Ch. 9 Forgive and Forget
1 hour after the wedding was suppose to start
Lu: was that Ben Lana! In an angry voice
Lana: yea baby
Lu: what did he say! And don't lie to me!
Lana: He said that he doesn't think that you love him like he loves you and he said he loves you with all his heart and he's sorry for putting you through all this pain and he just hung the phone up…I tried calling him back but he cut his phone off…im so sorry honey
Lu: crying uncontrollably Lana I can't believe this is happening to me… I give up on love I really do cuz shit like this happens every time I fall in love with somebody!
Lana: holding Lu while she breaks down its ok baby let it out I promise he will come
Lu: you don't know Lana
Lana: oh I promise you baby he will come
1 hour later…
Lu finally stopped crying she goes around asking for Lana but nobody knows where she is… but right when Lu was about to ask Dana if she had see Lana… Lu sees Lana yelling out her name from the sunroof of Ben's limo…Lu started crying
Lu: yelling what are you doing Lana! The limo stopped and Ben got out the car
Ben: tears coming down his eyes Lu I'm so sorry… can you please forgive me, I love you with all my heart will you still marry me?
Lu: tears coming down her face how could you not think I didn't love you? Ben I love you so much and yes I will still marry you…they hug each other
Ben: come on Lana I got this beautiful woman to marry
Lu: smiling whispering to Lana Thank you so much
Lana: whispering back your welcome baby
Ben and Lu walks to the alter
Priest: Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to bring this man and this woman together in holy matrimony… Do you Ben take this woman Luisa Magdalena Delgado to be your lawfully wedded wife to have and to hold for richer or poorer in sickness and in health till death do you part?
Ben: looking in Lu's eyes and putting the ring on her finger "I do"
Priest: Do you Luisa take this man Benjamin Sanders to be your lawfully wedded husband to have and to hold for richer or poorer in sickness and in health till death do you part?
Lu: smiles while a tear crawls down her cheek looking in Ben's eyes "I do" placing the ring on his finger
Priest: With the powers vested in me, I pronounce you Mr. And Mrs. Benjamin Sanders. You may now kiss the bride
They kiss then while they were walking to the car everybody started throwing rice on them then they climbed in the limo and drove off with a sign on he back that said "Just Married"
They dropped by the house to get some clothes for the honeymoon that Ben told Lu that he was taking her on but all Ben wanted to do was show Lu the surprise he had for her at the house… So they walked in house and they went into the bedroom and Lu saw an envelope that said " To: Mrs. Sanders"
Lu: what's this?
Ben: open it
Lu opened the envelope and it had a letter in it and it said: "Luisa I love you so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with you I want to grow with you I want to have children with you and I'm so sorry that I hurt you and made you cry and I promise I'll never make you cry again I will always be there for you when ever you need me and I promise I'll keep you happy for as long as you live…Love your hubby Ben".
Ben: please forgive me I don't want to see tears in your eyes I just want to see you smile please forgive me baby
Lu: Do you really mean that you want to have children with me?
Ben: of course! I meant everything in that letter
Lu: I forgive you baby! Hugging him so are we still going on our honeymoon?
Ben: Oh I meant to tell you that all your friends even Dr. Jackson at the clinic and Dana put some money together and gave us a honeymoon in Jamaica
Lu: Omg really!
Ben: yup and we need to hurry and pack cuz the flight leaves in an hour
Lu: yay! I can't wait; I have never been to Jamaica before
Ben: it's beautiful you're going to love it
Lu: I know I am cuz I'm going to be with the love of my life
Ben: yea me to they kiss we're going to have fun let's get packing
1 week later…
Lu and Ben is back from their honeymoon and Lu is back at the clinic
Lana: good morning Mrs. Sanders
Lu: laughing good morning Lana
Lana: so how was the honeymoon?
Lu: it was great and I want to thank you and the others for sending us to Jamaica
Lana: no problem baby we just wanted yall to have the time of your lives together
Lu: we did!
Lana: that's good…cuz you really needed it
Lu: yea I did…so who's me first patient
Lana: Sierra Carter Handing Lu her file
Lu: turns around and calls Sierra Carter
Sierra: Hi doctor I'm glad I can finally get away from my job to see what's wrong with my body
Lu: it's Lu…call me Lu so what's been going on with your body
Sierra: I've been waking up in the middle of the night having chest pains and I can't breathe sometimes and sometimes when I'm at work I get out of breath really easily
Lu: examing her where do you work at?
Sierra: at Wal-Mart on 93rd Avenue I get the products off the backs of the trucks and place them in storage
Lu: I know Joyce Davis that works there I delivered her baby
Sierra: Oh really I know her, she's trying to become a manager
Lu: Good for her! So I'm going to take some blood to see what's wrong and just come by 2marrow and I'll give you the results
Sierra: Ok I will! See you 2marrow Sierra walks out Lu's office and to Lana's receptionist desk
Sierra: Hi I need to schedule to come in 2marrow at 9:30 am
Lana: ok and what's your name Honey
Sierra: Sierra Carter
Lana: All right see you 2marrow
Sierra: thanks bye
Right when Lu was about to come out her office Dr. Jackson comes in
Dr. J: Can I talk to you for a second Dr. Delgado?
Lu: Sure, what's up?
Dr. J: Well first off congratulations and I hope you and Ben had fun on your honeymoon
Lu: thank you, yea we had so much fun and thank you for sending us to Jamaica
Dr. J: no problem but what I want to talk about is Ben
Lu: what about him
Dr. J: Well I want to know if you'd think Ben would want to work here, I mean if he hasn't found a job already
Lu: no not yet, that's a good idea I'll ask him when I get home tonight
Dr. J: Ok thank you and congratulations again
Lu: thanks Dr. Jackson
Later on that night...
Lu comes home
Lu: honey! I'm home
Ben: Hey how was your day back at work
Lu: good… Dr. Jackson wanted me to ask you if you would like to work at the hospital
Ben: well since I haven't found work yet I'll come by the hospital 2marrow and talk to him
Lu: ok so do you want to
Ben: I don't know
Lu: what don't you know! We'll be working together
Ben: yea that's what I'm afraid of
Lu: ha-ha not funny I think you should take it
Ben: why so you will know where I'm at, at all times?
Lu: of course!... no cuz you know I trust you but didn't u like working at the hospital
Ben: yes very much that's why I'm going to talk it over with Dr. Jackson 2marrow
Lu: oh ok… well I'm really tired so I'm going to go take a hot bath and go to sleep
Ben: ok I'm going to be in the study goodnight… He kisses Lu and they walk opposite directions
The next morning…
Lu walks in the clinic
Lu: good morning Lana
Lana: Good morning, Lu… is Ben going to take the offer.
Lu: Lana how do you know that Dr. Jackson offered a job to Ben
Lana: Lu you're talking to Lana here I know everything that goes on around this hospital
Lu: Yea well, he said that he's coming here today to talk to Dr. Jackson
Lana: oh ok so what do you think about this?
Lu: I think it's going to be great working with my husband… wow that sounded weird
Lana: ha-ha get used to it and you better not let him distract you from your job either!
Lu: Oh Lana!
Lana: Well the girls are waiting for you and after chat room Sierra Carter is coming back in for her results
Lu: oh yeah I'm glad you reminded me
Lu goes into chat room
10:00 AM
Chat room is over
Lana: handing Sierra's file to Lu and also giving the MRI file to Lu Sierras waiting for u in the office
Lu: ok Lu goes into her office
Lu: Hey Sierra
Sierra: Hi Lu… just tell it to me straight what's wrong with me
Lu: umm... I'm sorry Sea but you have lung cancer
Sierra: what? How? I don't even smoke…I'm not even around people that smoke, Lu am I going to die
Lu: Sea you get that out your head right now…and you can get lung cancer even if you don't smoke but that's the common way to get it though
Sierra: So what's going to happen Lu?
Lu: well I'm going to have to admit you, I'm going to run some test on you, and then we'll see where it goes from there
Sierra: tears coming down her face I'm scared Lu
Lu: Don't be honey everything is going to be all right
Later that day…
Ben goes up to Dr. Jackson's office
"Knock knock"
Dr. J: come in
Ben: Hi Dr. Jackson
Dr. J: Oh hey Ben and you can call me Robert
Ben: Well Robert I heard you wanted to talk to me
Dr. J: Yes, I do I wanted to see if you would be considering taking a job here
Ben: How much will you pay?
Dr. J: A very good amount…more then Octavian Systems did
Ben: Ok and you don't care that Lu and me will be working together
Dr. J: No not at all as long as I don't catch yall doing anything and make sure none of the patients here catch yall either
Ben: laughing of course not we won't let you catch us
Dr. J: so is your answer yes?
Ben: Ummm… yea y not
Dr. J: good Welcome to the team he shakes Ben's hand
Ben: Thank you… So when do you want me to start
Dr. J: If you want to you can start right now but if you don't want to u can start 2marrow
Ben: No I think I'll start right now… but first I want to go and tell Lu the good news
Dr. J: Ok I'll have my assistant page you when we need you
Ben: ok so he goes to see Lu
Lu was sitting at her desk looking at Sierra's file trying to figure out what's going with her
Ben: peaks his head through the door Luisa! Carrying out the A sort of in a playing voice
Lu: Hey Ben
Ben: hey He walks over to where she was sitting and kisses her
Lu: so did you talk to Dr. Jackson yet?
Ben: yup!
Lu: and…
Ben: and I said yes
Lu: really! Very excited when do you start
Ben: today Dr. Jackson said that he'd page me when he needs me
Lu: I'm so happy for you…we should celebrate tonight
Ben: ok where do you want to go?
Lu: I should be asking you that
Ben: well since u hate going to fancy expensive restaurants that's where we'll be going
Lu: well since it's your day I'll go
Ben: well thank you for letting me have my way
Lu: laughing don't get use to it
Ben: Believe me I won't…so what were u looking at when I came in
Lu: I was looking at one of my patients file Sierra Carter, she has lung cancer but she says she doesn't smoke
Ben: you know that lung cancer isn't just the cause of smoking
Lu: I know but this just doesn't make any sense to me
Ben: can I go look at her?
Lu: sure
They walked to Sierra's room
Lu: Hi Sierra this is Dr. Sanders and he's just going to take a look at you
Ben: hi Sierra like Lu said I just want to take a look at you just to see what's going on
Sierra: ok
Ben: Ok Lu was right even though I didn't doubt her…I just wanted you to have a 2nd opinion
Sierra: yea I understand
Lu: I'll be back up her to check on you
Sierra: ok thank you Lu and you to Dr. Sanders
Ben: no problem bye
Lu and Ben walked out
Ben: Lu I know you said she said she doesn't smoke but unless she has an identical twin, I seen her smoking outside while I was coming to your office
Lu: really! Why would she lie about smoking don't she know that she's just hurting herself! I can't believe this! All this worrying I've been doing and she's been smoking this whole time and I cant believe she would still smoke after I told her she had lung cancer!
Ben: yea I know its messed up Lu but just calm down and take a deep breath before you go talk to her
Lu: ok she took a deep breath and just sat down behind her desk Her office phone rings
Lu: Hello? Yea he's right here…ok I'll tell him
Ben: Dr. Jackson needs me don't he
Lu: yeah
Ben: ok ill be down here later
Lu: ok bye they kissed and Ben went on his way
Later that day…
Ben: so did you talk to Sierra yet?
Lu: no cuz I know if I would've talked to her today I would've went off on her… so I'm just going to talk to her 2marrow so I can sleep on it… so how was your first day
Ben: It was good but it felt weird not being the boss of Dr. Jackson
Lu: yea I'm still not used to it laughing
Ben: smiling well we still need to celebrate
Lu: of course lets go home and get dressed
Ben: lets take my car
Lu: so somebody can brake into mine…I don't think so
Ben: who would want to brake into your car?
Lu: Ohh! You got jokes…well we can drive our own cars home then we can take your car ok!
Ben: ok let's go
The next morning…
Lu: turned over in the bed it's a shame we didn't get to go to the restaurant last night
Ben: I know but we still had fun last night smiling
Lu: today I have to talk to Sierra and see why she's been lying to me
Ben: do you want me to be with you so I can calm if or when you get angry
Lu: No I promise I'll stay cool… are you going to work when I go in
Ben: yea
Lu: ok Lu jumps up and runs to the bathroom well I got the bathroom first
Ben: awww come on Lu you know u use all the hot water
Lu: opens the door well come and take a shower with me
Ben: well I think that can really save water and we'll still have hot water left for tonight! Smiling
At the clinic
Lu and Ben walk in
Lana: well hello you two lovebirds, yall look refreshed!
Lu: smiling good morning Lana
Ben: I'll see you later Lu and remember what I said, be calm when you talk to Sierra
Lu: I will, see you later Ben kisses Lu on the forehead and then leaves
Lana: why is he telling you to be calm when you talk to Sierra?
Lu: cuz I found out that she has lung cancer and when I told her she told me that she didn't know how she got It cuz she doesn't smoke and she's never around smokers and she's been lying to this whole time so I'm going to go talk to her in a few
Lana: omg Lu y would she hurt her self more by lying that doesn't make any sense
Lu: I don't know why but I'm about to find out now
Lana: ok tell me how it goes
Lu: ok Lu walks up the stairs to the hospital room
Sierra: Hey Lu did you find out how I got it
Lu: yeah I found out how but I think it would be better if I hear it from you
Sierra: what are you talking about Lu?
Lu: dont play games with me Sierra cuz I dont like liers and I damn sure dont like playin games getting really annoyed
Sierra: ok letting out big sigh ok fine...yes i do smoke, I've been smoking for 6 years, but what i don't understand is how did you find out
Lu: don't worry about how I found out, Ill just say i got connections, but what i dont understand is why did you lie about not smoking, your only hurting yourself, and since you lied your lungs have gone without the treatment it needed and there is no way to help them now
Sierra: so does this mean I'm going to die
Lu: well it's a possibility... but I'm going to try and get you on the top of the donor list it may take to long though
Sierra: I'm so sorry Lu i didnt want this to happen
Lu: why'd you lie about it Sea
Sierra: she starts crying cuz my mom died from lung cancer so did my dad and my twin sister is on her death bed right now as we speak at home in Ohio and i was really scared that's why I lied
Lu: swallowed really hard I'm so sorry but by lying your hurting yourself and may even be killing yourself
Sierra: i don't even know why i lied all i can say is that I'm really sorry
Lu: ok well I'll be back up here to check on later
Sierra: ok I'm sorry Lu i really am
Right when Lu was about to walk out the room the heart monitor starts beeping and Sierra was lying on the bed grasping for air, Lu runs to the side of Sierra and 2 nurses ran into the room
Lu: I need a a PT, PTT, CBC, and let's get a chest x-ray on her
So the nurses run Sierra down the hallway on the gernie
Later that day...
Ben: going into Lu's office hey
Lu: with a big sigh Hey
Ben: you look very tired
Lu: that's cuz i am
Ben: what happened with Sierra
Lu: well she confused and right when I was walking out the door she stopped breathing
Ben: o really is she all right
Lu: yea for now but I cant get her on the top of the donor list so i dont know whats going to happen to her
Ben: I'm sorry, lets go home so you can get rest
Lu: ok
Ben helps Lu put her coat on and they walk out the clinic together
