"Sir."
"What is it?" He said, he had too much on his mind.
"You have another package." They were becoming familiar now. She brought it in and set it down on his table. "Would you like me to open it sir?"
"No. That's all right. I'll do it." He set his glass down and picked up his letter opener. Cutting the top of the envelop open he emptied out the contents. His heart sipped a beat and he fell back into his chair.
"Sir. Are you all right?" She asked, ready to call an ambulance. When he didn't answer she picked up the phone. He reached out and cancelled the call. "Sir?"
"Leave me be."
"I don't know…" He was as white as a ghost.
"It'll be all right." He assured her as she reluctantly left him alone in his office. He picked up the letter again, staring at the picture. How the hell was he going to tell his sister? There in front of him was his nineteen year old nephew, bound and gagged. Aakash was going to have a lot to answer for.
"Ms Dessler." The nurse called. They followed her down the long corridor, their breaths held tight. Tony had taken her straight to the hospital just to be on the safe side. The nurse led then to a small room and positioned Michelle on the bed ready for her exam.
"All right. Let's see we have here." The doctor continued as he picked up her chart. Tony and Michelle were still to scared to talk, how could everything be all right after everything they had been through? "I see you had an injury to the area recently." The doctor said, lifting her top and looking at the bandage. "Any tenderness?"
"Yes."
"Camps or spasms?"
"No."
The nurse applied the cool gel.
"and a previous miscarriage." The doctor continued. He didn't take their silence personally, he knew from experience how stressful such an experience could be. The nurse turned on the machine and handed it to the doctor, "I'm sure everything is going to be just fine." He said pressing it into her womb. Michelle flinched from the pain as Tony squeezed her hand tighter. Michelle couldn't look. What if something was wrong? Tony would be so disappointed.
"Ok." The doctor noted after a long pause, "Do you want to see?"
"Is he okay?"
"It's perfectly fine. Ten fingers and toes, and there." She turned the sound up, "a nice strong heartbeat."
"Are you sure?" Michelle asked tearfully.
"I'm sure honey. You have a healthy baby inside of you. You're doing a great job."
"Huh." Michelle relaxed a little as they looked at the screen.
"I'd say you're around ten weeks pregnant."
"Ten, really?" Tony asked astounded.
"Are you surprised?"
"We only found out a few days ago."
"I'll run a few more tests but I'm rarely wrong." He smiled.
"What are the risks of…?" Tony asked inquisitively.
"Most miscarriages occur within the first trimester, with your history the odds are always a little higher but there are no immediate signs that it's going to happen here. The best advice I can give you is to relax a little. Take the time to enjoy this. That said, let's put you on strict bed rest, for the next five days or at least until that wound heals and the bruising goes down and we'll see how you are."
"Thank you." Tony shook his hand.
"Remember. The calmer you are the more relaxed baby is." Michelle and Tony stared at the image again, It looked so tiny. "Do you want to know the sex of the baby?"
"I don't know?" Michelle considered it.
"No rush. Go home, talk about it the answer wont change any."
"Hmm." Tony scoffed lost in the enormity of it all.
"I'll give you a minute."
"Thanks." Tony thanked her. Once the nurse was gone he moved in closer. "He's perfect Michelle." He kissed her.
"He… you want a boy?"
"Boy or girl I'm just thankful that everything's all right."
"I love you."
"I love you too, both of you." He said placing a hand over his son.
"This is really happening." Michelle let out a deep breath.
"Are you happy?" Tony asked.
"Yes." She giggled reaching out to help him.
"You are a wonderful person Miss Dessler, never forget that." He hugged her back.
"All right." The nurse said upon her return. "I've spoken to your doctor and he seeds no reason why you can't go home. He's put you on strict bed rest for the next five days until the muscle repairs itself and the bruise disappears just to err on the side of caution and of course you'll need regular check ups but other than that you can start getting ready for your little bundle of joy."
"Thank you."
"You have no idea how much this means to us." Michelle said, grabbing her jacket.
"Here." She said handing him a photo of the child, "You'll be wanting this." Michelle and Tony stared longingly at the photo of their unborn child.
"Lets go home." Tony said, placing a protective arm around her and escorting her out of the hospital.
"I'd like that." She sighed, leaning into his shoulder. They were home.