Hi! So I have news. This is the last chapter I had written. I was planning to write chapter 11 today or tomorrow, but yesterday one of my cousins came to visit and will stay all weekend so I don't think I can write in these two days. And between the week I'm busy with work. Even so, I will try and try to post normal next Saturday or Sunday.
"Amy, please. Tell me what happened between the two of you" said Mary after a few seconds in silence "One day Sheldon call me sounding totally proud, I thought he would tell me that he had won some other science award and instead he tells me to see one of your lectures in San Diego and the next thing I know is that you are in the hospital."
"Okay" Amy inhaled deeply "I'll tell you what happened, but… Did Sheldon really talk to you to tell you to watch my conference in San Diego?
"Yes and not just the one in San Diego. I've been watching your lectures for the past eight or nine years" Mary smiled sweetly at the look of surprise on her daughter-in-law's face "Knowing my son, I'm sure it took him a long time to show it, but I'm sure it he was always proud of you."
"Maybe," Amy answered, avoiding looking at the woman next to her.
"Do you think I'm making it up? Because I won't be as bright as my son, but I can remember a few things. Like the lecture on the newfound brain function or when you talked about how to paralyze a person for at least ten seconds or... "
"No, I believe you," Amy interrupted her. I know that Sheldon has shown to be proud of me, the biggest proof of that was that he was willing to resign from the Nobel, if the committee did not agree to award me too" A tear slid down Amy's cheek and she quickly wiped it away "But I also know how jealous he can be when someone gets more attention than him. So I have a hard time believing that he talked about me and my work for so long. "
"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Sheldon the night he called to tell me you were engaged. For many years I prayed that my son would find a woman who would love him and I believed that it would not happen, but a couple of days after your first date he call me to tell me about you and something inside me told me that Sheldon was in love and prayed that the woman he spoke of, stayed longer in his life, long enough for him to admit his feelings. Months later I met you and knew that you would be together for the rest of his life.
"I believed that too, until Sheldon did something that hurt me deeply. "
Mary's eyes widened in surprise while putting a hand to her chest. "Did he…?"
"No, no, no. It's not what you're thinking" she responded quickly to reassure her mother-in-law "Sheldon did not cheat on me, but he believed that I had cheated on him" tears began to fall from Amy's eyes "But I swear you I didn't.
"I know, honey. You would never do that to my son."
" And I swore to him that I had never cheated on him and he… he didn't believe me. All these years I felt proud of the way he trusted on me, and when I needed it most… everyone believed in me, except Sheldon. He even came to believe that he was not the father of the babies I am expecting.
"But ... " she knew that Amy wasn't lying. But she can't believe that her son was able to say those kind of things to his wife "What happened to make him think you were cheating on him? "
Amy told her mother-in-law everything. From how she had arranged to meet her husband at the new cafeteria to the possibility of getting a divorce.
"And then I agreed to live with him on the condition that our marriage would be on probation for a year to see if we could stay together or… get a divorce. "
"Amy ... "
"I'm sorry," she said, "I'm really sorry."
"Why are you apologizing to me?" Mary frowned slightly.
"I know you must be angry about the way I've been treating Sheldon these last weeks and you have every right to be upset" she bit her lip to keep from crying again "I swear I have tried to forgive him, but every time that he does or says something nice... I can't help but remember how he accused me of being unfaithful and ...
"Oh, darling" the woman approached her and surrounded her with her arms "I will not deny that as a mother it hurts me to know that my son is suffering, but he was the one who caused everything. And I could never be mad at you" she wiped Amy's tears with her fingertips "You are the mother of my grandchildren and despite everything Sheldon told you, I know that you still care about him.
"Of course I do, I love him, but ... "
"But you don't know if you can forgive him." Amy nodded slightly. "I understand you, darling. And I appreciate that you gave him the opportunity to fix everything, although if at any moment you feel that your marriage no longer has a solution ... you may decide to separate from Sheldon. "
"Do you think we should get a divorce?" She asked surprised. She thought her mother-in-law would tell her that the divorce was a craziness.
"I know what you're thinking, Amy." The woman smiled sadly. "I'm sure my son told you how things were between George and me at the end of our marriage." Amy nodded. "I knew from the beginning that he was cheating on me. But I decided to pretend that everything was wonderful between us. I didn't think I was able to raise our children alone. Also, I was worried about what people would think, if we got divorced" she kept silent for a moment and then continued "In spite of everything I continued loving my husband, but almost at the end of our marriage, love turned into hatred and… we hurt each other.
"I... I don't know what to say. "
"You don't need to say anything." Mary patted her arm. "Too late I realized that we had not only hurt each other, but also our children. That is why I advise you not to decide to continue your marriage just because of what people will say about you or because you think you will not be able to raise two babies. Regardless of what happens between you and Sheldon, you will always have my support. "
"My mother talked to me about what happened between us," her husband commented when they were both in her room folding clothes.
"Oh ... I guess you're upset that I told her, aren't you?
"No. I'm not upset" He finished folding a shirt and put it on the bed "I knew that sooner or later my mother would notice it. I thought that when she found out what I had done she would get mad at me and yell me. Instead she said I had disappointed her a bit, but that she knew that I would do the right thing and… she advised me to do whatever you wanted" he sat on the edge of the bed to be able to observe her better "I know you didn't want to live with me and… It hurts me deeply to admit it but I think the best thing for both of us will be for me to leave. "
"Why do you say that? "
"I know you're not happy here with me. Every time my mother left us alone you moved away from me and you hardly spoke to me and now that she left ... "
"You're right," she interrupted him abruptly. "These two weeks living here with you have been the most difficult weeks of my life." Sheldon looked down upon hearing that. He knew there was a possibility that Amy asked him to leave her, but he did not imagine how much it was going to hurt. "Because every time we are alone…" Amy inhale deeply. She didn't think it was a good idea but she need it to say it out loud "I can't stop thinking about how much I wanted to kiss or hug you. "
"I wish that too, Amy. " he looked up a bit hopefully as he got a little closer to her "All I can think of when we're alone is to kiss you or just hold you in my arms" Sheldon shortened the distance between them and try to kiss her, but at the last second she turned her head away and his lips kissed her cheek.
"I want to kiss you," she said without looking at him. " I really do. But I still can't forget the way you looked at me that night. "
"Amy ... "
"I'm not ready for you to leave the house," she added, "But right now I want to be alone."
12 weeks pregnant.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Sheldon asked again. Amy had already lost count of how many times her husband had asked her the same thing during the day "Because I can tell President Siebert that he should be the one to talk to...
"You're only going to leave for a couple of hours. I'll be fine, Sheldon" she assured him, but she realized that he didn't seem very convinced. "Dr. Muller comes to see you especially, and I know how excited you were to be able to talk to him."
"That was two months ago when I thought you would be in Chicago giving a conference and not bedridden because of me."
"Sheldon… " Amy sighed "I know that at times I have implied that the accident was your fault, but that's only because I was upset. You're not the one to blame for the car accident."
"Yes I am," Sheldon replied. "If I had not…"
"Please, I don't want to talk about that," Amy interrupted, gesturing with her hand for him to be quiet. "I'm serious about you going to the meeting with Dr. Muller. Tell him that I send my regards. "
"Are you sure? "
"Sheldon, if you ask me if I'm sure one more time I'm going to throw the first object I find at you, "Amy said, becoming more and more exasperated.
"Fine. But you don't have to be so rude," he complained. "Do you want me to bring you something before I go?"
"No, I think I'll sleep for a while. "
"Very good, I'll let you rest" Sheldon got up from the small chair that was in Amy's room and walked to the door "Have a good sleep."
"Thanks…And you don't worry about the babies and me. We will be fine."
"Okay," he closed the door and a few seconds later he opened it again. He poked his head out and saw Amy turn around to look at him "Are you sure ...?" The woman grabbed the control of the TV. Seeing that, Sheldon opened his eyes and quickly closed the door again.
"Silly," she chuckled when she saw her husband's scared expression while she settled down to sleep.
When she opened her eyes again, she didn't know how long it had been since she fell asleep. She thought about grabbing her phone to check the time, although she changed her mind at the sudden urge to urinate.
She carefully stood up and went to the bathroom. She sat on the toilet and began to relieve herself. She felt something strange between her legs, so she looked down and saw that there were a few drops of something that looked like blood on her underwear.
"No, no, no, no," she repeated over and over again. she wanted to cry and scream until she couldn't take it anymore, but she knew she couldn't waste time. She got up and adjusted her underwear. As fast as she could, she walked over to her phone and she dialed Sheldon's number. It had barely rung once when he answered the call.
"Amy, is everything okay?" Sheldon asked with concern. He knew his wife wouldn't call him unless something had happened "What is it?"
"No, anything is okay. I think something's wrong with babies, "she whispered so softly that for a moment Sheldon didn't understand what she had said.
"Don't move from where you are. I'll go immediately to look for you and we'll go to the hospital, "Sheldon answered. " I'm sure Dr. Mont will tell us that everything is fine, that you just need to continue to rest, "he said to try to reassure her, even though he felt he could die of nerves.
He was about to leave when President Siebert approached him "So, Sheldon ... Dr. Muller is interested in seeing your work on... "
"It will have to be another day," he answered without even looking at his boss.
"Where do you think you're going? " Siebert grabbed Sheldon by the arm to stop him and whispered "Muller thinks to donate a lot of money and I'm not going to let you ruin everything for your... "
Sheldon jerked his arm to release himself from the other man's grip "Amy just called me to tell me that something is wrong with our children and I will not stay a second longer here, not even for all the money in the world. "
"I'm sorry, Sheldon" the man seemed embarrassed "I…" he was going to say something else but Sheldon had already run out of the place before the confused look of several scientists.
He started the car and got out of the parking lot quickly. On a normal day, it would take him twenty to twenty-five minutes to get home from the university, but at that moment it took him seven minutes to get there and yet he had felt that he had taken too long.
He got out of the car and ran into the house. He found her wife sitting on the edge of her bed staring blankly and her face full of tears.
"Amy," he squatted down and tenderly caressed her cheek to wipe her tears away. "We must go to the hospital."
"I don't want to," she whispered, trying to stifle a sob. "I'm terrified of what Dr. Mont is going to say."
"I know, my love. I'm scared too," he admitted. He couldn't be denying it. He knew she could see it in his face. "But we need to know what is happening" he offered her hand and she took it without hesitation.
The trip to the hospital felt like a nightmare. Sheldon remembered how he had felt a few weeks ago when he had been called to tell him about Amy's accident. He sideways looked at her wife who was with her gaze fixed on her belly, since they had gotten into her car she had taken her hand again and had not released it since.
"We're almost there," he informed. Amy didn't answer anything. She just squeezed her hand even tighter.
Minutes later he entered the hospital pushing Amy's wheelchair. He was thinking of approaching a nurse to ask about Dr. Mont when the man suddenly appeared walking towards them.
"I thought to see that it was you two who had entered and I wanted to come to make sure" he smiled "I thought it was tomorrow that you had the appointment with me, or am I wrong? " he checked Amy's history on his Tablet "No, it is tomorrow" he looked up and carefully observe the couple "What happened?"
"Amy… says she saw a few drops of blood on her underwear," Sheldon said with his voice shaking. The doctor frowned slightly, but quickly pulled himself together.
"Okay, we're going to my office to do an ultrasound on Amy. "
Once inside the office, the doctor told Sheldon to help Amy lie down on the exam bed.
"You know the procedure," Mont said. Amy nodded. She tried to lift her blouse a little but her hands were shaking and she couldn't move them.
"Let me do it." Sheldon lifted her blouse a little. Long enough for the doctor to apply the gel to his wife's stomach. Amy closed her eyes when she felt the cold sensation caused by the gel "Everything will be fine," he whispered, taking his wife's hand in his.
"Are you ready?" Asked Dr. Mont seriously. Amy looked at Sheldon who nodded slightly.
"Yes," she squeezed her husband's hand tightly and turned her gaze to the screen of the ultrasound machine.
The doctor placed the transducer on Amy's stomach, for a few seconds he was moving the device until it stopped. The little color there was in Sheldon's face disappeared when he looked at the monitor, never in his life had he wanted so much to be wrong more than at that moment.
"What's wrong?" Asked Amy, looking from the doctor to her husband. Neither of the two men said anything "What is happening with my children ?!" she yelled. The tightness she felt in her chest grew greater with each passing second.
"Baby A is completely healthy. Growing much better than expected given your condition. "
"And ... the other baby?" Sheldon asked, already imagining the answer.
"I can't find baby B."
"Did I... did I lose the baby?" Asked Amy.