Hi, this is my first ever short story. All the characters are drawn from
Passions. Let me know what you think (
"You destroy everything you touch. I will never forgive you for this, I will never let you forget about this."
"Calm down, this is a hospital. Let go of him or I will call security."
"I knew that something like this would happen. I knew it."
"Where are they Dr Russell? I need to see them."
"It's the room across the hall. Fox, I should tell you that there are a lot of machines in there, don't be shocked."
"What are their chances? I mean, they are going to be a ok, right? They have to be ok, Dr Russell."
"I will be honest and tell you that I don't know. Every hour that passes by is a good sign. But your wife has spirit, she is fighter."
"Damn you to Hell, Fox", Ethan said as his half brother walked to the room.
Fox had never been so scared in his life. This should have been one of the best moments, if not the best moment in his life. The birth of his child, finally having what he's been longing for for so long, a family. And yet, he could be losing everything. He opened the door and looked inside; "Ethan is right, I destroy everything I touch."
"Pilar? I didn't know you were here."
He looked at her and at the boy she was holding in her arms.
"Has he been sleeping for a long time?" he asked as he stroke the little boy's hair.
"Yes, he has. It has been a long day and there was no one to look after him. Where have you been Fox? We left you message after message, we tried to contact you any way we could and nothing."
"I didn't know what was going on until I arrived in Harmony. I didn't think anything like this would happen, Pilar. I wish I was there. She was just 8 months pregnant. I don't understand."
He was looking at his wife who seemed so peaceful, just like when she sleeps he thought to himself. Then he looked around and finally saw it. The crib with a baby girl inside it, hooked to tubes, machines and monitors. His heart sank. He approached, took the hand that was free and kissed it.
Pilar looked at him. He had changed so much. He wasn't the person she had known all those years ago. The child who terrorized the staff at the mansion was gone, the spoiled teenager who got thrown out of so many boarding schools, gone was the young man who had such a terrible reputation. Teresa was right, Fox was changed and her daughter had every reason to be proud of him.
"I will leave you with them, please call me if there are any changes."
He nodded, and she left with the child who was sleeping still, unaware that maybe tomorrow he'll wake up without a mother.
He pulled a chair close to his wife's bed and sat down. He looked at her, at her face.
"I said that I would never leave your side, but I broke my promise to you tonight. I left and you are here, fighting for your life. You'll never know how sorry I am. I just saw our daughter, she is so beautiful, just like her mother. I was told that she cried before all of this happened. I wish I could have been there when she was born, I wish I heard her first cry, I wish I could have held her and see you hold her. There is so much I wish for right now. There is so much that I want to tell you, that I need to tell you. I know that you will pull through because you have everything to live for. Let me know that you're going to be alright. This is all I want, for you and our daughter to be ok. My life will not be the same if you're gone, it will be destroyed so please, stay with me."
He stood up, walked to the window and stared at the sky that was filled with stars. Everything seemed so quiet outside. How could this have happened? He didn't understand, this was supposed to be the happiest day of his life. He couldn't make sense of any of it. His Resa's life as well as his child's was hanging in the balance. Fox was lost in his thoughts.
"You destroy everything you touch. I will never forgive you for this, I will never let you forget about this."
"Calm down, this is a hospital. Let go of him or I will call security."
"I knew that something like this would happen. I knew it."
"Where are they Dr Russell? I need to see them."
"It's the room across the hall. Fox, I should tell you that there are a lot of machines in there, don't be shocked."
"What are their chances? I mean, they are going to be a ok, right? They have to be ok, Dr Russell."
"I will be honest and tell you that I don't know. Every hour that passes by is a good sign. But your wife has spirit, she is fighter."
"Damn you to Hell, Fox", Ethan said as his half brother walked to the room.
Fox had never been so scared in his life. This should have been one of the best moments, if not the best moment in his life. The birth of his child, finally having what he's been longing for for so long, a family. And yet, he could be losing everything. He opened the door and looked inside; "Ethan is right, I destroy everything I touch."
"Pilar? I didn't know you were here."
He looked at her and at the boy she was holding in her arms.
"Has he been sleeping for a long time?" he asked as he stroke the little boy's hair.
"Yes, he has. It has been a long day and there was no one to look after him. Where have you been Fox? We left you message after message, we tried to contact you any way we could and nothing."
"I didn't know what was going on until I arrived in Harmony. I didn't think anything like this would happen, Pilar. I wish I was there. She was just 8 months pregnant. I don't understand."
He was looking at his wife who seemed so peaceful, just like when she sleeps he thought to himself. Then he looked around and finally saw it. The crib with a baby girl inside it, hooked to tubes, machines and monitors. His heart sank. He approached, took the hand that was free and kissed it.
Pilar looked at him. He had changed so much. He wasn't the person she had known all those years ago. The child who terrorized the staff at the mansion was gone, the spoiled teenager who got thrown out of so many boarding schools, gone was the young man who had such a terrible reputation. Teresa was right, Fox was changed and her daughter had every reason to be proud of him.
"I will leave you with them, please call me if there are any changes."
He nodded, and she left with the child who was sleeping still, unaware that maybe tomorrow he'll wake up without a mother.
He pulled a chair close to his wife's bed and sat down. He looked at her, at her face.
"I said that I would never leave your side, but I broke my promise to you tonight. I left and you are here, fighting for your life. You'll never know how sorry I am. I just saw our daughter, she is so beautiful, just like her mother. I was told that she cried before all of this happened. I wish I could have been there when she was born, I wish I heard her first cry, I wish I could have held her and see you hold her. There is so much I wish for right now. There is so much that I want to tell you, that I need to tell you. I know that you will pull through because you have everything to live for. Let me know that you're going to be alright. This is all I want, for you and our daughter to be ok. My life will not be the same if you're gone, it will be destroyed so please, stay with me."
He stood up, walked to the window and stared at the sky that was filled with stars. Everything seemed so quiet outside. How could this have happened? He didn't understand, this was supposed to be the happiest day of his life. He couldn't make sense of any of it. His Resa's life as well as his child's was hanging in the balance. Fox was lost in his thoughts.