It has been 2 months since Jackson lost his arm, Roxana was now 7 months pregnant. Jackson was at his work working on a new robot part with his new arm, he had to get used to it for a few weeks just so there wasn't any kinks or glitches. "Hey Jackson." A co-worker said, "I heard that you and Roxana are planning on a baby shower in a few days." "Excuse me?" Jackson was confused. The co-worker responded, "Your wife told my wife about this baby shower happening and that we can bring a nice gift." Jackson stopped working on the robot part and walked up to the co-worker, "I don't recall anything about a baby shower?"
Hours later, Jackson returned home to see his wife preparing for the baby shower, there was decorations almost everywhere. "Roxana." Jackson said, "Why did you tell some people about this? You didn't tell me." Roxana turned around, "Oh, sorry dear. I should've told you sooner but I was too fixated on this." Jackson looked around and saw a space for gifts and some balloons. "Also," She continued, "This will also be a gender reveal, the doctor gave me a letter revealing what gender the baby is going to be. You remember the names we picked?" "Oh, yeah." Jackson pulled out his notebook, "Ruth Marigold Bethany if it's a girl, and William Mark Halliburton if it's a boy." "Excellent, I'll right that down on a board so people can pick." Roxana then wrote down the two names on a whiteboard.
"Oh, and Roxy." Jackson interrupted, "Are you sure we want the baby to grow up with a father with no arm?" "Why? What's wrong with it?" Roxana questioned. Jackson looked at his arm, "I don't our child to grow up with a father who lost a limb from an accident. I know it'll be painful keeping a secret to your kid but, it might hurt me too." Jackson then got a long glove and covered up his arm, "Anyway, when is this baby shower?" "Tomorrow." Roxana answered. "Good." Jackson responded, "I'll be happy from what the guests would bring."
Tomorrow came, some of Roxana's co-workers came to give her some gifts, meanwhile Jackson was sitting out with some of his mates. "So, Jackson." Asked one co-worker, "What will be the baby's gender?" "I don't know Robbie?" Jackson replied, "Roxana would be opening up a letter revealing the gender soon. We already picked names." "Really." Responded another co-worker, "What are they?" "Ruth for a girl, William for a boy." Jackson answered, "I picked William, Roxana picked Ruth." Then Roxana called Jackson up to the main room.
"Yeah dear." Jackson asked. "I think it's time to see what our baby will be." Roxana answered. Roxana opened up the letter, she lifted up the letter inside and she began to read it.
Dear Mr & Mrs Solar
I am pleased to announce that you will be having a lovely baby boy. Included is a special certificate so when the child is born, we will place the date of birth. We will see you two soon.
Sincerely
Dr Perticament
"So." Roxana said, "It's a boy." "William Mark Halliburton Solar it is." Jackson replied, "Who picked for William?" Twenty hands went up. "Well." Jackson continued, "I congratulate those who picked that, me and Roxana will be handing out some gifts for those who picked it." Jackson then brought out some gift cards and handed them to the people who picked William. The day continued well, people had some good food and talked about what the baby would look like to Roxana. When the day was over, Jackson and Roxana went to bed and thought about the coming weeks.
"Jackson." Roxana started, "If the banishment never happened, how would Angela and Emilia react?" "I'm certain they would treat this baby like a brother." Jackson replied, "I know my cousin Ostmain treated me and Justin like brother than cousins. And I do know that the few times Angela and Emilia seen each over, they were getting along very well." Roxana then pondered, "And what if our siblings were still here?" "I'm going to be frank with you Roxy," Jackson said, "Aberforth, Bethany, Justin, Mom, Dad, your parents, they would've treated you like the favourite child. Especially your parents since if the banishment never happened, William would be their first grandson."
Roxana smiled a bit. "Roxy." Jackson continued, "I think it's best we need to stop thinking about our family. It's painful for the both of us. And when William is born, we don't want him to grow up knowing his family besides his cousins are presumably dead." "I know dear." Roxana responded. Jackson turned off the light and went to sleep, Roxana then stared at a picture she kept in the drawer of her and her sibling. "When William grows up." She whispered, "I will tell him about you."