Chapter 7 Hal's Secret
It was the day of Stephanie's exploratory surgery, and she was lying in bed when Hal came into the bedroom. "Come on baby girl time to get moving"
"I am scared, what if it is cancer Hal?" Stephanie questioned Hal.
"We will deal with it, and I will be there for you no matter what." Hal told Stephanie and then helped her get ready for the hospital.
When they got to the hospital, they went to check in. "Stephanie Plum here for exploratory surgery"
"All right come in to the exam room and we will get you ready to go to surgery." The nurse said to Stephanie.
Stephanie gave Hal a kiss and then walked into the exam room.
Hal went into the waiting room and prayed that she would be all right.
After an half of hour the nurse said to Hal, "You can go in now while she is awake."
Hal walked into the prep room and saw her in her gown waiting to go into surgery and he went up to her and pulled a ring out of his pocket, and said "Stephanie Plum will you marry me?"
Stephanie was in shock as she looked at the two caret diamond in Hal's hand.
"Yes, I will Hal, I love you" She said and then he bent down to kiss her. "You will be fine and we will make it through this." Hal said and then he was about to put the ring on her hand and she said, "Hal can you please hold on to this until after the surgery."
"Sure thing" Then he put the ring back in his pocket again. The techs came and took her into the operating room. Hal went back into the waiting room where he would stay until she was out of surgery. Hal's cell phone rang and he answered it, "Hey it's Tank how is Steph doing?"
"She is in surgery right now it will be about three hours until we know anything I hope anyway." Hal told Tank over the phone. "Okay let me know how things go." Tank said and then he hung up.
Three hours later, the Doctor who did Stephanie's surgery came out to talk to Hal, "Stephanie is resting now. The tumor was benign but in order to get the whole growth out we had to take her left ovary out as well. She can still get pregnant, but she will only have an egg once every other month so it may take longer to have kids but it can be done. If you want to go see her now you can" Then the doctor left.
Hal walked in to recovery and sin the saw Stephanie in a bed and sat in a chair next to the bed to be there when Steph woke up.
After about twenty minutes Stephanie woke up and looked next to her and saw Hal there waiting for her.
"Hey baby girl how are you feeling?" Hal asked her.
"I am tired and sore but other than that I feel fine. I am glad you are here, and I love the ring you gave me and I can't wait for our life to start." Than Hal put the ring on her left hand and then said, "We will be together for the rest of our lives" Hal told her and then added baby girl the growth was benign, but in order to get the whole growth out they had to take your left ovary, but we can still have kids if you want to, you will only have an egg every other month so it will be harder to have kids but if you want to I will love to try to have kids with you." Hal told her as he looked in her eyes.
"I am very excited to start our new life together, and I can't wait until we are married." Stephanie said to him.
The Doctor came in and said, "Okay Stephanie how are you feeling?"
"I am a little tired, and sore but other then that I feel fine, I was wondering when I could go home." Stephanie asked the doctor.
"You have to stay here for up to a week, maybe less just to make sure that the surgery spot will not get an infection, but you will recover just fine, right now I want you to sleep" The doctor said and then left.
"All right baby girl I better let you go, so you can sleep, I will visit with you tomorrow. I love you Steph." Then Hal kissed her softly on the lips and then left for the night.
