm but failing miserably. "How did you even know?"
"Benji Wales told me," Aiden said. "He mentioned his wife had to rush to the hospital in the middle of the night. Figured it might be Amelia since Michelle is the doctor in charge."
Matteo clicked his tongue but said nothing else. After all, Benji Wales didn’t specify who the patient was― that was Aiden’s educated guess. And frankly, Matteo didn’t mind the company. He needed someone to help take him off his thoughts.
He turned his gaze to stare at the closed doors, the light still brightly lit, signaling that the operation was still in progress.