chapter twenty

Jasmine decided to wait in the relatives room for news on Blake whilst I went back to the cubicle to find out my results. As I approached the cubicle, I noticed Zoe looking quite concerned.

"I thought you had done a runner."

She told me as I sat down on the bed. I laughed and replied, "You can't get rid of me that easily."

There was a silence between us for a moment before I elaborated that I had a little bit of trouble with Jasmine. I looked at Zoe, trying to find something but as usual, she had a poker face.

"All the tests came back normal except one." She began, "The pregnancy test came back positive."

I chewed my lower lip, attempting to take in what she had just told me, "But it could be a false positive right?"

"It could be, so I'm going to run an ultrasound just to be sure. I'll be back in a couple of minutes okay?"

I nodded and it was only when I was left alone that I put a hand on my stomach and sighed. If I was pregnant, what the hell was I going to do?

Right now, after the rape and the stabbing of Blake; having a baby really wasn't the right time.

She came back a couple of minutes later with a scanning machine and told me to lie down.

I did what I was told, lay down on the bed and rolled up my tee-shirt.

"This is going to be cold." She told me as she put a blob of gel on my stomach. I breathed in deeply as the coldness travelled through my body and she picked up the scanner to spread the gel over my stomach.

I didn't look at the screen, I don't know why but then I heard her say, "I guess congratulations is in order, Doctor Henderson."

I turned back to her, a smile on my face.

Maybe, this baby could get me through it all after all.

I held the little black and white photograph of our baby in my hand and stared at the body of my husband. He'd been out of surgery for an hour but he was still unconscious and the next forty-eight hours were crucial.

Jasmine had gone to a friends earlier, telling me to keep her informed with her dad's progress. I told her I would.

I thumbed the photograph again and put it on the bedside table beside the bed. It was horrible, being along, wondering whether he was actually going to regain consciousness or not.

Especially now there was a baby on the way and we all needed him to wake up.

I stood up, kissed his forehead and told him I was going outside for a minute but I'd be back shortly. Outside the room, I took out my mobile phone and rang Jasmine, I had to tell her the news.

I pressed the phone to my ear and by the third ring, she answered with a soft hello.

"It's Lauren." I said gently as I paced up and down the corridor.

"Is Dad okay?" She asked, a hint of panic in her voice and I felt guilty.

"Yes your dad's fine, that wasn't why I was phoning."

"Oh." The line went silence except for her breathing down the phone, "What's the matter?"

"It's me." I paused, "I'm pregnant."

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