The Good Life

Chapter 107

While Bruno was the studio Marla laid on the bed feeling her whole body aching and her head spinning. She had never felt that way before. She sat with the letters Bruno had written her piecing things together. It all made sense to her and most of the things were coming back to her. She hoped that she would be okay by that Monday so she could go to work.

"Hey mama...I called the doctor. " her mother came in the door telling Marla.

"Oh. And what did they say?" she wondered.

"They want to see you. He sounded a bit more concerned that usual." Sylvia told her.

"When?" she asked.

"In like 30 minutes." Sylvia answered. "I'll take care of the kids while we're there and have your brother get Rosie at school. Okay?" Sylvia planned out.

"Okay. Okay." Marla answered. "Mom?"

"Yeah, baby?" Sylvia asked.

"Did Bruno ever tell you about the letters he writes me?" she asked her mother.

"No. What letters?" she responded.

"These." She held them out showing her mother. "He writes me one every single night. Just about the day. They make me cry." Her mother grabbed one from the top reading it out loud finding one from when Bruno was in the hospital.

"Wow." She replied.

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"Did you call Bruno?" Marla asked as they sat down at the doctor's office.

"I left him a message." Sylvia told her daughter handing her one of the crying twins. Marla dug in her phone to call Bruno not getting an answer.

"He doesn't do that stuff. I hope he's okay." Marla answered running through several scenarios flashing to the letter he had written about Madison. I don't trust her. She thought to herself. "Mom..do you have Madison's phone number? You know. The one that opened for Bruno a long time ago.

"No. I don't." Sylvia answered. "Why?"

"Oh nothing." Marla responded seeing the doctor call her into his office.

She answered the regular questions with the doctor noting a few things. She described what she remembered and relayed the things that Bruno and her mother had told her.

"We need to get an MRI right now. " the doctor said matter of factly.

"Right now?" she asked.

"Yes. Now. It's late but there are other things I am suspecting other than your usual activity." He explained. "We'll get you downstairs right now." He opened the door telling the nurses what they were doing.

Marla walked out almost shaking. "Mom. I need him." She said taking out her phone dialing the phone again as she held onto one of the babies listening to it rang. She held onto it dialing again. "God. Bruno. Answer the phone.

"Mar?" he finally picked up the phone. She stopped in the middle of her steps sitting down on a bench. "Marla? I know you're there. Are you okay?" she shook her head forgetting to talk. "Marla, what's wrong?"

"I....I don't know. Bruno. Everything is coming back to me. They said I need an MRI. I need you. I need you to be there with me."

Bruno watched the door open in front of him seeing a small bleach blonde girl walk in toward him holding his hands out. What was I thinking? He thought to himself. "I'll be there as soon as I can." He said hanging up the phone.

"Bruno?" Madison asked him seeing him grab his keys.

"I'm sorry I don't...just no Maddy." He said walking past her holding his keys.