Chapter Twenty Six

Shaul was having a hard time settling Rebecca. So she decided to take her over to John's like her mom had told her. John looked puzzled when he opened the door.

"I'm sorry to just come over like this, but my mom's at the hospital with Jess and my dad and Rebecca won't settle. She told me to come here if I needed help."

Manda came over then.

"Why are they at the hospital?"

"RJ needed an operation on his heart. That's all I know." Shaul said.

Manda took Rebecca and cradled her. She stopped crying.

"Where's your sister?" Amanda asked.

"Oh, she's next door. You want me to get her?"

"Yeah, leave a note for your mom. Bring her over."

Shaul nodded and went to get Sherilyn.

"Call Randy John, see if you can get hold of him."

"I think they've probably already done that."

"Doesn't look like he's here though."

"He was working. Let me go to the hospital and I'll find out what's going on."

"Alright. Call me."

John nodded and kissed her. Shaul came back with Sherilyn as Manda was putting Rebecca back into her car seat.

"Did you guys call Randy?"

"Mom did, but she couldn't get an answer. She called Uncle Chavo and he said he was going to find him. Mom should be home soon."

"Alright. I'll go call again."

Randy's plane touched down and he raced through the airport. Lucky for him the hospital was only 5 minutes away. He jumped into a taxi and asked him to speed up. They got there in less than 3 minutes. The roads were quiet. He rushed up to the desk and told them what he wanted. The receptionist pointed him in the right direction. Instead of taking the elevator he ran up four flights of stairs. He found the waiting room.

"Jessica." He said coming into the room. She rushed over to him and he embraced her in a hug. "It's ok now, I'm here." He said kissing her head.

"Randy, he's been in the for 2 hours now."

"I'm here. Don't cry." Randy walked over to the chairs and they sat down. "Dave sends his love."

Jessica nodded.

"Thanks for being here with her Eddie."

"No problem man." Eddie smiled.

"Eddie's been my rock. He's praying for RJ."

Randy smiled. The room fell silent. The only sound was Eddie praying silently and the sound of a ticking clock which seemed to be ticking louder every second.

Minutes turned into another hour. Jessica thought she would go crazy. John had been to check up on them and after being assured he'd get a call once everything was alright he went back to look after Rebecca with Amanda.

Another 30 minutes had passed and Jessica started to get anxious. The room was so quiet. The door suddenly opened and Jessica's head jerked towards it. The surgeon walked in and took his hat off. Jessica held her breath.

"Your son is fine. He smiled.

Jessica let out her breath and started crying again. Eddie smiled and looked up to the sky. 'Thank You' He mouthed.

"We had to repair a minor hole in you're son's heart. He's very small, which is why we took our time. The hole has been fixed. We'll keep him in ICU for a few days. Once out of ICU we'll start feeding him. He should be home very soon."

"Thank you so much." Jesse said shaking the surgeons hand.

He smiled. "I'll see you all later."

Jesse looked to Eddie now. "I want to thank you Eddie. You saved me from going insane tonight. You helped me. You kept be calm. You prayed for him and you never broke your promise."

Eddie hugged her. "Mamacita. You are welcome." He smiled.