Marriage Of Convenience

Chapter 38: At The Hospital

Jae's POV...

Sitting in the waiting for damn near forty minutes without hearing a word about my wife and child's condition was slowly driving me insane. On top of all of that, the cops were constantly questioning me about the man that I shot dead outside our house. They wanted to know if I knew who he was and If I knew why he was attempting to kidnap my wife?

They have been standing here asking me the same damn question for the last twenty minutes and my answer would always be, "No, I don't know who he is, but I figure that he must have something to do with my wife being brutally assaulted three years ago."

"Mr. Yung, are you certain that you don't know the man you shot?" Officer Petzinky asked me with a skeptical look etched on his face.

"How many times and how many ways do I have to tell you that I have no idea who he is?" I roared just as a nurse and doctor walked out of the emergency room.

"I need to speak to the family of Mrs. McKenna Yung." The doctor called out as he walked further into the waiting room.

"I'm her husband," I announced after walking away from Officer Petzinky while he was still questioning me about tonight's incident.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Calvin Timmons. I will be the doctor in charge of taking care of your wife and child tonight." The doctor says with his right hand stretched out towards me. Mr. Yung, we were able to get your wife's blood pressure under control by giving her a powerful sedative. The next step will be left up to you to decide if you want her to attempt to carry the baby to full term or to deliver at thirty-seven weeks."

"If Mckenna decide to carry our baby to full term, will that put her and our child at risk, Dr. Timmons?"

"I can't guarantee you that. I can say that its highly possible, especially since her blood pressure has been running above normal lately, stress being a factor and her last pregnancy ending in a miscarriage." Dr. Timmons says with a worried expression on his face.

"What are the chances of her and our baby making it she choose to give birth early?" I asked while gazing at the emergency room door.

"Since your wife is in the middle of her thirty-seventh week of pregnancy, the baby has a good chance at surviving. Most of your baby's vital organs should have already formed, and he or she should be at a good birth weight.

"And what about my wife? Will she be alright, Dr. Timmons?"

"If I put her into induced labor now, she will have a better chance of surviving than us letting her carry the baby to full term."

"If you were in my shoes, Dr. Timmons, what would you do?" I asked. I was worried that I might make the wrong decision that could result in me losing my wife, child, or both.

"I can't influence your decision with my opinion of what I would do if my wife was lying up in this hospital, carrying my child. The advice I can give you though is that you and your wife should talk this through when she awakens in a few hours." Dr. Timmons replied, then said to me, "I'll do whatever you and your wife want me to do." I walked into the emergency room deep in thought about how I was going to approach this topic with McKenna. I already knew without any doubt that she was going to choose to carry our baby to full term, even if it did mean that it would be putting her life in danger.

I sat on the large black cushion stool that was positioned right by the head of her bed. She lay there sleeping peacefully with her hand laying on top of her stomach. "She's going to pull through this just fine." I tried convincing myself as I caressed the right side of her face for a few seconds. "She has to be alright." I force out into the silent room before laying my head down on top of her leg.

"Stop worrying so much, honey. You're not going to lose our baby or me." I hear her softly whisper.

"You don't know that for sure, McKenna." I somberly replied with my head still laying on her lap.

"You're right, I can't promise you that, but I can promise you that you and I will make the best decision that will provide the best possible outcome, Jae."

"What if I make the wrong decision? How will you be able to give me McKenna?"

"There won't be anything for me to forgive you for because we both will make the decision together, honey." She replied while running her fingers through my hair.

"Do you want to talk about it now or later?" I asked after lifting my head and looking at her.

"We will discuss it later. Right now, I just want to look at my handsome husband and not think about anything." She replied just as a weak smile crept upon her face.

"Alright, whatever you want, sweetheart." I happily conceded because I wasn't ready to have that conversation either. The two of us just sat there talking about any and everything, except for what happened tonight at our house or our impending decision about her pregnancy.

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