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Chapter 6: Our Hope

7 months later:

It was late at night and Sincerity was sleeping when a sharp wave of pain from her stomach cut her sleep like a dagger. She turned and leaned on her left side to relive the pain but it didn't work Some minutes later pain disappared . She hoisted herself up slightly on her bed and put her right hand to her swollen stomach. It had been 9 months and she was expecting in this week. She winced slightly as the pain came back. The pain disappeared again. She felt some wetness between her legs. Her water was broken. Another wave of pain overwhelmed her body, but this time it was too powerful, almost unbearable. A little scream of pain escaped from her mouth she clung to the sheets of her bad. The pain was gone, but her back was aching. She stretched an arm to the phone which stood near her bed and dialled the Vanya's number. She curled and gritted her teeth as another wave of pain came. A sleepy female voice answered the phone. There was a baby cry and a male voice in the background.

"Hello?"

"Vanya………Can you please come here? Argh… I think I am in labour."

"I will call an ambulance. Stay in bed. And try to be calm. I will be there in a minute." She said with a soothing voice. Sincerity sat there completely focused on her contractions calculating their length and the time between them.

The door of the house opened. Sincerity had given keys to Nikolay earlier for a case of emergency. Vanya got in her room with a worried expression on her face.

"The ambulance is waiting outside. Can you walk?"

"I think so."

"Come on, lean over me."

Sincerity walked to the ambulance with the help of Vanya moaning and curling every time the pain came back. The doctors placed her on a bed and offered some painkillers, she refused at first. She wanted it to be as natural as it could but the pain was unbearable so she agreed to take some.

"Where is Nikolay?" she asked relived by the painkillers but still with a hoarse voice.

"Oh! He has some business to take care of."

"At this hour?" Sincerity asked suspiciously.

They reached to hospital and took Sincerity to maternity part. It was time for the big job. It was time for the give birth to her son. She was hoping him to be like Alexander inside. Only God knew why. The doctor wanted her to push. She pushed with all of her will. She took a few deep breaths and wished Alexander was there to support her. Suddenly the doors of the operation room opened and Alexander walked in. Her wish was granted for once. He looked at her painful face with sad and guilty eyes. Sincerity was confused. The hatred she felt for him and a sense of gratefulness for him to be with her in the time which she needed him most was mixed in her heart.The doctor asked for a one last push. Sincerity looked at his face. He grabbed her hand tightly and Sincerity gave a one last push, a shrill cry filled the room, their son was born…

Sincerity opened her eyes in a white room. Some minutes later a nurse got in and put a bundle to her arms. She smiled proudly to his baby boy. The little baby opened his eyes, they were crimson like hers. There was a knock on the room door. It was Alexander. Her expression changed quickly into a stern one.

"Can we talk a little bit?" he asked seriously.

"What is left to say?" she said with a harsh tone in her voice.

"I lied to you. I care for you too much and it would be a great pleasure for me to be the father of your son. I love you Sincerity, more than anything in this world." he said begging her with his eyes for her to believe his words.

"Why did you abandon us then? Why did you go, leaving me alone with the ordeal?" she said with a slight increase in her voice level.

He broke the eye contact and turned his back to her.

"Because I was afraid." he said ashamed.

Sincerity laughed at his words.

"Afraid? Afraid? I had been through a hell for last nine months and you say you were afraid? Tell me what you were afraid of? Responsibility? Fatherhood? Which one?"

"I was afraid of Voltaire to hurt you. I would die if something had happened to you." he admitted quietly. She froze. It was the reason of his behaviour. He had behaved like that to protect her.

"I…….I am sorry for……those words I had said to you before. It was a big mistake to compare you with Voltaire." she murmured.

"You were right I was behaving like a bastard."

"Who brought you here?" she asked curiously.

"A friend of yours. I think his name was Nikolay." Sincerity smiled inwardly at this.

Alexander travelled his gaze on his son for a while and asked:

"What will we name him?"

"Kai"

"What does it mean?"

"It is a name formed from the word aka which means red in Japanese and I want him to possess the red phoenix in the future. Besides his eyes are crimson."

"Yeah. He has the stunning eyes of yours." Alexander said.

"You shall give him a Russian name." she offered.

"I would like to name him Nadejda."

"Hope in Russian… That's good." She said gladly.

"He is our hope."

Sincerity looked out of the room sun was rising. A new hope for them was rising…


TBC