Chapter 12: This is Real
The next day Samantha and Martin were at the doctor's office; in the waiting room. It was just a routine check up but Martin was so nervous. He was walking back and forth. All of it was so surreal and unbelievable.
"Martin, can you please sit down?" Samantha insisted.
"Sorry." He sat down.
"Why are you so anxious?" Sam wondered.
"I'm not anxious. Do I look anxious?" Martin mumbled.
"You've been acting weird lately." She noted.
Martin didn't say anything. He knew that she didn't know about his affair, and he didn't want to seem suspicious.
A nurse walked in with a clip board and said, "Fitzgerald, Sam."
Both Sam and Martin followed the nurse into the room. Before Martin knew it, Samantha was on the examining table prepared for the sonogram.
"The doctor will be with you in a moment." The nurse left the room.
Martin sat next to her and asked, "Are you comfortable?"
"As comfortable as I can be?" She said obviously.
They didn't say anything to each other for a while. It was a long awkward moment; Sam hated quiet especially when she was with her husband. They had to have something to talk about; they were married.
"Umm, how do you feel about this?" Sam decided that she wasn't going to stand for the silence.
"With what?" He wondered.
"With this baby?" She brought up an uncomfortable conversation.
"Of course… The baby… I'm fine with it Sam!" Martin said surprised.
"No. I mean are you okay with me having the baby. Are we okay with having this baby?" She wondered.
"Why would ask that?" He said confused.
"The other day, when you were in the shower and I wanted to be with you, but you said no; was it because of you know." She said with her head down.
"No… No Sam." At the moment he realized that he was committed more to his girlfriend than his wife, "I just don't know how to act Sam. I've never been in this situation before."
"Neither have I?" She reminded.
"I know." He said.
"I just want you to act like a family man." She said politely, "I want you to be there for me and that means you might have to be home earlier. It means that you might have to cut down on weekend work days. You have to be there for me and the baby."
Martin looked at her and realized that he was making a big mistake being with Joey. He was a married man and he wanted to be committed to his family.
He grabbed her hand and said, "I love you."
"I love you too." Sam said. He leaned in and kissed compassionately.
The doctor walked in and got things set up. He turned on the screen and immediately, Martin and Samantha were speechless.
"You're baby seems to be in good health." The doctor pushed the screen closer and said, "I'll give the two of you a moment.
"Wow. Isn't it amazing?" Samantha said.
"It looks… Real!" Martin noted.
Sam grabbed his hand and said, "This is real, isn't it."
"Yeah." He whispered. The moment he saw the baby, Martin knew what he had to do not only to save his marriage but in order to save his family.
