One Chicago: Health First Part 4

Chapter 1191

Matt's POV: After spending the past hour and a half in bed, I smiled as I woke up from a little nap. But, even though I was awake...Gabby was still asleep next to me in bed. She looked tired and I didn't want to wake her. I decided to check the baby monitor and saw that Matteo meanwhile was starting to get a little restless in bed. Quietly getting up, I then went to grab my phone as well as the baby monitor to bring it out to the living room with me. I then went to close the door behind me and smiled because I hadn't woken Gabby up.

Quickly walking over to the living room, I then went to set the baby monitor down on the coffee table when I thought about the leftovers we still had in the fridge. I left half of my burger to eat while Gabby was eating so she wasn't eating alone. I then decided to get it out so that I could head it up when Gabby was ready to eat. I also decided to be proactive and went to make Matteo a bottle when I heard Gabby come out of the bedroom. Turning to look at her, I sighed. "I hoped that I didn't wake you up when I left the bed." Gabby nodded.

I then decided to walk over to her and just moved my arms around her. "How'd you sleep?" Gabby looked up at me and smiled. "Better than I expected. I was scared I would have bad dreams about when we learned our first pregnancy was abdominal." I agreed and nodded as I went to move my hand to her neck. I then decided to kiss her softly before looking at me. "Chicago hasn't been good to us recently has it?" Gabby then sighed and shook her head.

"Honestly, I hate to say this but...I am starting to wish I never came back. Ever since I came back, life has been hell for every one of us. I think the only good things that have happened since I got back are a few couples getting married or engaged and get pregnant." I looked at her and shook my head. I then decided to sit in front of her on the coffee table. "Gabby, you don't really believe that do you? Be honest with me." Gabby then grabbed my hands and sighed as she moved to intertwine our fingers. "Matt, I want to say no so bad."

I nodded and understood. "I hate to even ask you this but...you aren't regretting giving us a second chance are you? Us being married and raising Matteo. If you could change one thing. That wouldn't be something you would change right?" Gabby shook her head. "No, of course not. If anything, what would be the one thing that would never change. I just wonder what life would be like if instead you moved with me to the Bahamas or even Puerto Rico to do charity work down there. Maybe it would be easier on all of us."

I thought about it and agreed before deciding to sit next to her on the couch. Wrapping my arm around her, I felt her cuddle up to me. "Gabby, be honest with me. Are you happy here in Chicago?" Gabby then looked up at me and bit her lip. "I am happy in my personal life when it comes to us being together and married and all but...things have just been so hard here. I still feel like there is this cloud of negativity that is cursing us. I mean, how much more can we take?"

I nodded and understood what she meant. "So, what are you thinking Gabby?" Gabby then sighed and looked at me. "In my dream world, we would just leave Chicago behind...start over somewhere else and make good, happy memories as a family. Because right now...even with all the good memories we have here, the bad ones still outnumber the good ones. And worst of all, they literally happen one after the other."

I nodded and decided to just listen to her. "I associate our honeymoon with Antonio's accident. I associate our wedding with the parking lot incident at target. I associate Matteo's birth with the fight you had with your sister. I associate your first proposal with Shay's death. That is not what I want for us Matt. I don't want to associate happy memories with sad memories every time something happens." Matt nodded and agreed with me. "Then, what do we do to change that?"

Gabby sighed and looked at me again. "Nothing because you are never going to go along with what is probably the best move for us." I then went to grab her hand and intertwined our fingers. "Gabby, before you say that...talk to me about what you are thinking." Gabby then bit my lip and just stared at me. "I want to go back to Puerto Rico and start over there. I can't do it anymore. I thought I could Matt but...there is only so much tragedy a woman can handle."