ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross Pov

“Wifey? I thought you will be home? I am here and you are not around, where are you girl?”

I asked as I sat in the bedroom, I decided to return from my trip a day before I was scheduled to as I finished my meeting in the early hours of today so I decided to just come home since there was nothing else for me to do there, I was hoping to meet Kathy at home since it was past time for classes, I wanted to surprise her but she wasn’t here when I got back and Nora said she did return from school but left a while ago, maybe she went to visit Marilyn or she went to get something.

“Oh my God, I didn’t know you were coming back today, I am actually at the hospital,”

She disclosed and I shut up from the bed, okay that didn’t come to my mind.

“What? What happened? Why are there? Why didn’t you call me? Are you okay?”

“One question at a time Cross, I am fine,”

She said, I wasn’t convinced, her voice didn’t sound like she was fine, I hurriedly put on my shirt while still on the phone with her.

“Which hospital are you in? Send the location,”

“No, babe, there is no need for you to come here you just got back, you need to rest,”

“I will rest when I get back with you, now don’t make me ask again, just send it,”

I said with authority, ain’t no way I was gonna sit here and be worried while she was alone at the hospital, I wondered if this visit had something to do with what she had to tell me, I have been wondering all day since I got up from bed, even during my meeting, I just hope she was okay and our baby too.

“Okay, fine,”

“I will be there soon, wait for me, I love you,”

I said getting out of the house into my car, I was still feeling tired from not getting enough sleep last night and the play ride to New York but my wife and kid were more important than sleep.

“I love you too,”

She replied, I didn’t like how she sounded, it made me scared, I drove towards the location she had given, it didn’t take up to fifteen minutes to get there, I met a receptionist at the front desk and ask for directions to the doctor’s office, but she said I had to call the person I was here to see since she wasn’t an inpatient.

“Hey babe, I am at the front desk where are you?”

“Oh, I had to go do a scan, ask for directions to the scan room,”

She voiced, she sounded scared.

“Okay, please the scan room?”

I asked the lady and she pointed me in the direction, I almost walked fast towards it, I met her at the reception, she looked so lonely and scared, my heart hurt at the sight, at least I was here now, what if I had not decided to return? I will be at the hotel probably sleeping while she was here looking so alone, I knew she wouldn’t have called and would have acted like it’s nothing big when she tell me about it.

“Kathy,”

I called and she looked up and smiled at me.

“You came,”

She let out as I walked up to where she was seated, did she think I won’t?

“Of course I did baby, I told you I am on my way, are you okay? What happened?”

I asked hugging her close.

“I am okay, but our baby might not be, I have done the test but the results are not yet out and also I have done the scan to be sure,”

She let out tearing up.

“What happened?”

I asked softly wiping the tears off.

“I felt headache when I woke up this morning and took some painkillers and went to school but throughout when I was in class I wasn’t comfortable and when I got home, I decided to rest thinking I overstressed myself but when I woke up, the discomfort was worst and o saw spots of blood when I went to pee so I came to the hospital,”

She explained, I admit that I was scared too but I couldn’t let her see that, it won’t help if both of us are scared, I just hope that our baby was fine and it’s just a norm.

“When will it be your turn?”

I asked pulling her closer, just then a doctor walked up to us and told us to follow him, I helped her up and we both worked into the room where the scan will be done, Kathy’s hands were cold and she looked so scared, I wish there was a way of taking all her fears.

“Doctor? Is our baby okay?”

I asked the lady who was in charge, unlike the first scan we had done, this lady was quiet, too quiet, her silence increased my fears.

“I can’t say much sir, I will forward the result to her doctor and he will be the one to explain,”

She answered, that didn’t do anything to help and Kathy was almost crying.

“When can we meet this doctor?”

I asked anxiously.

“Right now,”

“But is our kid doing okay?”

“Yes, at least for now, you have to see the doctor and have a word to get the full details, I can only say so much but don’t worry, everything will be fine, at least if you do the right thing,”

She responded, I couldn’t figure out if I was being too nervous or she was just being rude to us, so I thanked her and helped my wife up, we went together to where the somewhat rude lady had shown us, it still took some time to be able to speak with the doctor, when we finally met her, she smiled at us.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!