Chapter
38
"Angela, Brian needs his rest! This may not be the smartest thing to
do," Howie ran behind her, trying to persuade her to stop.
"I'm not stopping Howie,"
she said trance-like. "He needs to know about this baby."
AJ grabbed her shoulder and spun her
around. "Please listen to us. We all want to see Brian and I know that you
want to tell him about your baby, but he needs all the rest he can get. He
needs to have this surgery granted his parents give the permission. But Angela,
please wait until he wakes up."
"No. You listen to me," she
said through clenched teeth with tears in her eyes. "I don't just want to
see him, I have to see him. It's not about me. It's about the baby. He has to
know now."
"Angela come on..."
She tore out of AJ's grasp and ran
toward the stairs as fast as she could. She flew up the two flights of stairs
to the ICU. The nurses yelled at her to walk, but they were a blur to her. The
only thing she was thinking
and seeing was Brian. Her eyes scanned right and then left until she saw the
guard in front of the door. She took off again toward the door.
"Miss, you can't go in
there," the guard leapt up in front of her.
"Oh yeah?" Angela retorted.
"Watch me." She attempted to run past the guard into Brian's room,
but he was too quick for her. "Let me go!!!" she screamed.
Howie and AJ came out of the stairwell in time
to see this happening. They ran over to the guard. "It's OK. You can put
her down. This is Brian's girlfriend," Howie said.
"OK, but I still have strict
orders from the doctor not to let anyone in."
"We know," AJ replied.
"We'll take her from here."
The guard let her go and Angela
collapsed to the floor. "Why is everyone against me?" she cried.
"We're not against you Angela.
We're trying to protect you and Brian. If you keep this up, they'll never let
you in."
As AJ was saying this to her, Dr.
Thomas walked by. She scrambled off the floor and ran after him. "Dr.
Thomas! You have to let me see Brian! Please! I am begging you!"
"I can't right now Miss Connors.
He needs all the rest he can get to prepare him in case of surgery. Only
immediate family members are allowed in at this time."
"She's immediate family,"
Kevin said, walking out of the elevator. "She's carrying his baby and his
parents have given verbal consent."
"Oh God Kevin! Thank you!"
She gave him a huge hug and made her way back to Brian's room to see her
boyfriend. She opened the door slowly to
see him in the form she had seen him in not even twenty-four hours ago. The
only thing is that this time she had a huge pit in her stomach telling her that
things weren't going to turn out as she hoped.
As she slowly walked over to him, she
saw him stir and open his eyes.
"Angela," he whispered.
"My Princess."
"Brian," she choked out as
she hugged him. "How do you feel?"
"My chest hurts so much," he
moaned.
"I know baby, I know. I have to
talk to you. Your parents are gonna be here soon so they can decide whether you
need more surgery or not. If that last bullet isn't taken out of you soon, it
will kill you." She watched the tears form in his eyes. "But you're
going to be fine."
"I hope so."
"I have some good news for you
though." She took a deep breath. "We're gonna have a baby!"
Brian was speechless. All he could do
was motion for her to lean over so he could give her a loving kiss.
"Angela, this is great news! I
wouldn't want anybody but you to be the mother of my children. So we have a
little one growing in there?" he asked as he poked her stomach.
She nodded with tears in her eyes. All
she needed was Brian to survive this. So their baby could meet the man she
loved so much.
Sometime Later....
"We want him to have the
surgery," Jackie said to Dr. Thomas. She had discussed this with Harold on
the flight down to Orlando. In the
waiting room sat Jackie, Harold, Harry, Angela, Krista, Nick, Kevin, AJ, and
Howie. They all wanted to be there for the Littrells.
"And you realize the risk that
you're taking with this?" Dr. Thomas asked.
Yes," Harold replied. "We'd
feel better sitting around here knowing that at least something was being done
for our son."
"OK. His surgery will be
scheduled for 1:30pm tomorrow afternoon. I will give time for everyone to be
with him before hand under the circumstances. I suggest everyone goes home
tonight to get some sleep if you all plan on staying here until you hear some
news because it will be a long surgery process. Have a good night."
As Dr. Thomas exited, everyone just
looked at each other. "Well, I agree with Dr. Thomas." Jackie spoke
up. "You guys haven't slept in more than 24 hours. You're gonna need it
for tomorrow." As everyone got up to go home, Jackie said," Angela
hold on a minute. I'd like to talk to you." Angela was confused but nodded
her head.
"I'll wait for you outside,"
Krista said to her.
Jackie swept Angela into a hug after everyone
left. "Angela, it is so good to see you and Brian back together. He's the
happiest when you're with him. I missed seeing you around the house all the
time. You're....you're like the daughter I never had," she cried.
"Jackie, you know you have always
been like my second mother. And now you're gonna see me all the time again
because Brian is gonna make it. I know he is. He's gonna pull through for both
of us." Jackie pulled her into a
tighter hug and they cried together in the waiting room where they knew that
they would be spending what would feel like hell tomorrow.
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