"Roger, how is she?" Mrs. Davis asked rushing down the hallway.
"Not good mom. They had to a hysterectomy. They said something about systs on her fallopian tubes. That's what made her miscarry. She's just laying there. She won't talk to me or even look at me. She's just staring at the wall crying. I don't know what to do." he told her sitting on the floor outside Stacy's room.
"Oh Roger, I'm so sorry. Would you mind if I went in to her?" she asked looking down at him.
"No, I think she would really like that. I think she needs to see you." he said looking up at her.
"Roger, she's gonna be OK, I promise. It just might take some time. I love you sweetie." she said kneeling in front of him.
"I know mom. I love you too. It's just hard, you know? I mean, one minute she's yelling at me for buying baby stuff and the next there's no baby anymore. And now there's never gonna be another baby." he said starting to cry.
"I know sweetie, but you need to pull it together for your wife. It's gonna be hard for her for a while and she needs you to be her rock." she said caressing his arm.
"I know mom, but how? She won't let me help her. She won't even talk to me. When we were in the ER she kept begging me not to leave her and now she won't even look at me. She's my wife and she's hurting and there's nothing I can do about it. How am I gonna fix this?" he asked as tears streamed down his face.
"You just need to give her time right now. She's gonna be OK. You both are." she said as Roger leaned over to hug her.
"I always told her that I would never let anything hurt her, but I couldn't protect her from this. How did I let this happen?" he asked crying harder.
"Roger Andrew Davis, you listen to me. You may think you're superman, but guess what? You're not. You couldn't have stopped this. Sometimes things happen that not even the great Roger Davis could fix. You need to stop blaming yourself and get through this with your family. Do you hear me Roger?" she told him sternly as she pulled back to look at him.
"I know mom, but ever since me and Stacy got together, I swore to her I wouldn't let anything bad happen to her and then this happens." he asked still crying.
"Roger, you couldn't have protected her from this. Now, you pull yourself together while I go in and see my girl. Come in when you're ready, OK?" she said kissing his head before getting up and reaching out for the door knob.
"Thanks mom." he whispered wiping his eyes.
"Roger, watching you with Stacy and RJ all these years have been some of the proudest moments of my life. The way you take care of your family and cherish every moment with them. You were always the one who was most like your father and seeing you with them is like seeing him again, you know? Talk to him sweetie. He's listening, you know." she said smiling down at him before she entered the hospital room. "Stace, are you up?" she asked quietly as she approached her daughter in law's bed.
"Mom, I lost the baby." she said crying harder as she heard her mother in law's voice.
"I know my girl. I'm so sorry." Mrs. Davis said wrapping her arms around her.
"Roger and I really wanted this baby." Stacy cried as her body shook with emotion.
"I know Honey, I know. Let it out. It's OK. Everything's gonna be OK." Mrs Davis said holding her tighter as she began to cry with her.
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"Roger, I can do it. I'm not crippled." Stacy snapped as she walked slowly up the front stairs as Roger tried to help her.
"I know Baby, just take it slow Stace. Be careful." he said quietly as he reached out for her.
"I said I got it." she said entering the apartment.
"OK Stace. Do you want anything? Tea, water? Anything?" he asked wanting to take care of her.
"No Roger, I just want to lay down." she said as she walked slowly to the bedroom.
"Do you want me to lay down with you?" he asked as he followed closely behind her.
"No, I just want to be alone right now. I'm really tired." she said getting into bed as he fluffed up the pillows.
"Roger, stop. I can do it." she told him getting impatient.
"I'm just trying to help you Stace." he said looking down at her.
"I know, but I can do it. Why don't you go to the studio? You haven't been there in days." she said laying her head on the pillows.
"I wanna stay here and take care of you." he said sitting next to her.
"I don't need you to take care of me Roger. I'm fine." she said turning onto her side looking away from him.
"Well Stace, I'm here anyway so if you need me I'll be in the living room." he said getting up leaving the room. As he sat in the living room, he looked under the coffee table. He reached out for the white shopping bag and opened it. It was the stuff he had bought for the baby. He tried to get rid of all the stuff he bought for the baby while Stacy was in the hospital, but he missed this bag. He took a pink teddy bear out and started crying softly as he held it in his arms. At the hospital, the doctors asked him if he wanted to know the sex of the baby and he told them he didn't. He couldn't think about it at the time. The last thing he wanted to know was whether they lost their son or daughter. "How could this be happening?" he asked himself as he cried. Everything was perfect just a few days ago. They were having another baby and they were on top of the world and then this happened. Roger was so deep in thought, he didn't hear Mark knock on the door.
"Rog, are you here?" Mark called out quietly as he entered the apartment. When Mark saw his best friend crying on the couch clutching a pink teddy bear he rushed over to him. "It's gonna be OK Rog." he whispered putting his arm around him as Roger continued to cry.
"How Mark? How is this gonna be OK? We just lost our baby and my wife, the love of my life, won't even talk to me. She barely looks at me. So how is this gonna be OK Mark?" he cried looking up at him.
"I don't know how Roger, it just is. You have to believe that. You and Stacy love each other so much, it just has to be OK." he said as Roger leaned into him.
"We wanted this baby so badly Mark. I mean, we thought we were lucky enough to have RJ and for him to be negative, that we never thought of having another baby and then Stacy told me she was pregnant again and I... I can't explain it. I was so excited. We wanted this baby Mark. It was our last chance, you know?" he cried softly into Mark's shoulder.
"I'm sorry Roger." Stacy said quietly from the doorway crying.
"Oh Stace, you have nothing to be sorry for. You didn't do anything." Roger said jumping up to go to her dropping the teddy bear at his feet.
"I lost our baby Roger." she cried falling into Roger's arms.
"Baby, it's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong." he whispered as he held her close to him.
"I'm sorry Roger." she said crying into his chest as they both fell to the floor crying.
"Stace, I love you. You didn't do anything wrong. You didn't do anything." he said trying to comfort her.
"How could this be happening to us?" she asked as he kissed her head over and over.
"Shh Stace, it's gonna be OK. We'll get through this, I promise." he whispered as Mark cried into his hands quietly on the couch.
"I can't have anymore kids, Roger." she cried looking up at him.
"That's OK Baby. I have everything I want right here. You and RJ are all I need." he said caressing her face.