Chapter 6
I make it to the coffee table and grab my phone and call 911. The ambulance gets there and they start taking my vitals. "How far along are you?" the medic asks. "Almost seven months." I tell her and she writes it down. "Did you fall?" she asks. "No." I tell her. "Any sudden stress?" she asks. "Yes. Argument with my son's father." I tell her. "You're blood pressure is a little elevated and his heart rate is a little low." she tells me and I look at her with tears in my eyes. She looks into my eyes and says "Look at me. I'm not worried. Until you see me worry, you don't." she tells me and I nod. "Anyone you want to call?" she asks. "My...my boyfriend." I say. "Baby's father?" she asks and I shake my head no. She grabs my purse off the floor of the ambulance and I take out my phone and call Happy. "Hey little girl." he says and the tears start again. "Hap." I say as I start to sob. "Where are you?" he asks. "On the way to St Luke's. Something's wrong." I tell him. "Who's with you?" he asks. "The medic." I tell him. "Hand them the phone baby." he says and I do what he says. "This is Jessica, the medic." she says. She talks to him for a minute and says "I'll let them know to watch for you." before handing the phone to me. I put it to my ear and he says "I'm on my way baby but it's going to take me a little bit. Can you call your boss to come and sit with you until I get there?" He asks. "Yeah. I think so." I tell him. "Call her. I'll see you soon little girl. You and the kid are going to be fine." he tells me. "Okay. Ride safe." I tell him and we end the call. I call my boss Marci. "Cari? You okay?" she asks. "Can you meet me at St Luke's? I'm on the way there now." I tell her. "You okay?" she asks. "I don't know." I tell her and she says she will meet me there.
I get to the hospital and they have me in a room with the monitors on my stomach, watching Mateo's heart rate. "What happened?" Marci asks. "Had a fight with Mateo's father and I think the stress was too much." I tell her. "You want me to call him?" she asks. "No." I tell her and all of a sudden the door opens and Happy walks in. Marci stands up and says "I'll check on you later." I nod and say "Thanks for sitting with me." She nods and heads out the door. Happy walks over and sits on the side of the bed. Leaning forward, he kisses me softly and puts his hand on my stomach. "What happened?" he asks and I shake my head. "Just stress." I tell him. He cups my chin and says "What happened?" I look at him and say "Angel came over. Apparently he saw us together and started yelling at me asking me if I was fucking stupid and asking me if I was fucking you and if 'the kid' was really his. I told him I wasn't. He started calling me his Old Lady and shit and I told him I'm not his Old Lady. He started flipping out and yelling at me and I started yelling back and I finally told him that he hasn't once asked me how Mateo was and that you ask every time we talk. You seem to care more about my son than his own father does." I tell him and the tears start falling again. He cups my face and says "Well, looks like I'm going to be in town for a while so I'll be here for whatever you need." he tells me before kissing me softly. "I got you and Mateo both little girl." he tells me and I nod.
A few minutes later, the doctor comes in and says "Okay, so we ran some tests. Your son seems to be doing okay right now but the placenta is starting to detach a little bit." he tells us. "What does that mean?" Happy asks. "The placenta is what helps get nutrients to the umbilical cord. If the placenta detaches, then the baby isn't getting what he needs and it can cause the baby to go into distress and can cause not only medical issues to the baby but potentially be lethal to him...and her." He tells us and my hand goes over my mouth as I start to sob again. "You're on mandatory bed rest for the rest of your pregnancy." he tells me and I just nod. He leaves the room and I lean back onto the pillows and cover my face. "It's going to be okay babe." he tells me. "I look up at him and say "No it won't. I have to work Happy. I have bills and still have some things I need to get for him and…" I start and he cuts me off. "I got you." he tells me and I shake my head. "I can't let you do that Hap. I'll figure shit out." I tell him and he cups my face and says "I got you. Both of you." he tells me.
While I'm in the hospital, Angel comes back to the house to apologize and has EZ with him. He's knocking on the door when the neighbor sees them at my door. "She's not home." the man says "Did you see her leave?" Angel asks. "Yeah. Ambulance. I think they said St Luke's." he says and Angel says "Thanks." before they both head to their bikes and race to Luke's.
Angel gets to the front desk and says "Yeah, my girl was brought in. She's pregnant. Carissa Morgan?" Angel asks. "Room 213. Second floor." she tells him and they head to my room. Opening the door, Angel and EZ walk in and see Happy sitting there with his forehead to mine, talking to me. EZ clears his throat and we both look over and see them. "The fucks he doing here? You called him and not me?" Angel asks and EZ stops him. "Angel." EZ says and Angel takes a breath. "Angel, please don't." I say. Happy stands up and takes the seat next to my bed, not letting go of my hand. Angel walks over and you see him glaring at Happy and he's glaring back but neither say anything. "What happened?" Angel asks. "After we fought, I felt a sharp pain and called an ambulance. Called Happy on the way here." I tell him. "Why him?" Angel asks. "Because he's my boyfriend and you were accusing me of Mateo not being yours. He's okay for now, by the way." I tell him. "What did they say?" he asks. "I have to be on bed rest the rest of my pregnancy." I tell him. "I'll help as much as I can." he says. "I shake my head and say "Don't worry about it. I got it. I have some savings that will get me through for a while." I tell them. "Angel, can we talk?" Happy says and I look at him. "It's going to be fine babe. I promise." he says. I nod and he kisses me softly before they walk out of the room.
Once they are gone, EZ walks over and says "Happy huh?" and smirks. "Yeah. He came into the diner a couple of weeks ago and we started talking. He's been coming up and seeing me for a bit and he always asks how Mateo is doing and he's just been really good to us. When you guys got here is the first time Angel has asked how I'm doing or how he is." I say rubbing my stomach. "If you're with Happy, I'm happy for you. But no more ignoring me. I don't care what happens with you and Angel but you're still my best friend." he tells me as he hugs me. "Thanks Zeek." I say as they walk back into the room. "Everything okay?" I ask worried. Happy walks over and says "Yeah babe. Just talking some shit out." I look at Angel and he says "If he's good to you, I'm good with it." he tells me. "Angel, no matter what happens with me and Happy, you will always be Mateo's father. Nothing changes that but you need to decide if you're here or not because I won't let you keep bouncing in and out of his life. If you tell me you're going to be there then you better be there. I get it if club shit comes up but if I find out that you bailed again to get your dick wet then don't bother coming around again. Are we clear?" I ask and he nods. "Crystal clear Princesa." Angel says. We all just sit around and talk about Mateo while we wait on the doctor to release me to go home.