The Road to Recovery

Chapter Four

The impact of the car hitting us head on ejected me from the car. All I could hear was Alex moaning and screaming in pain. So many things started running through my head. I had to go help him! I started crying. I couldn’t lose Alex. We are going to have a child together and I love him! I tried getting up which took a couple of times but I managed to walk the distance to Alex. I sat down right by him. He was covered in blood and he was missing body parts. I was so shocked, the state that he was in didn’t phase me. Someone driving by saw what was going on and called 9-1-1. All I did was cry. I couldn’t lose him! I was stroking his face and telling him everything will be OK.

“Alex, you gotta hang in there! I can’t lose you. Please stay awake! Everything is gonna be alright.” I was panicking. This was supposed to be a fun day. We were supposed to be spending time together before the baby came.

I heard a faint whisper from Alex. “Are you OK?”

I wasn’t worried about me at the moment. I didn’t even look to see if anything was wrong.

“What about the baby?”

Then it hit me. I’m pregnant. Not only do I have the chance of losing the love of my life, but I have the chance of losing my baby?! That’s when I lost it. The woman who called 9-1-1 stayed with me and told me everything will be OK. I knew that she was lying. How could everything be OK? I could lose my husband who is also my best friend and I could lose my baby! I saw no good outcome.

I saw the flashing lights coming and heard the sirens. It seemed like it took forever for them to get here. When they did get here they separated me from Alex. I couldn’t leave his side! I had to stay with him. I didn’t know what was going to happen but I wanted to be with him until the end.

After a good fight, they finally tore me apart from Alex. They started examining me and asking me many questions. I was shaken up but cooperating. Then the dreaded question came. “Ma’am, are you pregnant?”. I gave them a forlorn glance and whispered, “Yes”.