This chapter was actually meant to go up yesterday, but I didn't like what I had written for the last half of this chapter and had to change it and things wouldn't have lined up with the first story if I would've went through with what I originally had. What I had written will be coming up in a later chapter, as it's one of the major plot points of this story. This is one of the chapters that I'm really not certain about. I hope you guys like it.
"This is just great," Zoe huffed, rubbing her stomach. She had gone to see Lavon about a gift for Wade. Lavon had promised that it was in the attic so together they had gone up to the attic to find it only it wasn't there. He had gone down to the basement to look for it as well and she sat on the couch because Lavon had gotten paranoid thanks to Wade making sure she took it easy. He had returned 15 minutes later empty handed. She was going to call it a day and head on home and get things set up for Henry and Ruby's visit later in the day, but Lavon finally figured out where it was and together they headed over to the carriage house and went up stairs after Lavon told her to be careful. She had tried so hard not to roll her eyes at her friend, but it was hard not to. She was use to her family especially Wade telling her to be careful, that when it came to the rest of Bluebell telling her the same thing repeatedly it got on her nerves even if she did know that it came from a good place.
"I remember putting things up here months before you ever moved here. Must've accidentally put it with the other things," he told her on the trek up the stairs. "Don't shut the door, because we can't open it from the inside." She made sure to keep the door wide open when she had entered the little room. It was Lavon that moved a box, knocking a stack of boxes over causing the door to slam shut.
Lavon had cursed under his breath trying to pull the door open but it wouldn't budge, just like he had said it wouldn't. Zoe sat down on a chair, going to pull out her phone, only once she couldn't find it she remembered that she had left it in her purse that sat on Lavon's kitchen counter. She watched as Lavon frantically searched for his phone only to see his face fall when he couldn't find it.
That's how they had gotten stuck in one of the upstairs room in the carriage house with no way of getting a hold of anyone to come and find them. And to top it off she was feeling a small pain shoot through her stomach.
"Are you doing okay?" Lavon asked with a sigh giving up what it was he was doing. There was no use they couldn't get out through the door or the windows since they were sealed shut. He kept trying because he had to do something. There had to be a way out, something had to give out.
"Just peachy Lavon," she hissed between her teeth, the pain becoming too much to bare. Lavon was next to her in a heartbeat.
Zoe not only needed Wade but she wanted her husband and Lavon really wished Wade was there, he had no idea what he was supposed to do or how to help Zoe through this. "I'll find a way out of here, big Z," he promised her.
With the intensifying pain she could hardly concentrate on anything Lavon was saying or what it was he was doing with the blurry vision that she had going on. Time was lost on her.
Wade called Harley and had him come over to keep an eye on the kids after Henry and Ruby left, which he had sent them packing sooner rather than later when he saw that Ariel still wasn't relaxed on where her mom was Harley lived closer so it was easier to call him than his own parents. With the kids taken care of he headed over to Lavon's place. He still wasn't getting a hold of either one when he called their phones and he was beyond worried at what was going on. Zoe could be hurt and it pained him because he wasn't there to help her out.
He was jumping from the car before he had it in park and shut off. He ran through Lavon's house, yelling for either Lavon or Zoe. He frowned when he didn't get a reply or couldn't find them. He quickly moved to check the rest of the plantation out. He came across Burt Reynolds. He checked the gate house but the place was empty, he didn't even take the time to reminisce about the memories that he had made there with Braxton. The only other place he had left to look was at the carriage house.
"Lavon, Zoe!" He yelled looking downstairs. He froze at the bottom of the stairs hearing Lavon calling his name. "Lavon," he yelled again, going up the stairs as fast as he dared to go.
"In here," Lavon called back, hitting on the door.
"What happened?" Wade asked bursting in through the door going straight to Zoe as Lavon stayed by the door making sure it stayed open. Lavon quickly filled Wade in on everything that had happened. "Baby?" Wade cooed softly, running a running over her stomach.
"It hurts," she managed to get out, taking a deep breath.
"We're going to the hospital now," he demanded helping Zoe stand up, keeping an arm around her helping her down the flight of stairs and to where the car was parked at.
Lavon drove to them to the hospital, Wade in the back holding Zoe close to him afraid. The drive was done so in a blink of an eye and when they took Zoe everything seemed to pass by in a blur of motion. He found it hard to sit still while he was waiting on news of what was going on. He had called and informed his parents and Harley on what was going, not that he knew anything to begin with, he promised to keep them updated on the whole situation.
Wade shot up out of his chair seeing a doctor enter the little waiting room they were in. "How's my wife and my son?" He asked.
"Mr. Kinsella, you wife has pre-eclampsia and a very high stress level, as for the baby, everything going on with your wife has affected him as well, we're doing everything we can to save them both," the doctor informed him.
Wade had been stunned into silence. Just like that he could lose them both and that dread that had taken residency in the pit of his stomach filled him completely. He couldn't lose either one of them. He was so wrapped up in his own world that he jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Coming back down to reality he saw his brother sitting next to him.
Lavon had graciously filled Jesse in when he walked into the waiting room. Jesse waited about 5 minutes seeing that his brother needed a few minutes to get things sorted out in his head. Waiting to be there to comfort his brother had taken a toll on him and he went over to his little brother who happened to look lost sitting there, his face drained of any color, blank of any emotions, but his eyes gave everything way. His once bright eyes were dull and red. Jesse couldn't even fathom the things that Wade was feeling. More than once Wade had found himself in this position, as the older brother he wanted to take that pain and grief away from Wade.
"It's going to be okay," Jesse told him softly. Wade shook his head.
"You don't know that, Jesse," Wade told him back, his voice deprived of any emotions.
"No I don't know that, but I do have faith that everything is going to turn out and be fine. You need to believe that everything is going to be okay, Wade. You need too," Jesse told him, seeing the doctor walk into the room.
"I want to believe and have faith, but over time I've lost it. Look at my life Jesse; wouldn't you feel the same way?" Wade asked. Jesse wasn't sure how to answer that question, he had never went through what Wade had and he didn't know how he would feel about life or anything after going through something like that.
"Excuse Mr. Kinsella," the doctor said.
Wade shot up out of his chair and standing in front of the doctor, the questions on his mind out in rush, whether they could understand it was lost on him as he stopped to take a deep breath.
"Mother and baby are fine. We do need to keep them over night maybe a few days longer. It'll be a few more minutes before you can see your wife." He was told, relaxing him with in seconds.
"Thank you," he said lowly, turning to fall into his brothers arms.
Those few minutes turned into a half hour and he had sent Jesse and Lavon home. Jesse had promised to let everyone know what was going on. The more time that had ticked by on the clock hanging on the wall he wished that he would have had one of them stay with him until he was shown to Zoe's hospital room. Not only was he starting to get worried again but panic and his dread was filling within him when the nurse showed up to show him to his wife's room. Entering the room he rushed to her side ignoring the wires and tubes that were hooked up to her. He hugged and kissed her sleeping form, whispering I love you into her ear. He kissed her stomach and talked to his son. With a yawn he pulled a chair as close as he could to the bed and got comfortable in the semi hard chair, holding onto his wife's hand.