1956: A Kennedy Story

Chapter 54

March 22, 1963

Jackie sighed as she sat by her husband. The hardest bout of the sickness was over, now he was just starting to recover.

Bella had woken her a few minutes after she fell asleep a day earlier and she had awoken just in time to stop Jack's tempature from going to 107 degrees.

The doctor that had come in earlier that day had told Jackie that he would pull through, and probably be conscious by sometime today.

Jackie combed a hand through his sweaty hair. He was going to take a long shower once he was better.

Jackie sighed and put her chin on his chest blinking away sleep, suddenly a bright flash went off and Jackie looked around the room startled...

And her gaze landed on two month old Arabella with a camera pointing at her face and tears erupting from her eyes.

Jackie bonked her head against a table before she stood up to help Bella, how did Bella get the camera she didn't know. Who knows what babies got into.

Jackie took the camera gently but firmly from Bella's hands and placed it on top of the 5'8 bookshelf which was conveniently next to her.

Bella made a face at her before crawling clumsily out of the room.

Jackie sighed and picked her up, she brought her into her room and in her crib, she placed the unicorn stuffed animal, and the bunny and rabbit that were on the floor in the crib with her.

Bella scrunched up her nose at Jackie before Jackie left, closing the door behind her.

She looked down at her stomach, she could barely handle one. How could she handle TWO? And Jack, he was a disaster on his feet, but she loved him. She loved Bella and the baby too.

Jackie shook her head and walked back to her husband's room.