Chapter 46

Jeff was sitting in the chair in the NICU, holding onto his child and wondering what was going to happen to the life he had thought his family would have. At the moment Jeff knew that Jordan wasn't making any rash decisions, something her doctors and nurses were telling her not to do. They didn't want her to make a decision that she would regret if she got her memories back. Jeff had watched as Matt and some of their friends had come in and tried explaining to Jordan about the enemies that she and Jeff had made, and he had watched the confusion that had crossed her face when she had been told about all the things that had happened when it came to her family and why they weren't there to see her or the baby she had just given birth to. Jeff felt so guilty when he realized that the very people she felt in her heart should have been there, couldn't be there for her and she wasn't sure why.

Jeff had been sleeping by his wife's bedside while she had been unconscious and now he wasn't sure she would want him in the room with her alone at night like that, so he didn't know where to stay. He wasn't leaving the hospital, not with his wife and newborn child in there, so he had scouted out places and had managed to catch some sleep in one of the waiting rooms, on the most uncomfortable chairs he had ever really laid on. He sighed as he rocked a little in the rocking chair, soothing the baby that meant so much to him, the baby he remembered feeling kick inside of his wife and the way her face had lit up when she had felt their child kicking.

"So have you and your wife named your little one yet?" One of the NICU nurses asked with a gentle smile.

"Kind of hard at the moment." Jeff admitted, keeping his voice soft and gentle, so as not to upset the infant he was holding in his arms.

"I am sure everything will work out eventually. She will eventually see how devoted a husband and father you are. Then she will most likely learn or see for herself, how hard it has been for you, being without your wife and child when they were missing for so long. I am just so glad you could have them back in your life." The nurse said and then she turned her attention when another nurse brought someone into the NICU. She saw that it was Jordan and she smiled at her before turning to Jeff and winking. She turned back to Jordan and walked over to her. "Mrs. Hardy, it's so good to see you down here. I know for so long your husband was scared he was never going to be able to have you back, and considering everything that happened before you were brought here, the poor guy is going to have trouble letting you out of his sight, considering how long he had thought you were dead and gone, your baby too. I hope you two can pick out a name for that precious bundle, I think Mr. Hardy would really like to know that you are all going to be a family." The nurse said and then making sure that Jeff couldn't hear her, she whispered to Jordan, "he has been a wreck for so long. He loves you and make no mistake, he will do whatever you ask of him, even if it rips his own heart out. He knows you went through so much, but so did he. You should try having him stay in your hospital room again, try to work on your marriage and talk through things, it's the only way you can try and really learn about who you are, and if I were you, I would be very careful who I trusted, there are a lot of people that set out to destroy not only you, but your husband as well and now that you can't remember your marriage, it's the perfect time to move in and lie to you, and that would devastate him, because to make you happy, he would give you up if you wanted it."

Jordan wasn't sure what she should think as she was wheeled in her wheelchair over to where Jeff was sitting with their young and helpless infant child. The nurse was one that Jordan knew cared deeply about not just her patients, the helpless babies in the NICU, but also the parents and families of her patients. Jordan knew that she was right about Jeff though, Jordan wasn't sure how she knew, but she knew that Jeff would do whatever she asked, even if it killed him. She knew he would rather hurt himself than ever let her feel scared or hurt or unhappy. Jordan hated that she couldn't remember her life, or why she and her family were on the serious outs. According to several people, though, she should be seriously careful if her 'family' deciding to show up knowing her memories were gone, they always tried to manipulate her into leaving Jeff and they had even tried to get rid of her child. Jordan knew that at the moment she should rely on Jeff and Jeff alone.

She had seen the pain and worry in his eyes when she had awakened and didn't remember him. She had seen the delight in his face as they were together in the NICU looking at their little one for the first time together, as a family. Jordan knew, somehow, deep in her heart that Jeff was the one person she could count on to be there for her and to help her through this. He had stayed away last night, without her asking, he had known she needed to be alone to get her thoughts in order, to try and figure out why she couldn't remember her life or the baby she had clearly loved according to everyone she had talked to so far, mostly on the phone.

"They said our little one is so tough, probably cause we wrestle professionally and so they are releasing the two of us in a couple of days." Jordan said softly as she watched her husband lightly rub their babies back, soothing the infant as he rocked with their little one in his arms.

"Yes, the doctor asked if we were going to name our miracle one here before we left. I told him I wasn't sure whether you wanted to leave with me or if you wanted me to try and set something else for you up. If you don't want us to be around each other, if you feel you need time, I hope you will go to our home and stay there and I will be the one to go elsewhere, at least at the house you could look through pictures and watch video's to help with your memory." Jeff said softly, feeling like a dagger was being twisted in broken heart.

"No, I want us to be together. I have this feeling that being together is what's best and that my memory might come back to me if I just relax and live my life like I would have." Jordan said and when she saw the fresh hope and cautious joy that entered Jeff's eyes, she knew she had made the right decision.

"I think that's a great idea. Now, what about naming our little one here? Do you want to go through a name book while we are here, with our miracle one, that way we can see what name might fit with our baby?" Jeff asked her.

"I think we should." Jordan said nodding and she smiled when Jeff motioned for a nurse to hand Jordan the name book and they got down to business, now it was time to name their precious baby, because the Hardy's were going to work on being a family and they could only hope that nothing would get in their way, this time.