Chapter 11 Game On
Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva Hospital - The Same Day
Chris had called for an ambulance. He hadn't called Zak yet. He was waiting in the waiting room of the ER.
"Mr. Smith?" the doctor asks.
"Yes? How's my wife?" Chris asks.
"We have her stabilized for now. She's lost a lot of blood. Both of the babies are fine", the doctor says.
"What caused all the bleeding?", Chris asks.
"Some of the placenta was torn. Probably due to stress and a couple of other complications. When your wife wakes up, we have to have a talk about how to proceed from here", the doctor tells him.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll have to decide if you want to continue the pregnancy. We can abort one of the babies. If your wife attempts to carry both babies, I don't believe that she'll survive the delivery. If her condition worsens, we'll take one twin and then the other, if we have to do it. You have a son and a daughter. Is there any preference on which one survives?"
Chris is stunned. "The one with the best chance to survive".
"In a few minutes, you'll be able to see your wife. She won't wake up until tomorrow morning", the doctor tells him.
If
I had only went home to her last night, none of this would have
happened. If she loses one or both of the twins, it's as if I
murdered my own children. At first, I didn't want the twins to exist,
but I never meant for something like this to happen to them. When I
lost my memory, I really bonded with the twins. If she loses one or
both of them, I'll feel the pain, too I know that she'll want
to try to keep both of the twins. I don't want her to risk her life
for them. She needs to think of Zak and her family.
After Chris thinks for awhile, he goes to visit Isabella. She's white as a ghost and she doesn't look well at all. He calls Suzy and tells her what happened. He asks her to bring Zak to the hospital and asks her if she can watch him tonight.
When Zak arrives at the hospital, he's furious with his dad. Chris can tell he's in for it - Zak has the same look that Isabella has on her face just before she gets furious at him!
"How could you do this to her and my siblings? If mom or the twins die, I'll never forgive you for it", Zak says as he screams at his dad.
"You're right, Zak. I never should have yelled at her last night. I am sorry", Chris tells him.
"Sorry doesn't cut it, Dad. You need to make amends to her", Zak says.
Zak visits with his mom and then Suzy takes him home. Chris stays with Isabella at the hospital.
Geneva Hospital - Next Day
In the morning, Isabella begins to awaken. Chris sees that she's starting to wake, so he goes to get the nurse.
"The twins are they alright?" Isabella asks.
"Yes, if you look at the monitor you can see them", Chris says.
"You look awful", Isabella says. Chris looks scruffy.
"Thanks!" Chris says.
"What happened?" Isabella asks him.
"I found you at the house yesterday. Then, I called the ambulance", Chris says as the nurse and doctor comes in.
The doctor explains the situation to Isabella. After she asks them a few questions, they leave to let her and Chris make the decision.
"What do you want me to do?" Isabella asks him.
"I think that you shouldn't try to have both of the twins. What if you die? Zak needs his mother. Jean and Jill need you, too. However, I don't know how we'd pick between the two of them", Chris says.
"I'm surprised that you even want to save one of them", Isabella says.
"I don't want to lose either of them, but I don't want you to die either", Chris says.
"After the other night, I thought that you'd prefer that I was dead", Isabella tells him.
"I am sorry. I never should have said those things to you. I'm also sorry that I was thinking of hitting you. I've never even thought of hitting a woman before this mess", Chris says.
"Apology accepted. I know that I've put you through hell. I want to try to have both of the twins", Isabella says.
"Alright. I think we need to call a truce. Our number one priority must be the safe delivery of the twins and your safety", Chris says.
"Agreed, but I want to ask you a few questions first", Isabella says.
"Go ahead"
"If I would have called you during Christmas and told you to come back to me, would you?" Isabella asks him.
"I would have been there as fast as humanly possible", Chris tells her. Isabella realizes that she really missed the boat on that one.
"If it weren't for the twins, would we have been divorced now? Would you move on with Lucky? Are you in love with her?" Isabella asks.
"Yes. Lucky has taken the pain that you put me through and turned it into something bearable. I could very easily fall in love with her. I think there's already a part of me that's in love with her. The love that I could have with Lucky would never be like our love, but it wouldn't be bad", Chris tells her.
"Has Zak been in to see me?" Isabella asks.
"Yes. He's informed me of his displeasure." Chris says.
"I told him not to do that", Isabella says.
"Well, he's stubborn like you", Chris says.
"Since you're awake, I'll bring Zak to see you after he gets home from school. I'm going to go home now and shower and put some clean clothes on", Chris says. He leaves the hospital.
Isabella's nurse comes in to check on her.
"Mrs. Smith, how are you feeling?"
"Better"
"Good. It must be wonderful to have a husband that is like that", the nurse tells her.
"Like what?" Isabella asks.
"He's obviously devoted to you. He stuck by your side all night long. He didn't leave your side for a minute. He talked to you all night long. He told you how much he loves you and the babies. It was so sweet! All of the nurses are talking about it - they think it's so lovely".
Isabella is stunned. She doesn't remember a thing! She wishes that she did. She begins to think about what has happened.
If only I had swallowed my pride and told Chris to come back to me. Now I've got to fight to keep our children alive and fight Lucky for my husband's love. I know that if I lose both of the babies, I'll lose Chris. He'll divorce me so fast that my head will spin. However, I've got months to win his love and respect back. I'll start with the movie script and then we'll go from there...