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Revealing the Truth
"You're baby is very healthy, Kono," Doctor James said as she swiftly wiped the gel off Kono's stomach. "And it looks like you are 8 weeks long."
Kono sat up in the medical chair and smooth her shirt. Eight weeks; the calculation was correct: it was eight weeks ago when she and -
"I will print out your ultrasound for you," said Dr. James interrupting Kono's thoughts.
Kono nodded, the revelation that she's actually pregnant is still very new to her mind and until now she's struggling with it.
"I will also ask the receptionist to book for your next appointment…" The Doctor stood up, studying her charts as she does. "Any questions you wish to ask?"
How do I tell him about this? Kono wanted to ask. Her situation was different than any other expectant mothers. Most average expectant mothers weren't single and didn't have to go through this stage alone. She haven't even had the time to properly sit down and think.
"No," Kono said.
"Okay, well if you have any questions later, you have my card. Call me anytime," Dr. James offered. "You can collect your ultrasound at the desk. I will see you at your next appointment." The doctor offered a polite smile before leaving the room.
The sound of the door shutting echoed in the atmosphere, the silence taking the space of absence.
Kono led out a breath. "A baby."
She had always imagined herself being a mother but it's a picture in the future…when she is settled down with a stable relationship…in love…married…then kids. But right now she doesn't have any of those at all. Her pregnancy was the consequence of a one-night stand – a situation she'd thought she never be in.
But here she is and despite everything, to see the image of her baby and to hear the sound of its heartbeat thumping loudly out loud, she knew that she wanted this baby. Her heart is already felt with love for the tiny foetus and she knew that she will never regret its presence in the world.
For the first time, since the discovery of her pregnancy, Kono found herself smiling. Her thoughts had helped her mind to reach to a conclusion and she felt a small light of happiness shining through her.
"Thank you," Kono said as the receptionist confirmed the date that she had set for her next appointment.
"Of course."
Then, a crash of broken glasses alerted Kono's ears and she turned with a great force; her police-trained instincts leaped into action.
Cries of shock and panic arose quickly like a burning within the crowds, creating a chaos.
Concentrating hard, Kono blocked the sound as she surveyed the potential dangers that maybe cursed with the incident.
A black SUV screeched away…Kono's feet jumped into action…but it was too late…the wheels were faster than her eyes. Her heart pounced as she remembered an object being thrown through the windows and her eyes searched desperately on the floor.
That's when she saw it: a small black barrel rolling across the floor.
Kono's eyes widen.
Wisps of smoke are released from it.
She could barely heard herself shouted, "Everybody get down!" when an eruption of a loud vibration and sound embraced her. Then blackness cocooned the world.
It was as if the world had been turned upside down.
Sound of desperate voices filled the air; people were frantically moving around; it was a tight chaotic atmosphere. But somehow Kono managed to breathe.
She's been through it before maybe that's why she was calmed. She had barely let the paramedics thoroughly checked her before pushing herself on her feet to start the routine of helping removing the victims away from the bombed building. She knew at the back of her mind that she should be careful in her condition but the paramedic had announced that she was alright and was out of danger; that was enough for her to act.
After the explosion, Kono had quickly recovered and began to immediately use her position in the force to call for the right task force.
She knew very well that her call would alert the Hawaii Five-O team; she was right as soon enough her team arrived.
Their entranced was noisy as her eyes caught the sight of a blue SUV halting at the front of the crime scene. She waited at the front of the clinic as they slammed the car doors shut and ran towards her. Even before they'd stepped out of the vehicle she could see their concerned faces as evident now.
"Kono!"
Chin Ho, her cousin, was the first to address his worried look as he laid a hand on her shoulder, his eyes scanning her body for any sign of injuries. "You okay, kid?"
She gently shrugged him off, "I'm fine, Chin. Really."
"Have you been checked out?"
She turned to Steve, his own worry was evident in his voice but it was that feeling that shine through his eyes that overwhelmed her; it reminded her of what she's hiding from him.
Why did he have to care? Why did he have to be so kind?
"I'm okay, Steve."
She knew her words didn't convinced him but even so Steve simply nodded, perhaps because he knows what she's like when her stubbornness comes alive.
"Okay, tell me what happened," Steve said.
Kono glanced at the destroyed clinic as her mind recycled through the recent events. "It all happened so fast…one minute everything was okay…then - I was standing at the reception desk when I heard a crash…I turned around and I see a bomb being thrown in...and the next thing I know there was an explosion."
"When you turned to look, did you see anything other than the bomb? Maybe the guy who threw it in?" Danny asked.
"I…er…remember seeing a black SUV driving away…but I didn't catch the plate number or the driver…It was too far," Kono said.
"Okay," Steve nodded as his mind analyse the anecdote. Then his leadership mode took over as he turned to Chin. "Chin, why don't you go and talk to the victims? See if you can get anything that may help us to figure out how it all happened."
Chin took once last look at Kono before walking away.
"Danny, talk to those people who saw it happened," Steve said, gesturing to the people that had gathered around the perimeter of the closed crime scene. "Maybe one of them saw something that matches Kono's description. And also look for tyre marks that may help us to identify the SUV."
"On it." Danny, too, left leaving them both alone.
Steve turned to Kono. "What were you doing at the clinic, anyway?"
Kono froze; she had been caught. She knew that question was inevitable but she didn't expect it to be asked by him. What was she gonna say?
She shifted on her feet and let her tongue rolled a lie. "I was, er, getting a flu shot."
Steve nodded. "Okay." Then he tilted his head towards the clinic. "Come on, let's go see the damage."
His office door swung opened and Steve looked up.
"Kono," he said, greeting the figure that stood near his door.
It was the end of the day and after many dead ends, the team had finally managed to solve the crime of the explosions of the clinic. It turned out to be a twist of jealousy and revenge that had led to the event.
"So let me get this straight: you decided to get your revenge because you didn't get the credit that you deserved by bombing the clinic?" Danny asked in disbelieved. He turned to the rest of his colleagues to make sure that they were hearing the same thing as he did.
The found-guilty simply nodded. "Yeah! She fired me! Me! I build that clinic! I had invested in it! I made it run! And not once did she ever acknowledge that! The moment she got all her glory she turned her back on me! I was only doing what she deserved."
"Well I hope it was worth it because you've just kissed your life goodbye."
"Am I interrupting?" Kono asked.
"No, come in."
Taking the invitation, Kono stepped into the office, closing the door behind her. The action was unnecessary as both Danny and Chin had left earlier for home leaving her and Steve as the only two people left.
This is it. She was going to tell him because she knows that he have the right to learn the truth. She couldn't keep hiding it from him sooner or later he's going to found out and she's decided that now would be better.
"What's up?" Steve said as he leaned against the front of his desk, folding his arms across his chest.
"I lied to you this morning."
"Okay…"
"I lied to you this morning," Kono repeated, "I told you that the reason that I went to the clinic was to get flu shot…I lied. I was actually –" Kono paused; she knew well that her words were failing her and that she couldn't go on; and so instead she pulled out the sonogram picture, that she had retrieved earlier, from her jeans pocket. She smiles for a fleeting moment at the picture before holding it out to Steve.
Curious, Steve took the photo into his hands and let his eyes inspect it.
Kono waited patiently.
As his brain caught up, Steve's eyes widens, he opened his mouth but no words came out.
Kono took a deep breath, "I'm pregnant."
Regaining back his speaking ability, Steve cleared his throat. "Erm…congratulations…I didn't know you were seeing-"
"You're the father."
And just like that, Steve McGarrett felt his whole world came tumbling down.
