In Your Arms

Chap. 97: She's Gone

*Katie's POV*
~4 months later~

The sound of Chris's cellphone ringing wakes me up. I yawn and stretch, turning over to face a sleeping Chris. I shake his shoulder to wake him up. He jumps and looks at me before going to his phone by the night stand.
"Hello?" Chris turns in the nightstand lamp, "Whose this?"
I flip over and snuggle into Chris's hairy chest. He shifts the phone from one hand to another so he can put an arm around me. Chris's lip brush against my forehead before freezing. His body tenses up beneath me.
"What?" Chris says in s panic like voice, "When? Oh God, no..."
Chris lets our a sob, tears immediately streaming down his face. I look up at him confused. My thumbs wipe his tears away as he listens to the other line. Who is it? Is it Andrew?
"Baby, who is it?" I saw gently, putting my hand on his lower part of his chest. "What's going on?"
Chris pulls me close, tears escaping his eyes and sobs escaping his lips. I grab the phone from him and sit up, putting the phone to my ear.
"Who is this?" I say firmly, Chris crying beside me.
"Hello, I'm Karen from the Reginal Medical Center in California." The woman says sadly, "Who am I speaking with?"
"Why are you calling my husband at—" I look at the clock "—3 O'CLOCK IN THE FREAKING MORNING?!"
"I'm sorry to inform you, Mrs. Eaton, but your sister-in-law, Loni Eaton, died an hour ago." Something inside me shatters, making me wince. "She died of a blockage in her uterus."
Is that even a thing? I suddenly feel as a tear falls from my chin into my nightie. I wipe my tear stained cheeks and let out a shaky breath.
"What about the baby? Did he make it?" I say, my heart so heavy it's going to burst if I hear the baby didn't make it out okay.
"Yes, Miss Eaton's son survived." Karen says on the other line, "We need you and your husband to come down and sign a few papers concerning Miss Eaton."
Quickly, I get up out of bed and head to the closet. I drop the phone down onto the floor. I grab the first thing I see before I begin to change. Chris is in tears in bed, sobbing. I rush over and put my arms around him. He wraps his arms around me tightly. Chris begins to rock backs and forth.
"I never got to say goodbye." I kiss his forehead as he cries, "Loni's gone. She's gone!"
I shush him, kissing his temple to comfort him. His tears drip down onto my dried up laundry detergent stained t-shirt. I hold him closer to me, feeling his heartbreak. Loni's gone. I knew she was having difficulty with her pregnancy but I didn't know it was THAT bad.
"It's going to be okay, Baby." I say to Chris softly, "We'll get through this."
Chris sniffs. "She's gone."

Okay, so I know this sucks and all but bear with me! The next chapter is going to have a MAJOR time jump and you'll all hate me. But please, understand why I'm doing this and comment your thoughts nicely. I hope this wasn't so bad.