The Fighter Pilot's Baby: A BWWM Military Pregnancy Romance (17 page)

“They
will not let her die. They just won’t do anything to stop the
process, that’s all,” Mark explained.

“How
is that different from what I just said?” Amelia asked. Her
voice was now louder than she had intended to use. Doctor Van der
Heusen looked at her and sighed.

“Your
grandmother was trying to save you the heartache of an impossible
situation and as things stand right now, I can tell you for a fact
that things will only get worse. Her organs will begin shutting down
and all that will happen in a matter of hours.” Amelia choked
back a tear. “I suggest you begin making your peace with the
situation right now.”

Amelia
was not sure whether it was her body acting up or that the room had
suddenly gotten a few degrees hotter. She didn’t even realize
when a tear began rolling down her cheek. She turned and looked into
Chad’s eyes.

“Did
you know about this?” she asked and he shook his head.

“But
baby, you have to understand….” Chad started but Amelia
didn’t want to hear anything. She pulled away from his grip and
walked away leaving a worried Amanda staring after her.

“Go
with her. Make sure my little sister is okay,” she said looking
at Chad who was nodding. “I don’t know if I can stand
seeing her like this, Mark. I mean, mom and dad’s death was
hard enough but this…” she started before Mark held her
close.

“Amelia
is stronger than she looks. She will be okay,” he said softly
as he ran his hand up and down her back.

*****

“Can
I come in?” Chad asked as he sat down next to Amelia. She
nodded and sniffed back yet another tear. “You know as much as
you hate the idea, you have to go into that room and say your
goodbyes to Leila, right?”

Amelia
shook her head and turned to look at him.

“I
don’t think I can,” she said in a soft voice.

“Remember
when you told me that the one thing you wanted more than anything was
a chance to say goodbye to your parents?” Chad started as he
took her hand in his. “Well, like it or not baby, Leila doesn’t
have a lot of time with us and you are being given the one thing you
never got with your parents.” He began running his thumb on the
back of her hand slowly. “You can have the goodbye you deserve
with Leila,” he added in a soft voice.

“But
what if I can’t do it?”

“I’ll
be right there with you, Amelia. I won’t let you do this alone.
You know that you will hate yourself if she goes and you don’t
get a chance to do this, right?” She nodded and he stood up.
“Come on, then. I’ve got you,” he said as he helped
her up gently. He held her face in his hands and kissed her softly.
“This is the right thing to do,” he whispered as he
pressed his forehead against hers.

“I
know but it still sucks,” Amelia said making Chad smile.

“I
know it does. Doing the right thing usually sucks,” he said as
they began walking back to the wards.

When
they got there, Amanda and Mark were already inside and Amelia knew
almost immediately what her sister was doing. The few minutes she
spent waiting outside her grandmother’s hospital room were the
longest she had ever had to endure. As she sat there, she realized
she didn’t have the right words at all. There were no right
words in her head but as she came to realize, there would never, ever
be the right words. When her sister walked out, Amelia noticed her
glossy eyes and she knew that if she didn’t get in at that
moment, she would be too late. She walked past Amanda and walked into
her grandmother’s room with Chad following close behind. Her
heart was pounding as she looked at Grandma Leila.

“She
looks so peaceful,” she said under her breath. “It’s
like she is just asleep.”

“I
know,” Chad said in a soft voice.

Amelia
took her grandmother’s hand and smiled.

“When
I was eight, Amanda and I used to get into all sorts of trouble
stealing cookies and everything,” she started. “My
parents, my mom especially was a little strict about having baked
good…anything sweet really, before dinner.”

“All
parents did…and some still do,” Chad said as he gently
rubbed her shoulders.

“Well
then I guess in that case Grandma Leila was my mom’s worst
enemy because she used to sneak me her cookies in bed. My mother
hated it,” Amelia said laughing even though there were tears
rolling down her cheeks. “I am going to miss her so much,”
she said as she gave her grandmother’s hand a little squeeze.
At the back of her mind, she was hoping that Leila would squeeze her
hand back but nothing like that ever happened. She was just lying
there lifeless.

“Tell
her what you would like her to know,” Chad said in a soft
voice. Amelia was silent for a long time before she took a long deep
breath.

“I
hate that you want us to cremate you grandma,” she started. “I
am a big believer of dust to dust. The whole ashes to ashes thing
never made any sense to me but I guess to each his own, right?”
She stroked her grandmother’s gray hair slowly. “I’m
going to miss you so much grandma. I love you to the ends of the
world and back,” she said. She lowered her head and slowly
planted a soft kiss on her grandmother’s warm creased forehead.
The monitor suddenly spiked making Amelia panic. “What’s
happening?” she asked as she looked at the monitor.

“It’s
her heart,” Chad said as he walked round Leila’s bed. He
looked at her and felt her neck. “Really low pulse,” he
said just as the doctor and two nurses walked in.

“What
is happening?” Amelia asked in a panic.

“Her
heart is failing,” Chad said in a soft voice. “Come on.
We need to get out of here,” he said as he began pulling her
out but Amelia didn’t want to move. She shook her head as she
watched the doctors get a breathing tube down her throat. All this
time she was praying that her grandmother wouldn’t code because
if she did, that would be the end of her.

“I
need to get an airway in,” Dr. Van der Heusen said as he held a
tube in her mouth. “I can’t get in….get me a
smaller one!”

Amelia
watched as one of the nurses handed him a smaller tube. She was
breathing hard as she watched what looked like an episode of a
medical drama. She tightened her grip around Chad’s hand.

“I
got it,” the doctor announced. “How are we doing?”
he asked.

“Pressure’s
still dropping” one of the nurses said...

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