Chapter15
I looked over at Shirley and she had tears in her reyes.
“Aaaazw, Shirley! I’m the one that’s supposed to be crying here!” I laughed. Shirley didn’t seem to mind her tears, but instead gave me a tight hug
“Sweetheart, I’m so glad for you!“, she said still hugging me.
“Thank you“, now I was on the verge of crying.
“Ok, ladies. Let me take some blood for tests and then I’ll leave you to clean up and will be waiting at the receptionists dese to go through some paperwork, ok?“, she smiled at us once again, took some blood and then handed us a small tox15cm black&white picture and quietly closed the door behind her.
“I don’t know about you, but I can see clearly, that this little one will be a heart breaker!” said Shirley, putting her hands on her hips. I just continued staring at the picture. This is my baby. A child. It’s real. How am I going to pull it off?
I sat there for a couple of minutes more, Shirley waited patiently, then I took a couple of napkins, wiped the gel from my stomach and climbed down from the table, again with a little help of Shirley.
“Let’s go deal with the bureaucracy?“, she said with a gentle smile and handed me my cane.
“Let’s do it“, I smiled back at her and together we walked out of the room.
It took us almost half an hour to settle all the papers, since we needed to request a transfer of my medical records from my previous hospital. I thought crossed my mind, that due to this transfer people in my old town would know where I was, but I was reassured, that all the medical information is strictly private and falls under the doctor/patient confidentiality, so I calmed down and figured I was safe. Shirley then insisted we stopped at the diner to ger some food, but I know too well, that her main goal was to show Hannah the picture. Not that I minded both of the agendas – my appetite has increased, I started gaining weight already, so yes, I was feeling hungry. And I also wanted to share the good news with Hannah, since she was the first person to show me kindness in this town and I felt I owed it to her, in a good way.
After a not so quick meal we went to the mall, bought me a simple phone, since I wasn’t to loven on all this fancy stuff and wasn’t really planning on using any of the social media. I was fine without the internet, only checking my emails once in a while, rarely watched television, all the news I needed to know came from the newspapers Jonathan read while sipping his morning coffee Having close to no interaction with the outside world brought me peace and made me feel content.
I should have known that the trip to the mall will not end with just me buying a plone. Soon enough Shirley dragged me to several maternity shops to get some new clothes. In truth, it was already needed, since it was getting hard to button my jeans, my belly was growing rapidly and I was mostly wearing my yoga pants. So we bought a few pairs of jeans with a special material on the waist, new jumpers, long t–shirts and a couple of summer dresses. Shirley insisted on paying for half of the stuff, I fought hard, but lost. As Jonathan said this woman always gets what she wants.
When we finally got back home, I was exhausted. After a quick dinner I have texted Doc Evans my new phone number, so that he could record a new message on an answering machine in the clinic, and went to bed. Jax decided a week ago, that from now on he’s sleeping with me, and it’s been really nice, I enjoyed cuddling with my new furry friend at night. We’ve became pretty close with this huge monster of dog. The next few days I’ll have to be ready any minute to tent to those in need if something happens.
Friday was uneventful, I just stayed home, watched some movies with Shirley, baked a pie, frated the picture of my unborn baby, which Jonathan proudly put up on a wall in the living room. These guys became like second parents to me, which constantly brought tears to my eyes, but I mostly blamed the hormones.
Then came Saturday. I received zero calls from the clinic and the day was slowly dying, so I decided to take a walk with Jax. I grabbed a light jacket in case It got chilly in the evening, a treat for Jax and limped into the woods.
I liked the woods. Squirrels were hopping from one tree to another, birds were chirping, Jax was having fun running around. The evening air was warm, but refreshing. The nature here was impressing – tall trees with moss, soft grass under my feet, some bushes with different colorful berries, it looked very beautiful in the light of soon to be setting sun. I don’t know how long I have been walking around, but I guess not less then a couple of hours, because my leg was pretty tired and my walking pace was now close to zero. A good thing that I never went too far from home, so it will not take long to get back. I whistled for Jax to come back and slowly we started walking towards home. The sun was almost down, it’s last rays were shining through the trees with a bright reddish light. As we were about to step out of the tree line I suddenly heard some weird noises. I turned my head towards the sounds and the sight in front of me made my heart stop for a second. A saw a huge grey wold all covered in blood heading slowly my way. It was huge, really, it’s head reached right to my breast, have never sent a wolf this big, and I’ve seen plenty of different animals. I was pretty sure, that i haven’t even read abything about a wolf being this big. If it wanted, it could kill me with one bit of it’s paw. But the moment I looked it in the eyes, all my fear suddenly vanished. It was and odd sensation, the eyes of that wolf were… Intelligent. And they held no cruel Intentions. On the contrary, the lock in the wolls eyes was more pleading, and the second I realized it, a small whine escaped it’s mouth and the wall collapsed to the ground.
