What's Meant To Be Will Be 3
"Renee!"
"Hi Harm."
"What are you doing here I thought you weren't due back until Thursday."
"I wasn't but we finished up early so I came back, besides there is something I need to talk t you about."
"Yeah I have to talk to you as well."
"Well do you mind if I go first, it's kind of important."
"Uhhh yeah sure, fire away."
"Okay. I don't know if this is the right place to have this discussion but I have to tell you anyway. I'm pregnant!"
Harm didn't know what he was expecting her little announcement to be but it wasn't that.
"Ahhh. are you sure?"
"Yes I went to the doctor yesterday, I'm sure."
"Wow ummm. I need time to process this Renee, can we talk about it tonight, or it might have to be tomorrow depends on how today goes, things are really hectic around here."
"Uhhh, yeah sure. Talk to you later." She dropped a quick kiss on his cheek and walked out of his office, She was pregnant, she was really pregnant. Life was definitely looking up for her at the moment, 'I just hopes nothing goes wrong.'
S**t! That was the only word that kept running through his mind. How could this happen, he finally gets things right with Mac - the woman he loves - and then his girlfriend whom he was about to break up with drops the little bomb that she's pregnant (more like a nuclear bomb) He had to find someone to talk to about this but who could he tell?
"Sturgis, you got a minute?"
"Yeah sure buddy, what's up"
"Not my life that's for sure!" "Wowha, bad weekend?"
"No, wonderful weekend, really bad morning."
"You wanna talk about it."
"Actually yeah but I'm not sure where to start."
"Start at the beginning and work your way from there!"
"Okay here goes.."
******************** By the time Harm had finished telling Sturgis everything, Sturgis just sat there and starred at him.
"So what do I do?"
"What do you want to do?"
"I want to forget this whole mess ever happened and elope with Mac! But somehow I don't think that is possible."
"Your right about that. Does Mac know yet?"
"No, and I'm not sure I want to tell her until I know exactly what I'm going to do"
"That's good in theory but what if you decide that you need to say with Renee. Are you just going to walk in there one day and say - Mac I'm sorry but Renee's pregnant and I'm gonna stay beside her, see you round!"
"You right, I have to talk to her, but I have a hectic day as it is."
"I'll take some of your cases, you take the afternoon off and go somewhere to talk."
"Thanks Sturgis"
"Don't thank me yet, you're still in one sticky situation."
"Don't I know it!"
HARM'S APARTMENT Monday Afternoon
"Mac I'm glad you came."
"Harm what's this about, it sounded urgent on the phone."
"It is, but I'm not quite sure how to tell you so bare with me."
"Okay, but why don't you just shoot from the start"
"Well this morning Renee was waiting for me in my office."
"I thought you said she was out of town until Thursday."
"She was supposed to be, but she came back early, anyway she had to tell me something, so I told her I had something to tell her as well. She wanted to go first so I let her."
"So what did she have to say Harm?"
"She's Pregnant"
Whatever Mac was expecting it wasn't that. The breath was knocked out of her and it felt like thousands of sharp knives had sliced her heart into shreds.
"Uhhh.."
She was lost for words, this morning her life had seemed perfect, how could it all of a sudden have fallen apart around her.
"Mac, are you okay."
"Uhhh no but I guess I'll have to be won't I"
"Mac I haven't talked to her since I said I needed time to process it."
"Are you going to stay with her?"
"I don't know."
Somehow Mac knew that would be his answer but she was hoping it would be a definite NO, that they would sail through this and come out the other side together. "What do you want me to say Harm?"
"Nothing. I don't expect you to say anything. I just wanted you to know, incase you heard it somewhere else. I wanted to be totally honest with you so that. so. Oh I don't know Mac. I should have demanded that I talk first, I would have broken up with her and we wouldn't be in this mess. I could be coming home to you tonight, beginning a new life.. With you."
"Harm don't this is painful enough as it is, you don't think I wouldn't have wanted this whole mess to go away. But it won't and you have to decide what you're going to do."
"How do I decide that Mac, I know I love you and I want to be with you, but it's not that easy anymore. Like you said, I make simple things complicated."
"Harm you couldn't have known this was going to happen."
"I know but it doesn't change the fact that it is happening, does it."
"Harm all I can say is, Think of what kind of man you are, what you stand for and what you believe in. Then make your decision."
"Mac I."
"Harm I have to go, please don't try and contact me. I'll talk to you when I'm ready. But I think I already know what your decision will be because I know you."
That's all she got out before the door closed behind her, she only just made it out to the Vette' parked outside the apartment building before she burst into tear. How could this be happening, why did this have to happen now, now that everything was so perfect. She already knew he'd stay with Renee; he would listen to the advice she had given him and do the right thing. She knew he loved her but she also knew he was too honorable to leave Renee now, After all he had stood aside and let her almost marry a man she didn't love, all because he was so damn honorable.
He woman he loved climb into her car parked out the front of his building, he could see the pain on her face and the tears streaming down freely, she was so strong around him but once out of sight she broke down, it was one of the many things he loved about her. She'd already given him the answer to his question but he wasn't sure he was ready to acknowledge it. Not yet.
To Be Continued.
"Renee!"
"Hi Harm."
"What are you doing here I thought you weren't due back until Thursday."
"I wasn't but we finished up early so I came back, besides there is something I need to talk t you about."
"Yeah I have to talk to you as well."
"Well do you mind if I go first, it's kind of important."
"Uhhh yeah sure, fire away."
"Okay. I don't know if this is the right place to have this discussion but I have to tell you anyway. I'm pregnant!"
Harm didn't know what he was expecting her little announcement to be but it wasn't that.
"Ahhh. are you sure?"
"Yes I went to the doctor yesterday, I'm sure."
"Wow ummm. I need time to process this Renee, can we talk about it tonight, or it might have to be tomorrow depends on how today goes, things are really hectic around here."
"Uhhh, yeah sure. Talk to you later." She dropped a quick kiss on his cheek and walked out of his office, She was pregnant, she was really pregnant. Life was definitely looking up for her at the moment, 'I just hopes nothing goes wrong.'
S**t! That was the only word that kept running through his mind. How could this happen, he finally gets things right with Mac - the woman he loves - and then his girlfriend whom he was about to break up with drops the little bomb that she's pregnant (more like a nuclear bomb) He had to find someone to talk to about this but who could he tell?
"Sturgis, you got a minute?"
"Yeah sure buddy, what's up"
"Not my life that's for sure!" "Wowha, bad weekend?"
"No, wonderful weekend, really bad morning."
"You wanna talk about it."
"Actually yeah but I'm not sure where to start."
"Start at the beginning and work your way from there!"
"Okay here goes.."
******************** By the time Harm had finished telling Sturgis everything, Sturgis just sat there and starred at him.
"So what do I do?"
"What do you want to do?"
"I want to forget this whole mess ever happened and elope with Mac! But somehow I don't think that is possible."
"Your right about that. Does Mac know yet?"
"No, and I'm not sure I want to tell her until I know exactly what I'm going to do"
"That's good in theory but what if you decide that you need to say with Renee. Are you just going to walk in there one day and say - Mac I'm sorry but Renee's pregnant and I'm gonna stay beside her, see you round!"
"You right, I have to talk to her, but I have a hectic day as it is."
"I'll take some of your cases, you take the afternoon off and go somewhere to talk."
"Thanks Sturgis"
"Don't thank me yet, you're still in one sticky situation."
"Don't I know it!"
HARM'S APARTMENT Monday Afternoon
"Mac I'm glad you came."
"Harm what's this about, it sounded urgent on the phone."
"It is, but I'm not quite sure how to tell you so bare with me."
"Okay, but why don't you just shoot from the start"
"Well this morning Renee was waiting for me in my office."
"I thought you said she was out of town until Thursday."
"She was supposed to be, but she came back early, anyway she had to tell me something, so I told her I had something to tell her as well. She wanted to go first so I let her."
"So what did she have to say Harm?"
"She's Pregnant"
Whatever Mac was expecting it wasn't that. The breath was knocked out of her and it felt like thousands of sharp knives had sliced her heart into shreds.
"Uhhh.."
She was lost for words, this morning her life had seemed perfect, how could it all of a sudden have fallen apart around her.
"Mac, are you okay."
"Uhhh no but I guess I'll have to be won't I"
"Mac I haven't talked to her since I said I needed time to process it."
"Are you going to stay with her?"
"I don't know."
Somehow Mac knew that would be his answer but she was hoping it would be a definite NO, that they would sail through this and come out the other side together. "What do you want me to say Harm?"
"Nothing. I don't expect you to say anything. I just wanted you to know, incase you heard it somewhere else. I wanted to be totally honest with you so that. so. Oh I don't know Mac. I should have demanded that I talk first, I would have broken up with her and we wouldn't be in this mess. I could be coming home to you tonight, beginning a new life.. With you."
"Harm don't this is painful enough as it is, you don't think I wouldn't have wanted this whole mess to go away. But it won't and you have to decide what you're going to do."
"How do I decide that Mac, I know I love you and I want to be with you, but it's not that easy anymore. Like you said, I make simple things complicated."
"Harm you couldn't have known this was going to happen."
"I know but it doesn't change the fact that it is happening, does it."
"Harm all I can say is, Think of what kind of man you are, what you stand for and what you believe in. Then make your decision."
"Mac I."
"Harm I have to go, please don't try and contact me. I'll talk to you when I'm ready. But I think I already know what your decision will be because I know you."
That's all she got out before the door closed behind her, she only just made it out to the Vette' parked outside the apartment building before she burst into tear. How could this be happening, why did this have to happen now, now that everything was so perfect. She already knew he'd stay with Renee; he would listen to the advice she had given him and do the right thing. She knew he loved her but she also knew he was too honorable to leave Renee now, After all he had stood aside and let her almost marry a man she didn't love, all because he was so damn honorable.
He woman he loved climb into her car parked out the front of his building, he could see the pain on her face and the tears streaming down freely, she was so strong around him but once out of sight she broke down, it was one of the many things he loved about her. She'd already given him the answer to his question but he wasn't sure he was ready to acknowledge it. Not yet.
To Be Continued.