Gordo and Miranda stayed that way for only a few minutes until Miranda
picked her head up. She wiped her eyes, "Gordo, we have to go see Lizzie."
"I don't know if I can do this!" Gordo said softly. He appeared to be staring off into space.
"Gordo, you have to, for Lizzie. for the baby," Miranda said, placing a hand on his arm.
"I know, you're right." Gordo said. He started the car and pulled back onto the street.
They drove in silence for about 10 minutes. They were almost at the hospital. They stopped at a red light. "How long have you known?" Gordo asked. He appeared to be deep in thought.
"About what?" Miranda asked. She knew very well what he was talking about, but for some reason, she couldn't talk about it.
"About the baby," Gordo said. He was looking at her now. People behind them were honking.
"Go Gordo, the light is green," Miranda said. It was just a simple question, but she couldn't answer it.
They were at the hospital. Saved. Miranda threw open the door even before the car stopped. She started jogging towards the door. Soon Gordo was behind her. Miranda walked through the double doors.
She got in and turned to tell Gordo something, but realized he was not there. She looked back through the glass doors. He was standing there. His expression told Miranda that he still couldn't do this.
She walked back out the glass double doors to Gordo. He didn't even realize she was there. Miranda saw tears coming down his face in the faint glow of the outside lights. She pulled him into a hug for a few seconds then pulled away and held him at arm's length.
"Gordo, your wife and your baby are in there and they need you. You have to be strong, not only for them, but for me. I need you to Gordo."
She started crying again. As Gordo gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Let's go."
They walked into the hospital. "Hi, could you please tell me the condition of Elizabeth Gordon?" Gordo said, trying to be strong.
"I'm sorry, that is classified information for family only."
"I'm her husband," Gordo said.
"And I'm her sister."
"Okay. I will send her doctor out to talk to you, but you can't see her because she just got out of surgery."
"Thank you," Miranda said and she and Gordo went to sit in the two uncomfortable chairs in the waiting room.
A few minutes later a doctor in blue scrubs came out. He held a clipboard in his hand. "Mr. Gordon?"
Gordo and Miranda jumped up, "Yes, that's me!"
"Mrs. Gordon just got out of her first surgery, and it went well."
"That's good," Miranda said to Gordo.
"I do have some bad news.."
"Yes," Gordo answered softly.
"She's lost the baby."
"I don't know if I can do this!" Gordo said softly. He appeared to be staring off into space.
"Gordo, you have to, for Lizzie. for the baby," Miranda said, placing a hand on his arm.
"I know, you're right." Gordo said. He started the car and pulled back onto the street.
They drove in silence for about 10 minutes. They were almost at the hospital. They stopped at a red light. "How long have you known?" Gordo asked. He appeared to be deep in thought.
"About what?" Miranda asked. She knew very well what he was talking about, but for some reason, she couldn't talk about it.
"About the baby," Gordo said. He was looking at her now. People behind them were honking.
"Go Gordo, the light is green," Miranda said. It was just a simple question, but she couldn't answer it.
They were at the hospital. Saved. Miranda threw open the door even before the car stopped. She started jogging towards the door. Soon Gordo was behind her. Miranda walked through the double doors.
She got in and turned to tell Gordo something, but realized he was not there. She looked back through the glass doors. He was standing there. His expression told Miranda that he still couldn't do this.
She walked back out the glass double doors to Gordo. He didn't even realize she was there. Miranda saw tears coming down his face in the faint glow of the outside lights. She pulled him into a hug for a few seconds then pulled away and held him at arm's length.
"Gordo, your wife and your baby are in there and they need you. You have to be strong, not only for them, but for me. I need you to Gordo."
She started crying again. As Gordo gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Let's go."
They walked into the hospital. "Hi, could you please tell me the condition of Elizabeth Gordon?" Gordo said, trying to be strong.
"I'm sorry, that is classified information for family only."
"I'm her husband," Gordo said.
"And I'm her sister."
"Okay. I will send her doctor out to talk to you, but you can't see her because she just got out of surgery."
"Thank you," Miranda said and she and Gordo went to sit in the two uncomfortable chairs in the waiting room.
A few minutes later a doctor in blue scrubs came out. He held a clipboard in his hand. "Mr. Gordon?"
Gordo and Miranda jumped up, "Yes, that's me!"
"Mrs. Gordon just got out of her first surgery, and it went well."
"That's good," Miranda said to Gordo.
"I do have some bad news.."
"Yes," Gordo answered softly.
"She's lost the baby."