Affairs of the Heart

chapter 12

Desirée woke up with a splitting headache, and a feeling of nausea. Her eyes felt foggy and swollen, her body felt weak and battered. She peered through long lashes and saw a doctor moving towards her. She expelled a breath that seemed to pain her lungs.

"Miss Dumonde, how are you feeling?", the tall, spiky haired blonde asked, scanning through some files.

Desirée sighed "I feel like crap", she said trying to sit up, then paused trying to collect her thoughts, a sob rose in the back of her throat.

"Is my baby OK?", she asked quickly asked, eyes becoming teary.

The doctor smiled "yes your baby is OK, but I'll have to warn you", he paused, looking intently at Desirée "you have to take things easy, the last thing you need right now is stress" he warned.

Desiree's hand immediately went to caress her stomach. She was going to have a baby,she thought happily. A family, with her baby and Dom-...Dominic?. Her body suddenly became numb, body trembling as a tear slipped from her eyes. Her head flashed up to look at the Doctor.

"Wh- where's Dominic?", she gasped, pulling away the covers to get up from the bed.

"Ma'am, you need to-

"Don't tell me what to do, where is he?", she growled, face reddening from the dam that was about to break loose in her eyes.

The young male doctor swallowed, trying to gain his courage.

"He- he's here and is stable for now ma'am", he informed.

Desirée gasped "where is he?", she choked.

"He's in the first room down the hall, his surgery was successful but there was a slight swelling to his brain, so we had to do a small surgery there as well and so, he might have a slight memory loss".

Desirée clenched her teeth, the tears still falling heavily "can I see him?", she begged,feeling the chill ran down her spine.

"Are you feeling OK?, because if you aren't, I can't allow you to see him"

What the hell was he saying? Desirée thought. If she wasn't feeling well, she wouldn't tell him, because she wanted to see Dominic. She would lie her way through hell if its the only way to see Dominic.

"I'm perfectly fine, please bring me to him", she said a bit impatiently.

"OK, come with me", he said, walking towards the door. Desirée scooted off the bed and dipped her feet into a pair of sandals. She walked slowly, following the doctor towards Dominic's room. He stood on the outside and stood infront of her.

"He's in there, and please remember to take it slow,your pressure is still to high for you to stress", he said then nodded before walking away.

Desirée inhaled a sharp breath then used her hands to smooth over her hospital clothes. She could feel her eyes burning from unshed tears, but she cleared her throat at pushed the door open. She paused, body becoming numb.

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"Desirée?", a short, white haired woman asked, in complete shock and disbelief.

Heart pounding she croaked "Mr and Mrs Santos, hi"
Desirée glanced around the room filled with Dominic's family members. His parents, aunts, cousins... Everyone it seemed. Her eyes suddenly rested on Dominic who laid helplessly on the bed. Her throat constricted as she saw the bandages around his head and his midsection. She looked closer at him.... He was awake!, her heart cried, but the machines around and attached to him took her breath away and before she knew it a tear trickled down her face.