Chapter 5

Divya is in the house by herself watching T.V. when Jeremiah and Hank come in, the latter with HankMed's portable scanner.

"Hey Divya"

"Hello Hank" replies the pregnant medic.

"Have you drunk a litre of water in the last hour?"

"Yes"

"Then let's do this, would you lay down?"

"Sure"

Divya lies down on the couch and pulls her t-shirt up over her small bump.

"I'll just step out now" says Jeremiah.

"Oh no you don't Jeremiah, I want you to stay"

"You do?"

"Yes"

"Then I'll stay"

"Thank you"

"All right Divya, you know the drill, this is gonna be cold"

"Yes, yes, I do know"

"Okay then, here goes"

Hank then puts the gel on her stomach and the paddle and looks for the baby.

"There's your baby Divya"

"Oh my god"

"I take it you can see what I can"

"I'm having a girl"

"Congratulations Divya"

"Can you print me off a picture please Hank?" inquires Divya.

"Sure"

Moments later Divya is holding a scan of her daughter.

"Halfway there"

"The baby looks good, she's healthy"

"Thank you for doing this Hank"

"You're welcome, only another couple of weeks and then you can leave the house again"

"I can't wait, remind me again, what does the outside world look like?"

"See ya later Divya"

"Bye Hank"

"Let me show you out" says Jeremiah.

After he had helped Hank put the scanner in his car Jeremiah came back in and sat with Divya.

"Look Jeremiah, I'm having a daughter, isn't it wonderful?"

"Very, how are you feeling?"

"Ecstatic, I'm over the moon"

"Good"

"Jeremiah"

"Yes Divya"

"Could you go out and fetch me some blueberries, I feel like blueberry pancakes"

"Sure, text me, if there's anything else you want"

"I will, thank you"

"You're welcome"

A few hours later Divya gets a call.

"Oh hello, long time no see, ... yes that's fine, ... I look forward to it... yes I'll see you then, bye".

"Who was that?" asks Jeremiah.

"A friend of mine, I hope you don't mind if she comes round"

"Of course not, you're entitled to have friends over"

"Good because she's bringing someone"

"Who?"

"Her son"

Half an hour later Marissa and Carlos are welcomed into the house by Jeremiah.

"Dr Casseras"

"Please, call me Marissa, you must be Jeremiah"

"I don't know If I must but yes, I am, please, come in"

"Thank you, I have some of Boris' security in the car, you're not going to kill us are you?"

"Certainly not"

Jeremiah shuts the door when Marissa and Carlos enter the house.

"This is my son Carlos, where is Divya?"

"Out here" calls Divya from the pool.

"Follow me"

Seconds later Divya and Marissa greet each other and Jeremiah goes inside to let the two catch up.

"It's good to see you Divya"

"You too, and as for you mister, you're getting to be a big boy, aren't you?"

Little Carlos just giggles.

"Can you say Hola to Divya?"

"'Ola"

"Hola Carlos" replies Divya, "So how are you, how are you settling in back at Shadow Pond?"

"Good, thank you, I just wanted to get Carlos out of the house for a while"

"How's Boris doing?"

"He's anxious for his results"

"I bet he is"

"How far along are you?"

"20 weeks, I just had the scan this morning, it's a girl"

"Congratulations, you know if Carlos had turned out to be a girl I would've called her Clara, after a friend I had growing up"

"That's a lovely name"

"It means clear and bright, have you got any ideas for names?"

"I've not really thought about it, but my mother wants me to give the baby an Indian name"

"And you're not too sure"

"Exactly"

"Well you're ok, because you don't have to think about it for a while"

"That's true"

"Hank told me you're on house arrest"

"Yes, and it's driving me insane"

"I just wanted to see how you are"

"And I'm glad you've come, please come more often"

"I will"

End of Chapter