Ch. 18 What could have Been
"Hey Lu," Ben said quietly so that he wouldn't wake the sleeping baby.
"Give me my daughter," Lu said as she quickly and carefully took Isabel from Ben's arms.
"Fine. I'm not going to start a fight with you," Ben said giving her the baby.
"You know, if I hadn't gone to Miami, that could have been our daughter. You know, I was really heartbroken when you refused to come to Miami with me. I was ready to ask you to be my wife."
"Ben, you had to have known that I could never have left my life behind. This is where I grew up, went to school, work, live. Marc was born here. I would never give this all up. I loved you Ben. But, that was two years ago. I've moved on. Now I love Jonas," Lu replied starting to have a little sympathy for her ex-lover.
At that moment Isabel woke up and started to scream.
"Uh, look, I have to handle this. I'll talk to you later I guess," Lu said as she scooped up the baby and started to rock her in her arms.
"Okay. Bye," Ben said.
As Ben left, Lana came in.
"Lu, I heard that kid screaming from a block away! Let me try to calm her down."
"Okay, here," Lu said greatfully giving Isabel to Lana.
When Lana couldn't get Isabel to stop crying, Lu got a bright idea. She went out to the reception desk, and picked up the phone.