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After endless phone calls, Hanna was desperate. So she walked out of her house at 12 A.M and walked to the playground, where she once went with Caleb. It was dark and cold so she wrapped her coat tighter around her. She was colder than usual and her hands trembled as she walked towards the swings.
As expected Caleb was sitting in one of the swings sipping a beer. Two more empty beer bottles layed in the ground next to him and he lifted his head as he saw me walk and sit in the swing next to him. ''Figured you would be here.'' she said and sterched out her hand asking him for a beer. ''You're...pregnant, Hanna. You can't drink alcohol.'' Hanna smiled inside seeing that Caleb was conserned for hers and the baby's well being.
''Why didn't you answer my calls Caleb?'' she asked softly trying not to upset him. He didn't look at Hanna, he putted all of his attention in the beer bottle in his hand as he drank once more trying to avoid these questions. ''Why did you come back?'' ''Why didn't you answer my calls?'' It was too painful for him to aswer anything that she asked, talk to her or even look at her. He saw her baby bump. Ever since he left The Brew he had the same question wandering inside his head. Taunting him. ''Who got Hanna pregnant?''
The voices inside of Caleb's head couldn't stop from the moment he saw her. He kept thinking people who might have left her pregnant. How she had moved on. Finally he drank so he could make them stop. Stop torturing him and never stopping accusing him. If he hadn't left Hanna would have never gotten pregnant and she would be happy. Even kms away he still ruined her life.
He didn't want to ask her, but the alcohol took all his setbacks away. He just looked at her and talled to her in a way he hadn't in a very long time. ''Who knocked you up?'' he demanded. She looked at him startled. ''Excuse me, what?'' She was really shocked from his sudden change of behavior. ''I said: Who got you pregnant Hanna? I need an answer godammit.'' He drank more. ''Was it that asshole Travis who hitted on you before i left?''
Hanna couldn't look at him. She couldn't tell him the truth. He was in a downworld spiral and learning about this would bring him to the edge. And she didn't want that for him. She could lie and say that it was Travis's, but she couldn't do that to him. He was a really nice guy and when he found out about her pregnancy, he offered to help her with whatever she needed.
''Goddammit, answer to me Hanna! WHO is the father?'' Caleb has standed up from the swing, leaving his beer on the ground. He standed in front of me. ''Answer the fucking QUESTION!'' He had grabbed Hanna's wrists lifting her up. ''Caleb...'' He heard her voice crack as her eyes fell shut and Hanna collapsed in Caleb hands. She still felt light as a feather in his arms. Instantly he grabbed her and carried her to his Jeep. He drove to the hospital and went in the emergency room.
''What happened to her?'' Caleb asked the doctor as her sat in the chair next to Hanna, who was sedated at the moment. He looked at her, with the pale moonlight washing on her face and her eyelids shut and her usually oink lips, now white as a sheet. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his 18 years of life and the most nice, loving and caring. He had to find what asshole dumped her alone and pregnant. He was upset for moving on from him so quickly- he hadn't slept with anyone these 8 months and she got knocked up. But the point was that someone had left her pregnant and didn't take responsibility.
''Your wife has Preeclampia, Mr. Rivers.'' said the doctor. I had to register Hanna as my wife at the hospital, because her mother was out of town for the weekened in a business trip in New York as he had learned from Toby and someone had to make the medical decisions for her. ''What is Preeclampsia? Is it threatening in any way?'' He knew he sounded conserned and he was.
The doctor sighed and pated Caleb's back. ''Mrs. Rivers is 34 weeks pregnant and the condition was left untreated for such a long period of time that it could result in fatal compications to the mother and the child such as premature delivery, descreased blood flow to the placenta which could lead to slow growth of the baby and breathing problems and even placenta abruption in which the placenta seperates from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery. Severe abruption can cause heavy bleeding and damage to the placenta, which can be life-threatening to both her and the baby.''
Caleb was just left looking at the doctor and then turned to face Hanna. ''So that's why she fainted tonight?'' He felt guilty deep inside and he wanted closure.''No. Tonight she fainted because of her high blood pressure, but mostly because of the stress she might have been going through.''
He took his seat back next to Hanna again. ''When will she wake up?'' he asked. ''Any minute now. I'll leave you to rest a bit. It's been a hard night for you Mr. Rivers.'' He knew now that it was all his fault. Because of his behaviour she had fainted and was in the hospital, but at the same time because of that he found aout that hers and her baby's life was at wasn't like it was his baby, but he was still heard.
Suddenly he heard Hanna shake in her sleep and murmur something. He went closer to listen to what she was saying. ''Sorry...So..Soorryy Caleb...Baby...He...has..has...to...has to know...'' Then Hanna jumped up and Caleb caught her with his arms and putted her back to the bed. ''What happened...?'' she asked bewildered. ''Is everything alright with the baby...?'' ''Hanna...You have it's serious.'' ''What? What is that? Is my baby in danger?'' ''Yes...And so are you.'' ''Oh, Caleb... I'm sorry i didn't answer your question before.'' ''It's not too late now to answer it.'' But at that moment the doctor walked in.
''Mrs. Rivers i see you are awake. How are you feeling?'' She turned her attention to Caleb, raising an eyebrow. ''Really, Caleb? Hanna Rivers?'' After the doctor finished explaining to Hanna the whole situation he announced that she had to stay overnight and then she had to go home and be stress-free for the rest of the pregnancy and be ready for a premature delivery.
That whole night Hanna and Caleb only talked once. The moment before she fell asleep, and that exchange was short. ''Thank you Caleb.'' she said and closed her eyes, still smiling. ''You're welcome.'' he answered tugging her in and sitting beside her until the first sun ray creeped inside and woke them up. But that day one of the voices in Caleb's head told him something else. Something he hadn't thought before that he heard Hanna mumble these things half-awake, half-asleep. He had never thought that he might be the father.
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