A Twist

Chapter 10

I'm here again.

A thousand miles

Away from you

A broken man.

I keep watching those hospital doors. People have come in and exited the hospital. Hours have passed. I know this because every minute one of the members of our family comes over and tries to take my mind off what was going on and as much as I loved them and appreciated their efforts I wasn't going anywhere.

Finally, a doctor walked over to me. The room now silent as I listened closely.

"Mr. Scott come with me please." He said. I got up and followed him.

At last seeing beyond those double doors. While he talked to me. We walked along the long winding hallway.

Eventually we reached Brooke's hospital room.

"The pregnancy took a much more difficult toll on your wife then we ever thought it would and she was the one who dialed 911 and spoke to the operator before she went unconscious." "The delivery was risky. She lost a lot of blood and her heart stopped on the table. But she fought and came back." "She is now stable and awake." "And was asking for you." The doctor said. Looking to me.

"What about our children what happened to them.?" I asked. My head was spinning. At the thought that I almost lost her. Relief and thankfulness were what I felt next knowing she had come back found the strength in her to keep going.

"I will inform you and your wife of that information." "Once you get a chance to be reacquainted with her." The doctor said. While he began to go back down the hallway.

I took a breath. Before I opened the door. Walking inside closing it behind me. Walking over to the hospital bed slowly. Feeling tears well up in my eyes at the sight of her.

Taking a seat in the chair next to her bed. Holding her hand. As I looked into her eyes.

"I love you so much. You've gone through so much in a matter of hours." "You are the strongest woman I know thank you for finding a way to us." "None of this works without you." I said. The emotion thick in my voice.

"I love you too." she said. Her voice soft and tired. "The babies I want to see them Luke please." "I have to know they're okay we haven't gotten to hold them or tell them how much we love them." "Where are they.?" She asked me.

The doctor knocked on the door. Coming inside closing the door behind him. The expression on his face was one I couldn't read.

He walked over to us. I looked up at him and started to speak.

"Your just in time my wife is very eager to see and hold our children." "And I am as well." "You said you would give us information on them." I said. Looking to him.

"We were about to successfully deliver your sons." "They are actually right out the door if you would like them to be wheeled in by the nurse." The doctor said.

"Yes, we would." Brooke said. Looking to the doctor.

I helped her be able to sit up. I stayed close. Watching as the nurse came in. Slowly wheeling in two small basinets. Brooke wiped her eyes. Squeezing my hand tightly. The nurse brought the bassinets as close to the bed as she could.

I thanked her. Taking in the sight of our boys. One had Brooke's dark and eyes. The other had my Blond hair and blue eyes.

"They are so perfect." Brooke said. Looking to me.

I carefully handed over one of the boys to her. While I took the other.

The both of us completely overjoyed but knowing we were missing someone. Brooke looked to me and I looked back at her.

"Where is our daughter.?" Brooke asked. Looking to the doctor.

I noticed the look the doctor gave to the nurse. She left the room.

The doctor looked up at us and began to speak.

"There was a lot going on at the time of delivery and the complications your daughter had only made things that much more difficult you survived a lot of trauma during this experience and I think it would be in your best interest to rest and we can speak more about this later." The doctor said. Looking back at Brooke.

Brooke gently placed down one of our boys and looked back at the doctor.

"I appreciate the concern but I just want to see our daughter I can rest at another time it all happened so quickly I wasn't able to be there every step of the way like I wanted to be for them." "It doesn't matter where she is and what the circumstances are." "I want to see her." Brooke said. Looking to doctor. Emotion thick in her voice.

I put my hand on hers. "Brooke, I think we need to take the doctor's advice and you need to sleep you're exhausted and need to think about yourself right now." "I'll be right here with the boys." I said. Looking to her.

"Fine but I want to see her as soon as I wake up." Brooke said. Looking to me. As she got back into bed.

It wasn't until our boys and Brooke were asleep. Did I approach the doctor myself. "There is no need to keep the situation with our daughter hidden I can handle whatever it is." "And I will tell my wife everything." I said. Looking to the doctor.

"Mr. Scott your wife barely survived the labor and delivery she is in an incredibly vulnerable and emotional state hearing this news right now could have disastrous consequences setting her back in her recovery." The doctor. Looking back at me.

"Okay then I will take the news and figure out how to break it to her when I know she can hear it." "Now what happened.?" I asked. Feeling my heart ache. Unsure of whether or not I wanted the answer.

Looking up as the doctor began to speak.

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