Positive results aren't always that positive
Carbo's POV
There it was…. a positive result on Loretta & I's pregnancy test. I was finally going to be father. I should have felt happy but the truth was, I had a distinct ache in my heart, for my Ben. After all we had been through a lot, over the years.
I guess what I was really feeling was the hurt from the reflection and memories that had made my friend of 26 years sad. After all it was what Ben had really discovered that night in the morgue that left him so shocked, and makes me start feeling sad when I think of it.
The truth was, that on the night that his dearly beloved wife Melissa had died, Ben learnt the shocking secret that…. Mel was infact pregnant. She was only a few weeks, but the fact that Melissa had actually knew she was pregnant and kept that from Ben was the shocking truth.
At first Ben was slightly angry with Mel, for not telling him, but then he realized he couldn't really stay angry at his newly deceased wife could he? He then apologized to Mel, or what was left of the woman he once loved so much, and as he took a glance of her for the last time, as he burst into tears.
"its just not fair" Ben exclaimed as he came up to me afterwards.
"I know mate, I know" I reinsured him…I was just a shocked as he was and didn't really have the strength to find the words to say to my hurt friend.
The Mortician then came up to Ben and offered him a lock of Mel's hair, and asked him what, he wanted to do about what was left of Ben and Mel's child. Of course their still undeveloped child, was instantly killed in the crash, but Ben confirmed that he would want to Bury Mel just the way she was, with their child inside her.
Ben still in tears asked the Mortician, a question that no man should have to ever ask "could I please know the gender of my deceased baby"…surprisingly despite the fact that he was hurt, Ben was still making stupid jokes out of the serious situation…a thing Mel had tried to correct Ben of, but never had succeeded.
The Mortician then replied, "ill have to do some tests, but I'll be sure to let you know"
After Ben had heard that, both him and the distraught Rafters, decided to go home.
The next day Ben of course got a phone call from the Mortician, confirming that Ben and Melissa would have been having a girl. The funny thing is Ben had grown to adore his little sister Ruby, and from that fact, had decided that he really did want a daughter, when he and Mel were trying to conceive. And as Ben said Thank you to the mortician and hung up the phone, I knew it was my job to ask him the following question
"Are you ok mate?"
Ben replied, "Ive just lost my wife, and daughter in a car crash, do you really think I'd be alright"
"Ok I understand mate, but if you ever want to talk, you can come to me" I added
"Thanks mate, sorry for going off at you then" Ben replied
"Its ok, but I do understand why you did" I added
Ben of course then went up stairs and cried, we didn't hear a peep out of him for about a week, but just seeing him upset like that, really made me feel for him. After all I can't imagine my life with now with out my gorgeous, wife Loretta.
So as I held the positive result in my hand, there were suddenly tears to my eyes, as I just know Ben is going to make a great uncle but the truth is, he would have also made a fantastic Dad.