*Boom*
I hear the sound piercing my ears. As I laid there panicking over my mom killing my dad, a swat member came up to me and untied my sister and I. They wrapped us on a blanket meanwhile I was watching my mom get put on cuffs. I broke out of the officer's embrace and ran into my mom's. I cried as I held onto her waist tight as I could. She calmly said "it's over now, my babies are safe" Mackenzie ran up after me and wrapped her arms around mom's waist too. I watched as my mom got taken away and put in the back of a cop car. Mackenzie and I got put in a separate cop car together.
"Where are y'all taking my Mami?" I asked.
"Son, she may have set y'all free but it's a first degree murder charge until proven innocent"
I sat back in silence not knowing what to say anymore. Not even a peep was said this whole car ride to a different cop place than Mami. When we got out and into the place mac and I were on a chair and someone asked if we wanted something to eat and we said yes. She got us tuna and crackers with a capri sun. In about 10 minutes he came up to us and he said "Hello my name is Doctor Lanson."
"Hi Dr. Lanson, where's our Mami?" we both said together.
" She is okay but unfortunately you guys can't see her for a while"
" Why?" mac asked.
" She hurt y'all daddy so she has to go to jail for it"
" Jail what's that?"
" A place you never wanna do to I tell you that much, now we're going to be taking you guys to a lovely family that will take care of y'all well your mommy is serving her time in jail."
We both looked at each other and back at him.
With a reassuring face "It's not as bad as you think it is. At least I hope not. But she will eventually get to talk to her but just not now"
After about an hour, we were taken to this house, it was huge. It had a big pool, a huge trampoline, and a deck. Also we had our own rooms. It was so cool. And then when we got everything settled in they cooked us a great big meal, it was amazing. I remember mom's cooking so much it just doesn't taste as amazing as mom's potato casserole or her chicken pot pie.
I woke up in a cold sweat, my wife Delilah woke me up out of my sleep.177Please respect copyright.PENANADUahCSnE8o
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Delilah's POV
Mason and I had gone to my parents. My aunt came over for a week from Florida to see how I was doing and all that. While my Aunt Lisa was painting my little sister's nails I came downstairs from using the bathroom. I then asked my mom "Can you get me pizza?"
"But honey it's almost three in the morning"
"Please"
"Fine give me your phone"
"It's on the charger"
"Okay"
I held my belly, rubbing it in little circles as I walked to Mason. He was sitting on the couch on his iPad. I snuggled between his legs as I laid my head on his chest. He kissed my head and asked "Do you wanna listen?" He was playing black ops Zombies. Instead of me taking the iPad and the earphones I just took the iPad and started playing it. Thirty minutes later Mason fell asleep rubbing my belly. I started to get tired so I put the iPad on the coffee table and snuggled up on him. Mom then wakes me up and said "Pizza is here"
"Mom it's three a.m., I-shit!" I suddenly feel a sharp pain coming from below my belly.
"What's going on?" mom asked. With a worried expression.
"I think I'm having contractions"
"Breath slowly" she instructed.
"Okay" I started doing as told and the pain continued for a minute then stopped. Mason woke up and asked "What's going on?"
"I thought I was having contractions, but I'm okay now."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah"
"I think you should stay sitting. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Mom I'm fine"
"No you aren't, stay"
"Fine"
When I was about to finish my last slice of pizza, that sharp pain hit me harder than before. Mason asked me what's the matter and I said "It's happening again, go call Dr. Carson."
"Okay" He got my phone and dialed the number.
"How far apart are the contractions?" my mom asked.
"Seven minutes I think"
"Wil, seven”
He told the doctor, and Mason relayed the message, after getting off the phone with the Doctor he said "She said to take you to Saint Charles Hospital because it's the closest"
My parents, Mason and Maddie came into the car. I started crying because the pain was unbearable. Mason held my hand and tried to calm me down, talking to me but the pain kept coming and going as it pleased.
"That ain't gonna work shut the fuck up!" I yelled at Mason.
"Well I'm sorry for trying to help you!" He barked back.
"Look I'm sorry I just want this kid out of me!" he stood silent.
"Dad drove faster, this kid is killing me!" I keep on dilating and it feels like I'm on fire. I know I may seem like I'm over exaggerating but I actually mean this.
When we get to the emergency place the doctor escorts me to a regular room, while a medic tells him what happened. "Okay Mrs. Cortez, I need you to breathe. Since it's just contractions I'm going to give you a medicine that will numb the pain when it's time. But for the time being, you have to be here on bed rest until this little one decides to come." the Doctor told me.
"What the fuck! I came here to deliver and this is all you are going to tell me?!"
"Listen, you are in labor right now and at any time you will give birth, so you need to be ready," The Doctor explained. I stopped my ranting when the pain came back. Mason held my hand while one of the nurses hooked me to an IV and a heart monitor then put a syringe needle that had some clear liquid in it, into this tube that was attached to my IV, it went directly to my veins and I said "What is this?"
"Liquids to keep you hydrated. Now I need you to turn on your side."
"Why?"
"We are going to need to get you an Epidural" A minute later I heard a nurse come in and talk to the doctor giving him a syringe, it got stuck into my lower back. A couple of minutes later I said "look I'm s-s- what's happening to me I can't feel anything?"
"The anesthetic with help you but also make you drowsy" My mom then said to me "Baby you have to stay in bed for a while"
"But I thought I was ready"
"No you think you are ready but your body isn't, you haven't fully dilated yet" Then the doctor said "That just reminded me, Nurse Rosario can you get me my tools" I saw the nurse leave the room and I asked him "What tools?"
"I need to measure how many centimeters you are, to see how close you are to giving birth"
"I don't know what the hell that all means"
"Okay so when you are 10 cm, then that means you are ready, three means early labor, seven means your baby is shifting into position, that's why we need to check"
"Okay"
Soon enough the nurse came back with the stuff and the doctor washed his hands and put gloves on and said "Um Mrs. Hughes, do you want anyone here?"
"Can my husband stay in here with me? I don't want to be alone."
"Okay"
"Mom, Dad, Aunt may wait in the family room" the doctor said to my family. They left for a bit while the doctor asked me "Can you put your legs like a bridge?" I did that and he adjusted my legs to let him observe me properly. I felt so uncomfortable with another man looking down there. I kept my hand in Mason’s as the doctor looked, to see if I was doing okay. Then he said "So we have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Bad news first, I just want to rip it like a band aid"
"Well...from the looks of it, you will have a early birth"
"What!?" Mason and I stood shocked and then he said "But the good news is that you are about 9½ centimeters and your baby is in a good position for natural birth but you will be in labor for about eight to twelve hours"
"Okay....but will she be okay?"
"Well we have to do an ultrasound to determine that" He made me put on a hospital gown, when he came back into the room he asked "Can you lift up your gown so I can see how this little guy is doing?" The doctor placed a familiar cold clear gel on my spinach. Using the ultrasound wand he pressed it against my belly. Mason and I looked on the screen to see how our daughter is doing.
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