Chapter 8:
"I can't believe it Karen, I'm a mother!" Olivia said as she stared at her baby.
She and Karen sat alone in a private room in the hospital that had been set aside for Olivia, the fact that your Daddy was rich did have its benefits. Olivia had given birth only 20 minutes ago and her little bundle of joy weighed 6lb 3oz. She had a little boy, and his name was Joshua.
"Here Karen, hold him." Olivia said as she passed her baby carefully to Karen "Support the head!" she added.
Karen gave her a stern but joking look.
"Sorry, new mum and all." Olivia replied
Olivia watched Karen in amazement, she sat there staring deeply into his little blue eyes. She supported his head, carefully held every part of his body, began rocking backwards and forwards to calm him, was doing everything correctly, Olivia was watching a raw Karen. But what she couldn't see was Karen's heart breaking right in front of her.
Karen's focus on little Joshua was disappearing, her vision was blurring, what was happening? It got progressively worse until a single tear dropped from her eye and fell neatly onto Joshua's blue blanket that was wrapped around him. More followed and yet her vision still didn't clear up.
"What's wrong Karen? Why are you crying?" asked a worried Olivia
"It's just...I'm so happy for you. You have a little baby boy, and guy that loves you and great family. Everything has worked out for you" Karen muttered
"Awww really?"
Karen didn't reply but just quickly gave Joshua back and headed for the door.
"Karen tell me, please. I have known you long enough to know you wouldn't cry over someone else's happiness and success. You've been there for me, let me repay the favour."
Karen stopped her exit and continued facing the doorway. "I can't have children." she blurted out
"What?" Olivia thought she had misheard what Karen had said.
Karen turned to face Olivia, "I can't have children." she repeated
"But...why?" questioned Olivia
"Does it matter why? The point is that you've got what I've always wanted and can never have."
"Yes it does matter, surely there's something they can do to fix it. Dad's got loads of money, he can pay for whatever treatment is necessary." Olivia was convinced there was more money could do.
"Don't you think I've already tried all that? Asked every possible questions there is to ask? There is nothing they can do honey, it's simple, I can't have anymore children." Karen couldn't look at the baby in Olivia's arms, it broke her everytime she saw him.
"Hang on, you've had a baby before?" Olivia was shocked
"Forget it!"
"Karen!"
"That's why I can't have kids ok? Because there were complications before." Karen confessed
"What happened?" Olivia quietly asked
"I'm not sure, everything was going fine, was safely in hospital, but then ... I remember the faces. Something went wrong during labour when I was pushing and the Dr's face changed, he was worried. It was too late I think, to deliver him by cesarean so they continued. Blood. There was blood. And lights, lights were going by, I was rushed into theatre, I was bleeding badly. I...don't remember anymore." Karen's eyes were glazed over as if she was watching a film in her head that no one else could see.
"What happened to the baby?" asked Olivia
"Oh, I gave him up. Matthew his name was, well the name I gave him anyway. They may have changed it. The Dr's had to remove my womb due to the excessive bleeding, I don't have periods honey because I don't have the right stuff anymore." How was Karen so calm about all this, Olivia wondered, this is so painful yet Karen seems calm and steady. Troubled but still calm.
"How long ago was this?" Olivia asked
"About 17 years ago,"
"Karen this may -" Olivia got cut off by Karen
"I don't wanna talk about this anymore honey ok? I'll go phone Stan and tell him he's a grandfather. Geeze louise that means I'm a step-granny! I'm too young to be a Granny!" Karen left through the door whilst speaking, leaving Olivia alone to look after this new life that she brought into the world.
Thank you to...
Mars2192; Lindsey Grissom; moonshifter; all4christ0398; killerrack; genius of music; keisha4; pamena; sundown; carbybubbles; evelyn carnhan-o'connell; sunshine2005; lallypillz; justawriter; justjena
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sorry for the wait of the update and i hope you have been reading my other stuff i've done in between. I got bored of this story and moved onto something else, then i realised i hadn't finished this and told you the end yet. so this is the next chpt, hope you liked, please review (in detail please)
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p.s. sorry for my lack of hospital knowledge, I don't know any correct terminology! and my spelling may be rough too! sorry!