"Oh, sorry about the accident Miranda, but do you know where Lizzie is, we
are all supposed to decorate the tree tonight!" Gordo said.
"No Gordo you don't understand, Lizzie was... Lizzie was in the accident!" Miranda said as the tears started to flow.
"Wh-wh-what?" Gordo asked, shocked.
"She hit the car head on and she went through the windshield and onto the pavement. The other driver was drunk."
Gordo still couldn't comprehend it. He didn't cry, he didn't feel. He just calmly walked to the closet and put on his coat. He walked out the study door. Miranda picked up Paige and she followed.
They got into the car and Miranda told him which hospital Lizzie was in.
What if the doctors say something about the baby? Miranda wondered. She decided she would have to tell Gordo. She looked over at him, he had started crying. He was just sitting there with silent tears flowing down his face. She took a deep breath, she knew what she had to do.
"Gordo, pull over a second, I need to tell you something!"
"Miranda, I need to get to Lizzie" Gordo said calmly.
"No Gordo, I need to talk to you now!"
"Tell Me At The Hospital," his words were short and firm.
"NO GORDO, YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS FROM ME AND NOT FROM THEM!" Miranda said. She was shouting now.
"NO MIRANDA, MY WIFE IS DYING, I NEED TO SEE HER!"
"SHE'S PREGNANT GORDO, SHE'S PREGNANT!"
Gordo pulled over to the side of the road with a screeching stop. He was bawling now and he was hysterical, "WHAT?"
"She's pregnant, she found out today," Miranda said, her voice barely above a whisper. She looked out the window as she finally realized what it all meant. She felt like she just opened her eyes and now she could see through the fog. She sat and cried until she felt an arm around her. They sat together and cried.
"No Gordo you don't understand, Lizzie was... Lizzie was in the accident!" Miranda said as the tears started to flow.
"Wh-wh-what?" Gordo asked, shocked.
"She hit the car head on and she went through the windshield and onto the pavement. The other driver was drunk."
Gordo still couldn't comprehend it. He didn't cry, he didn't feel. He just calmly walked to the closet and put on his coat. He walked out the study door. Miranda picked up Paige and she followed.
They got into the car and Miranda told him which hospital Lizzie was in.
What if the doctors say something about the baby? Miranda wondered. She decided she would have to tell Gordo. She looked over at him, he had started crying. He was just sitting there with silent tears flowing down his face. She took a deep breath, she knew what she had to do.
"Gordo, pull over a second, I need to tell you something!"
"Miranda, I need to get to Lizzie" Gordo said calmly.
"No Gordo, I need to talk to you now!"
"Tell Me At The Hospital," his words were short and firm.
"NO GORDO, YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS FROM ME AND NOT FROM THEM!" Miranda said. She was shouting now.
"NO MIRANDA, MY WIFE IS DYING, I NEED TO SEE HER!"
"SHE'S PREGNANT GORDO, SHE'S PREGNANT!"
Gordo pulled over to the side of the road with a screeching stop. He was bawling now and he was hysterical, "WHAT?"
"She's pregnant, she found out today," Miranda said, her voice barely above a whisper. She looked out the window as she finally realized what it all meant. She felt like she just opened her eyes and now she could see through the fog. She sat and cried until she felt an arm around her. They sat together and cried.