Surprises From The Past; Surprises For The Future
July 23
Chris is slowly starting to let people know that he's alive. He first let his parents know, even though they weren't there for most of his life. He also made sure that they won't tell anyone, not even Rita. He wanted to tell everyone, especially Rita, in his own way. The next thing he had to do was find where was Rita was living. He knew that she had moved because his father had told him so. He just had find where. He could look in every city in Florida, but that would take to much time. Instead, he went to visit an old friend that would be able to help him.
When Chris arrived at the club, the man inside wouldn't let him see Donnie "Dogs" DiBarto without a reason. "Just tell him it's an old friend." Chris said, hoping he would able to see Donnie. The man went to the back. A few minutes he came back and pointed to the hallway. "It's the last door at the end of the hallway." he said. "Thanks." Chris said as he walked to Donnie's office. When he walked to the door, it was slightly opened and Chris saw Donnie reading a few papers. Chris knocked at the door. "Sit down and I'll be with you in few minutes." Donnie said, without even looking at the door to see who it was. Noticing that Donnie didn't see him, Chris decided to say something.
"Hey, Donnie." Chris said, waiting for some sort of response.
Donnie slowly looked up to Chris's face. "Lor--Lorenzo?" Donnie asked slowly.
"Yeah, it's me, Donnie. What's wrong? It looks like you saw a ghost or something." Chris said.
"I might be seeing one because you're supposed to be dead." Donnie said.
"Well, I'm here, aren't I?"
"But how? Only in sci-fi movies do the dead come back to life."
"This isn't a movie, but a long story. So get comfortable and get ready to hear it." Chris then told him the story. After a while, Donnie was sitting at his chair and was shocked at the story Chris just told.
"Weird yet true. Well at least your alive, Lorenzo. So, you want me to try to find your wife?"
"Yes, and as soon as possible. Rita should be having our baby very soon and I want to be there to help her with the delivery."
"Well, I try my best to find her, but you got to promise me one thing." "What is it, Donnie?" Chris asked as he got up.
"When we find Rita and she has the bambino, I want you to take good care of them."
"Don't worry Donnie. I will. Trust me." Chris said as gave Donnie a paper with the phone number of the hotel he was staying in. Chris then shook Donnie's hand and left. When the door closed , Donnie immediately started to make phone calls.
Meanwhile in Fort Lauderdale, Rita was at her doctor's office. Her doctor, Dr. Parks, wanted to tell her something about the baby. She started to worry that there was something wrong with the baby. She was snapped out of her thoughts when the nurse called her. "Mrs. Lorenzo, Dr. Parks can see you now." Rita got up slowly and walked toward his office. He saw Rita coming, opened the door for her and helped he sit on the chair. "Hello, Rita. How are you feeling?" Dr. Parks asked as he sat at his desk.
"I feeling like a pregnant woman. Dr. Parks, why did you call me hear? Is there something wrong with my baby?" Rita asked with concern in her voice.
"No. I actually want to show you something." He took out her sonogram from her last visit. "I was looking at it the other day and I noticed something." He pointed to the baby. "This is your baby, and then you can see another figure in the back." He said as he pointed to the sonogram.
"What are you trying to say, Doctor?" Rita asked, unsure of what he was telling her.
"Mrs. Lorenzo, you're going to have twins." Dr. Parks said smiling.
"Ex-excuse me. Did you just say I was having twins?" Rita asked, not sure if she heard right.
"Yes, you are. You have a girl and a boy resting inside of you." He said
"Oh wow. I am going to have twins. Never in my life have I imaged myself having twins." Rita told herself. She talked to doctor for another forty-five minutes about precautions of having twins. She then thanked him and said good-bye to Dr. Parks.
On her way home, she thought about the fact was going to have to support two kids, instead of one. This worried her a bit, because she would more money. She would also have to buy more stuff for baby number two. This also scared her because this would be hard to deliver twins. She wished Chris was close by to share in her happiness and would tell her everything would be all right. If only Rita knew how close Chris was to her.