Summary: Lies, deception, everything has a price ... what is the price of shame?
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Chapter 14
Walker waited at home for over an hour, pacing the floor. He had called the doctor's office but they said Alex was still in the examining room. He had drank four cups of coffee and was now about to head out to go and pick Alex up when the Mercedes pulled into the driveway.
Walker looked as Mr. Suling stepped out and helped Alex out. Walker dropped the cup of coffee on the porch, and ran to Alex. "What happened?" he asked, seeing Alex all but crumple in his arms.
"You wife is not handling this pregnancy very well at all. She was on the verge of going into labor again, but after a few hours, we got it under control."
"What happened to cause it?" Walker asked, as he scooped Alex up in his arms.
"We were giving your wife a test to determine to sex of the baby and to test the baby to see if his or her lungs were strong enough to survive should your wife not make it to term. It seems the test was too much for her to handle and she started contracting."
"Is there anything I can do for her to help?"
"If she is in severe pain later give her these." Mr. Suling said, handing Walker nothing but a placebo. "These will ease some of the pain, also a nice warm bath may help her. If she starts going into labor again please contact me day or night." With that Mr. Suling told Walker good bye and took off in his car.
Walker stared down at Alex who was now it a fitful sleep, moaning in pain. Walker thought the doctor should have taken Alex straight to the hospital, but the doctor had assured him there was nothing else left to do, but to keep a close eye on her.
Walker opened the door, and went inside placing Alex on the bed. Her shirt had a bit of blood on it, and he lifted Alex up to remove it. This is when Walker's eyes went straight to her stomach. Alex had gained so much weight in the last two weeks. She now looked ready to have the baby, as he didn't think she could get much bigger. As carefully as he could he laid her back down and simply covered her up. "Don't worry Alex, I will make sure you are all right."
An hour later Walker was just rolling over next to Alex, when he heard someone knocking on the door. Gently as not to disturb her he got up and went to open the door. Outside stood Trivette and CD, both drenched from the early evening shower that was now coming down in buckets.
"Are you going to stand there or let us in?" Trivette asked.
Walker motioned them both inside and then went to get a towel for both. "How is Alex? We figured she wasn't doing so well when you didn't come back to work this afternoon so we decided to come and check on her."
Walker told them all about what the doctor had explained to him. His face grew paler as he explained it, and by the end he was close to tears. "I don't know what I would do if I ever lost Alex."
"But the baby Walker. What if Alex loses the baby?" Trivette asked him.
Walker closed his eyes, pushing the tears away with his hand. "We can always have more children, but there will never be another woman who I love as much as I love Alex."
"We will keep the both of them in our prayers." CD told him.
All three men sat in the living room sipping their coffee trying to see if the storm outside would let up. The storm lasted for over an hour, before it slowed down and CD and Trivette got up to leave. Just before they left out Trivette turned to Walker. "Did they say what the baby was?"
Walker nodded his head yes. "They said they think it is a girl."
Walker watched as the two of them drove away before walking back into the room to check on Alex. When he opened the door he found Alex tossing around the bed, her face soaked in sweat. "Walker," she called out even in her restless sleep.
Walker made it to the side of the bed in two quick strides, sitting down beside Alex and again massaging her swollen belly. "Don't leave me Walker," Alex cried out in her sleep.
Walker stopped what he was doing, shocked at what Alex had just said. Grabbing her hand in his he leaned in close to her ear. "I will never leave you Alex, I swear it."
Alex seemed to relax a bit then, but her swollen belly looked ready to burst at any minute. Walker wondered if she would make it to full term. and if not would she be all right. Thinking he may not have another chance at it, Walker leaned down placing his face next to her stomach and started talking to what he thought was the child within.
"Hello little one. I know you and I haven't met, and we may never get to meet. I wanted you to know that I love you, and the thought of being able to watch you grow up means more to me than you could know. I want to see your first steps. I want to walk you to your first day of school, and then down the aisle one day. You mom is trying really hard to keep you inside until it is time, but we need a little help from you. Stay in there and grow strong until it is time. I promise I will love you from the moment I lay eyes on you, and I will protect you with my life. Please little one just hang in there a little bit longer." Walker felt the tears falling from his eyes, but he did nothing to stop them.
Slowly Alex stopped moaning and seemed to fall into a deeper sleep, and Walker sighed with relief. He didn't know what he was going to do. It was already only an hour before he was to be at work, and he hadn't slept yet. Standing up and stretching out the kinks, Walker went to the phone to tell them he had more important things to take care of today. He hoped they understood, considering his vacation time had accumulated up to over fifteen days. he wouldn't leave Alex, not now.
A/N: I know some have said it seems to be dragging, but a baby takes time to come, even a fake one. Beware chapter 17 for then the true chaos begins.