Whatever Happens - Chapter 4
When Riley opened the door the last person she expected to see was her husband, and Emma.
"Danny!" she sniffled out.
"Riley?" he replied. By the look on his face she could see he was upset. He started rambling on asking if she was okay, and something about Ben. She wasn't really paying attention, still reeling from her conversation with Dr. Scott. When it had seemed like Danny had stopped, she started to speak.
"Danny look I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was coming here okay. It was a last minute thing and I didn't want to disturb you at practice when I didn't even know what was going on."
"And what exactly is going on Riley?"
His tone had completely changed. he went from pretty loud to barely louder than a whisper in a matter of seconds. That made what Riley had to say even more nerve racking. Thankfully the doctor came out at that very moment. It seemed that Riley was in such a hurry to leave, she had forgotten her cell phone.
"Riley sweetie you left this in the exam room. I'm glad I caught you I forgot to give you this." She held out Riley's phone and what looked to be a prescription.
"And who do we have here?"
"Hi I'm Danny Wheeler, Riley's husband, and this is our niece Emma."
"Oh well it is very nice to meet you Mr. Wheeler. And congratulations."
At those words Riley's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. She hadn't wanted danny to find out this way.
"Congratulations? Riley what is she talking about?"
"Oh I am so sorry, I had just assumed you knew because you were here. I'll just leave you two to talk. Goodbye and again it was very nice meeting you."
Riley looked at Danny's face, half friendly and half confused. In a way she was thankful to the older woman, who had made what she needed to say a little easier, not that she didn't have to start from scratch.
"Danny I promise I will tell you everything, let's just go to the park or something so we can talk. Okay?" She watched as he nodded and steered Emma back towards the elevator. They rode down in complete silence except for Emma's baby babble. Once they got out of the elevator, they only had to walk 2 blocks to central park, where there was what seemed to be a park bench with their names on it. Danny parked Emma in the shade and sat down next to Riley, almost immediately taking her hands in his and waited patiently for Riley to speak. This was one of the many reasons she loved Danny, he knew exactly when to push her for information and when to back off and wait for her to do it herself. She looked him in his sweet, loving eyes, took a deep breath and finally said the three words that would change their lives forever.
"Danny … I'm pregnant."