Chapter 51
Wheeler/Linka
Greg was holding Wheeler's pistol, he was pointing it at Linka's chest, who had covered Wheeler's body with hers. She was ignoring Wheeler and Greg's request to get away. "It's not your son, it's Wheeler's son." That was Linka's last word, as she was saying to Greg while she was feeling the contraction pain.
"Then you three are going to die." These were the last words she heard from Greg before she heard the sound of the gunshot, when she opened her eyes she turned to Wheeler, his body was full of blood, she really couldn't tell where the blood came from, she knew that at this moment she had lost her lover Forever, and when I looked at the iron door, I saw Greg carrying a basket with a crying little baby in it. He was looking at her and laughing. He got what he wanted and his plan worked
She hugged Wheeler's body and started yelling his name "WHEELEEEEEER".
"Linka, I'm here, I'm here, my love" as he jumps to her bed, getting up from his chair, "You're safe now, Lin, calm down, babe." He grabs her hand and strokes her hair.
She looked around, it was clear that she is in the hospital room, the light was shining everywhere, she was not in her dark prison anymore,
Wheeler was alive, and he was in front of her, looking at her with his blue eyes, holding her hand as she lay on that white bed, there was a curtain at the end of the room, a television hanging on the wall, and a portable table on which a jug of water was placed.
"Wheeler, oh, Wheeler." She was trying to jump into his lap and hug him tightly, but there was so much pain all over her body, she felt unable to move her body easily.
"Don't move, babe, please calm down, you're fine now, everything will be fine." Tears were in Wheeler's eye, he couldn't believe he was looking at her, he thought he will not see her pretty green eyes again.
"Wheeler, please, please tell me it was all just a nightmare." She remembered that she had been for a month and a few days behind the darkened walls of Greg's house, in captivity no one could hear her voice, she remembered his constant threats to take the child from her, and make her his slave to satisfy his desires.
"Unfortunately, that nightmare was real, but it doesn't matter ,babe , you're safe now, he's in prison, we caught him and set you free."
It was like a dream to Linka to here this sentence, it was too good to believe.
When she moved her hand towards her stomach, and could not find the bulge in her stomach, "the Baby, where is the baby?" Once again she tried to get up in panic, and she opened her eyes in shock, Wheeler calmed her before she could finish her sentence
"The baby's fine, look, he's here, he's fine." Wheeler hold the baby up, put his little silky cheek, on Linka's bruised cheek, when she felt the warmth of his skin and smelled his sweet scent.
"Oh, …oh, my little baby." Then she tried to look at him, and Wheeler moved him to an angle from which she could look at the details of his beautiful face.
"Look at him, he's so beautiful, he's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, the nurse brought him five minutes ago, we spent some father and son time." Then he kissed his little forehead and put him in the little bed next to his mother, then Wheeler hold Linka's hand, put his mouth softly on her forehead, "Babe, they delivered you by an urgent caesarean section, I was so freaked out, please, try to calm down, my love, now the three of us together, and I promise I won't let anyone separate us again forever."
"Oh, Wheeler, you can't imagine what I've been through." Tears streamed down her swollen cheeks
"Try to forget, please Lin, try to sleep, the doctors say you lost about four kilos, And that psychological fatigue was the first reason for your blood pressure to jump high before labor , for me, try to rest, and gather your strength, I need you, we need you." Then their eyes locked together, and he kissed her a kiss full of love and longing the kiss lasted for a few seconds before Wheeler's phone rang in his pocket.
"Yes, ok, just a moment." When Wheeler hung up, he looked her in the eyes again, "Lin, there's someone outside who wants to see you, I should tell the police guarding the door to let him in, okay?"
"No, Wheeler, don't go anywhere, please stay close, I don't want to see anyone," she said in a weak voice.
"Lin, trust me, you want to see this person, you love him so much." He kissed her forehead. "It will only take a minute."
She was looking towards the door when Mishka appeared in front of her with tender eyes full of brotherly love "Oh my little sister" and ran to her bed to hug her
"Oh, Mishka." Tears welled up in Linka's eyes when she saw her brother in front of her. She wished she could get up to hold him to her chest, but the pain of the caesarean section prevented her from doing so. Mishka put his cheek on his sister's forehead and took her arms with his hands, then kissed her forehead, "What beast could do this to you, my angel" and kissed her hands while he is looking for all the bruises in her face
"Oh, brother, you will never believe what it was like in that damn prison." The brothers spent some time together, Wheeler stared at them happily while sitting on the edge of the bed, he couldn't believe she was back in his life again , he thought he lost her forever
"Welcome nephew, they say you look like me, I can see that, good job little one" as Mishka happily carried the baby.
After a few moments, Wheeler's mother arrived "Bebe, it's my mom outside, I asked her to bring your hospital bag."
"Oh, boshy moy, did Kathy come to town for me?"
"Yes, especially for you, and for me and the baby too."
When Kathy entered the room, she tried to look positive and cheer up Linka, though her heart was broken at the sight of the beautiful blonde, swollen face and full of bruises, but she said, "Oh, honey, congratulations." She gave the bag to Wheeler, went over to her and kissed her cheeks. Firstly, congrats for the little angel, and secondly, congratulations that you are ok after all that happened to you. My heart was breaking while thinking of you.
"Yes, thank you, Kathy."
Then Kathy went to the crib and carried her grandson to her chest, very happy, "Oh my God, oh my God, aren't you the most beautiful creature in the entire universe, yes you are, yes you are." She stayed a few seconds speaking happily to the baby, then went to Wheeler and said to him
"Listen, son, I suggest you should keep this girl pregnant all the time. She's really a great baby-maker." And she looked at the little boy in her arms, "Isn't she, my grandson?"
Wheeler and Linka looked at each other with a sarcastic smile at Kathy, then Wheeler approached Linka and said in a low voice, "Don't bother about Mom, babe, she tends to over react when she gets excited ".
After a while, Wheeler's mother puts the child in his bed, opens the hospital bag and helps Linka wearing her socks and the robe, as Linka began to feel cold, especially since the effect of the anaesthesia is decreasing on her body ,she helped her comb her hair, adjust her sitting position and put pillows behind her back. She was treating her with tenderness just like she was her mother
"Why did you buy so many clothes from 0-3, the baby will grow up in one month" Kathy said
"Your son loved everything he saw, all of this and I returned half of them before we got to the cashier."
"How will he grow up in a month, they wrote from zero to three months, mom, they supposed to fit him till the age of three months."
"Oh no, never believe this, not all kids, you grew up in a week when you were little." Kathy said to her son
"Oh mom, are you going to criticize me like that all the time in front of my son and my girlfriend?"
"No, I'm just teasing you, dear. By the way, did you decide what to name him?"
"I never had time to think about it, I completely forgot about it." Linka said while looking to Wheeler
"Me too." Wheeler sits next to Linka and pulls the crib to the two of them and look at him
"You know babe?" As he contemplates his newborn baby.
"What"
"I think we should name him David, after Captain David."
"Really why?"
"Don't you remember? When that monster pointed the gun at us, it was Captain David who stopped him and shot him before he could pull the trigger."
"Really, I don't remember it, I was tired and in pain, and my vision wasn't clear at all, because of the sudden high blood pressure."
"If it wasn't for Captain David, the three of us wouldn't be alive now."
"Aha" she reaches for the baby's blanket "So David… yes I think it fits him so well."
After they exchanged a quick kiss, the baby started to move little by little, he moved his face and hands randomly as if he was looking for something while everyone was watching him with admiration and smiles on their faces, then he started crying loudly
"Okay, I'm going to call the nursery to take him and feed him, he looks like he's hungry." Wheeler said
"Oh no, that's our job as mothers." Said Kathy then she looked at Linka "its boobs time honey, pull them out."
"What? I can't breastfeed him now, I'm tired, please Kathy."
"Oh no, you know that your milk is better than powdered formula, Do you want my grandson to be healthy and smart, or fat and stupid? Huh?" Kathy said to Linka.
"I think I'll excuse myself for some coffee and I'll let you two girls chatting. Will you come with me, Wheeler?"Mishka said.
"Oh nah, I want to see this." After Mishka left, Wheeler tried to convince his mother that Linka is tired and needed to rest and couldn't feed the baby, but Kathy insisted on her opinion, so she bring the nursing pillow and put it around the new mother's waist.
"Come on, pull it out, I'll help you." She grabs the little boy and carefully rests his head on the pillow. Kathy teaches Linka how to sit, how to pick up her breast, and how the baby's head position should be.
When the baby started sucking milk from his mother's breast, Linka closed his eyes in pain "Mmmmmm" This is painful
"I know, honey, but it's worth it, just be more patient the pain won't last long, and you…." she commanded Wheeler, "give her some water she'll be thirsty."
After a few minutes the pain disappeared, and the new mother looked at her baby in admiration, "Oh Kathy you're right, he deserves it, that's so wonderful, it feels so good."
"Oh yeah, I don't know what I'm supposed to feel? Hunger or jealousy?"
Before visiting time is over, and Kathy said goodbye to her son, girlfriend, and her grandson, Wheeler asked his mother to sleep in their apartment instead of spending money on a hotel stay.
"I was thinking of keeping your apartment keys with me, honey, not only for accommodation, but to clean it and make it ready to your new baby, your house is messy."
"If you want, I'll tell J and Karen, our best friend, to help you, Mom."
"Oh yeah, I think I might use some help."
After Kathy left, the two lovers, they sat close to each other watching their newborn baby, making up for what they had missed during the past month and a half of love, kisses and touches full of passion, despite all the fatigue they had experienced during this day, and despite the dizziness And the scattered pain that Linka was feeling all over her body because of Greg hitting her, Despite the pain caused by the caesarean section wound, she desperately wanted to stay awake to look at the love of her life and her son.
Suddenly, one of the policemen standing outside for the guards knocked on the door and told them there was another visitor who wanted to meet them, Wheeler went to check it out.
After a while Linka can hear Wheeler raises his voice, it seems to refuse to let the person outside come to visit them. When she called him, he came back with anger on his face
"Wheeler who's there?"
"No one, he's just the father of that son of a bitch."
"Mr. Hanson?"
"Yes he is"
"Let him in, Wheeler, I want to talk to him."
"Lin, are you crazy, let's talk to him in court."
"Wheeler, please, I want to talk to him face to face."
When Mr. Hanson entered Linka's room, he looked so tired and so sad, he could hardly walk, then he looked at Linka, at all the bruises and cuts on her face. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "Linka... I'm ….I'm so sorry."
"What are you really sorry for, Mr. Hanson, are you sorry that your son raped me, and I don't know who the father of my child is yet? Or are you sorry that he kidnapped me and deprived me of my freedom? Are you sorry that he locked me in your house behind the walls opposite you?" Or are you sorry that he beat me to death to the point that I almost lost my child and my life several times?, and I screamed in pain and called for help without you hearing me, or are you sorry that he aimed his gun at my boyfriend and my baby today?My pain was in need of an ambulance because of my blood pressure, which caused a difficult birth for my baby." She was screaming out loud, forcing Wheeler to calm her down.
"I bet you were aware of all his plans and intentions, you knew that poor girl was locked up by your son behind the walls of your house, right?" Wheeler said
"No, that's not true, I swear I didn't know anything about it, there's no way I could hurt my grandson."
"Be careful what you say, he's not your grandson," Wheeler said angrily
"Please, you are parents now and you understand this feeling. I spent my life taking care of Greg after my divorce from his mother. I took him to the most expensive schools. He joined the most expensive clubs. I handed him everything in my life, my company, my money, my father's money and our inheritance. I thought he was only cruel from the outside, Sweet and bitter inside, I didn't know he'd do something like this." He points to Linka
"I lost my son today, my only son, he sent himself to prison, he might face the death penalty, and I'm at this age I can't stand this,... I can't" Mr. Hanson said in weak sad voice.
Wheeler and Linka were staring at each other feeling sorry for the old man
"A small wish, like this child being my grandson, makes up for me very much, Linka."
"I won't give you my son, I won't let you touch him" Linka said rising her voice
"Calm down, Lin, no one can take our son away from us." Wheeler said to Linka
"I don't want to take him, Linka, I just need to look at him, this look could bring me back to life, my dear… please." his eyes was begging
Linka allowed Mr. Hanson to see the baby. After Wheeler picked the baby up and walked towards Mr. Hanson, there were a few steps between them.
When Mr. Hanson looked at him, he could not hold back the tears in his eyes, so he wiped his tears with a handkerchief in his pocket. He could no longer speak, and remained silent, looking at the newborn baby and crying. Then he apologized to Wheeler and Linka and asked their and leave sadly
"Wheeler, Mr. Hanson is right." Linka said to Wheeler
"What do you mean, right about what?" as He putting the baby in his small portable bed
"He deserves to know if this is his grandson or not."
"Lin, you don't have to, I told you that I…" Linka interrupted him
"Wheeler please, for me, I also deserve to know, you deserve, the child deserves to know who his father is too, ... Please do this for me, I want you tomorrow morning to ask the hospital administration to do a DNA test for the baby ….please, I beg you " As she puts her hand in his, she knows that Wheeler would never refuse a request for her in normal times, so how now after all they've been through
"Although it won't change anything, but, as you wish, babe, I'll do it just for you" He looks into her eyes with love and desire
"Thank you Yankee." She smiled, before he place his lips on hers