ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross pov

“You look too tensed, that’s not good for the baby my dear,”

The older-looking woman said she was much more friendly, and hearing her words helped reduce the tension I was feeling.

“Doc, is my baby okay?”

“Yes, very okay, there was just a little bit of restraining and the baby wasn’t doing good for a little while but it all good now,”

She explained and I let out a sigh of relief and looked at my wife who whispered words that I could imagine to be ‘thank you God’s

“But what caused the bleeding then?”

She asked and I turned back to the doctor who smiled at us again

“That is pretty normal for some women, it’s normal to get a few spotting and has nothing to do with why the baby was restless which was what lead to your discomfort,”

“Could I ask why the baby was restless? Might there be a reason for that?”

I asked.

“Yes, a lot of can cause that, first is using painkillers that are too strong and not advisable during pregnancy,”

“I did take painkillers, I had a headache when I woke and took some aspirin,”

“Oh, Aspirin is okay, drugs ibuprofen is what should be avoided, did you take anything else apart from this,”

She asked and Kathy shook her head no.

“Then, maybe the most common fact is stress, did an event happen recently that made you stressed?”

“Yes, yesterday I was stressed, could that be it?”

“I am guessing so if you are strained it will affect the baby that is why we advise that you take things lightly and not overstrain yourself especially during the early and the late days of the pregnancy, stressing yourself is not good for the baby, you should take a break,”

The doctor said, Kathy and I both nodded, I wondered what had happened that had stressed her, could it be school? Or was it related to what she had to tell me?

“Thank you so much, Doc,”

She said and I realized the doctor was done.

“Doc, she still goes to Uni is it advisable for her to continue seeing that she is easily stressed?”

“Of course, she can go to school, she just had to take everything easy, it’s still the early stage and so cares, care, care, she can still go about her normal life, it’s not an illness, she just has to eat well, stay fit both physically and mentally and she will be going to go, and since this is her first pregnancy, she should exercise more to keep the baby and herself in shape,”

She advised, we thanked her again and we left the hospital together.

“Are you okay Kathy?”

I asked as I helped her lay on the bed, she looked down and sad even though the doctor had assured us that our baby was doing fine and it got me worried, throughout the ride from the hospital she hadn’t said a word to me and I didn’t like her silence but I left her alone thinking she was still in shock over what happened.

“Yes,”

“But you don’t look fine, the doctor said the baby is doing okay but you still look so sad, what’s going on?”

I asked holding her hands, she looked up at me as tears gathered in her eyes again.

“Hey, baby, don’t cry, it’s okay, I am here now, I know you must have been so scared, sorry I wasn’t here earlier,”

I said wiping her tears but she shook her head.

“It’s my fault, it’s my fault the baby was in distress,”

She cried.

“Hey, no it’s not, don’t beat yourself because of that, okay? It’s not your fault and thank God she is fine, we just have to be careful and do as the doctor said, she is fine now that’s what matters,”

“No, it’s my fault, I am sorry Cross, I am so sorry,”

She said at this point she was crying uncontrollably, I pulled her in for a hug patting her back, pregnant women were known to get overly emotional so I felt it was her hormones that were making her cry more.

“Shush, baby, it’s okay, it’s fine, you don’t need to be sorry,”

I pursued but the more I tried the harder she cried and at some point, I got scared all over again.

“Kathy? What happened? Is there something you are not telling me? What’s going on?”

“I messed up so badly Cross and I am sorry, please don’t leave me,”

She begged, why will she think that I will leave her, I was so confused, she was crying hard again and wasn’t even listening when I told her to calm down and tell me what happened.

“Kathy!!”

I was forced to scream, she stopped crying almost immediately, looking at me, she looked so scared and shocked that I regretted shouting but she didn’t give me a choice, I pulled her in for a hug.

“I am sorry baby, I didn’t mean to yell at you and I am not going to leave you, so just calmly tell me what happened okay?”

I requested hoping she would listen, I was anxious to know what happened and why she thought me finding out will make me leave her, nothing in the world will make me leave her, just one day without her and I couldn’t stand it, how am I supposed to stay a life without her, it wasn’t possible, she was stuck with me for life.

“I am sorry,”

She voiced.

“What are you sorry for Kathy? What happened? Talk to me,”

“I was stupid and now he is using it against me,”

She let out, I couldn’t for the life of mine figure out what she was talking about.

“What do you mean? Who is using it against you and what is being used?”

I asked calmly.

“It’s Louis, he has our tape,”

She disclosed. Louis? Tapes? I thought, not getting what she meant.

“What do you mean? Who is Louis?”

I asked then it clicked.

“Oh my God, Kathy? Is it that Louis? Did you meet up with him? When?”

I asked feeling my temperature rise, I didn’t like the thought of Kathy meeting Louis and seeing that she was crying I knew it wasn’t nice stuff.

“I didn’t meet him, he called,”

“How? How did he get your contact?”

“I don’t know,”

“So, why are you being sorry,”

“He has it Cross, he has our tapes, lots of them he filmed us while we slept together and is blackmailing me with them, jam so sorry Cross please don’t leave me,”

She said crying, but I wasn’t even hearing everything she was saying my mind was stuck at the part where she said he had their sex tapes, I felt lightheaded.

No, please no, anything else but those…