- Alexandra Eames was lucky... and so was the baby.
What do you mean, so was...
So was the baby.
Goren could hardly hear the doctor's words.
Eames couldn't be pregnant, it was simply impossible.
The doctor had to be wrong.
How could Eames be pregnant in so few days.
It couldn't be.
Sure, they'd slept together, and with no precautions, but it was far too recent to conceive a child.
And yet, having read all sorts of books, he knew it could happen.
But it was extremely rare.
- I don't understand... The baby...
The doctor smiled.
He didn't understand...
And that was quite normal.
Few women could claim to get pregnant a few days before their period started.
And Alexandra Eames was one of them.
- Pregnancy is very recent... And has just begun.
The pregnancy was very recent...
And had just begun.
Her words looped around in her head, until they made themselves at home, and Goren finally understood.
Good God...
But then...
This life in Eames' body...
Could he be the father of this child.
But no...
That was simply impossible.
How could he be the father.
It wasn't all at once that...
And yet, Eames had been with him all the time.
Taking care of him, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
How could there be another sire, it was simply impossible.
And he had to understand that it could only be him.
For even when he had abandoned her, Eames, sick as she had been, had not been able to conceive this child with another.
Goren tried to calculate on his fingers the number of days he'd abandoned her, and day for day it added up to seven days.
Seven days that had seemed like an ordeal.
But how could this be possible in seven days.
- In seven days... It's possible...
- Yes... It can happen that a person is expecting a child.
My God...
No.
It couldn't be possible.
Anything but this.
Not after what he'd dared to do to her.
As if fate had played a dirty trick on him, creating life in Eames, and given him a good thrashing.
And he...
Goren felt a violent pain in his heart, as if it were being crushed.
His breathing became shorter, and he wavered before the doctor's eyes, who rushed to his side, barely catching him before he fell to the ground.
The doctor knew that news like this could upset anyone.
Even a big guy like him.
To know that not only your loved one could have died.
But also that the child they were carrying could have died too.
It was enough to shake you to the core.
Was it possible that this big guy could be the father of this child.
Judging by his reaction, it was quite possible.
Even his questions about the conception of the child's date indicated this.
The doctor tucked his head under Goren's arm, his arm around his waist, and guided him to a seat.
He had to at least try to reassure the man that, for the moment, the child was safe.
Provided the mother didn't find herself in a similar situation again.
After all, she had pneumonia.
And both she and the child could have died.
If he hadn't taken her to hospital, God knows what would have happened.
He and his colleagues would never have been able to save the mother and child, and prevent a tragedy.
But thank God, the pneumonia had been caught in time.
- This baby is already a fighter... He's only a few days old and already clinging to life.
At the doctor's words, Goren raised his hands to his face.
Only a few days old...
And already he was clinging to life.
This child was everything he was far from being.
How could this child be his, when he lacked so much courage.
He could only take after his mother.
She who was so strong, so brave, for two.
In addition, how could Eames forgive her when she heard the news.
And what had almost happened.
Not only had he abandoned her.
But through her own fault, she could have lost this new life inside her.
Goren already knew that when Eames was for child, she would never speak to him again, nor want to see him.
And how could he blame her.
After what he'd done better.
He was no better than his fathers, whom he considered bad.
He was just as bad.
Because of his cowardice, he'd really blown it with Eames.
And nothing he did now could make up for the damage he'd done.
It was too late for him.
Eames would never forgive him.
- Is she aware that she almost lost the baby...
The doctor shook his head in denial.
No.
Alexandra Eames didn't know.
He preferred to wait a little longer, to avoid any recurrence.
In addition, wouldn't it be better if the big guy told him?
Sick people often preferred family members or friends to tell them rather than doctors.
- No... She didn't.
So it was up to him to tell her.
Besides, he owed it to her.
After what he'd done, he owed her at least that.
- I'd tell her...
But it was going to be hard.
Hard for Eames to hear.
Good God...
Why had he gone...
Why had he abandoned him.
When he cared for Eames more than anything.
He knew full well it was that fear inside him.
Fear of his feelings.
But he'd been a coward.
Goren was going to have to silence that fear in him, and for once, be honest with Eames.
Even if he knew that for him, it was already too late.
And that she'd never want him again.
- I forgot to tell you... The doctor gave her a friendly pat on the back. She wants to see you.
At the doctor's words, Goren lifted his face from his hands to look at the surprised doctor.
Really...
Eames wanted to see him...
Despite everything he'd done to her, she wanted to see him.
But that didn't bode well.
Goren knew that if Eames wanted to see him, it was to tell him she didn't want to see him anymore.
So, with a heavy heart, he got up and walked slowly towards the room where Eames was.