The Torture Tour

Chapter 20

The next morning the doctor made the rounds early waking up Harry when he came in.

Can you wake your wife so we can go over the results of the test?

Wren love the doctor is here to talk to us.

I jerked up quickly almost head butting Harry when he said the doctor is here. I throw the cover off and stand up walking over to the bed where Bretley is still sleeping.

The tests came back positive for leukemia. An oncologist will be coming by sometime today to go over the options with treatment. A bone marrow transplant is one option so we want to test both of you for possible matches.

Dr. Lewis Harry is not his biological father. He is not in his life.

Then you need to get in contact with his biological father and see if he is willing to be tested.

Luke texted me this morning about meeting with Michael so everyone can have closure and move on. I still want to be tested for a match. I know that it is not likely, but I still want to try and help our son.

Text Luke back and have him and Michael meet us for coffee. Michael needs a friend there.

You still love him?

Not like you think, but he is the father of our son and there will always be feelings there. Michael is a good man no matter how stupid he has been this past year and a half. I will never be with him again, and I want to get to a point that I can give you everything you want and need Harry. We both need this closure, and Bretley might need his bone marrow. You are his father no matter what, and one day we are going to be a real family that is a promise to you from me. You have been so understanding giving me the space I needed and that is what made me fall in love with you Harry.

That is all I needed to hear love Harry says kissing me softly. The doctor slips out feeling like he was invading our private heartfelt moment.

I will text Luke after we see the oncologist and set up a time for coffee here at the hospital so we aren't far from Bretley.

That sounds good. I am going to get myself together before Bretley wakes up.

I will be right here with him take all the time you need. Grab a shower if you need to.

I think I will. I pull Harry into a tight hug and kiss him on the corner of the mouth. I can't say it yet I tell him softly but soon.

I am not going anywhere Wren. I am with you all the way.

I head into the bathroom with my bag deciding to take a shower. I strip and step under the hot water letting the tears I have been holding in fall down my face. My beautiful baby is sick and I can't lose him. Him and Harry are my life something that I just recently realized. I am deeply in love with Harry now I just have to let the idea of Michael and what might have been go. I stay in the shower until the water starts running cold stepping out I somehow feel lighter like a heavy burden has been lifted off my shoulders.

I walk back in combing my hair out to a doctor walking in.

I am Dr. Freeman I am one of the pediatric oncologists on staff here. There are several options that I would like to discuss with you. For this type of aggressive leukemia we usually end up doing a bone marrow transplant and several rounds of chemo to make sure we have successfully treated it. The good news is that we caught it in the early stages so it will be easier to treat. I want any family members on both sides to come in and be tested for a match. It is a fairly simple but painful procedure, but there is no overnight stay or anesthesia just a local to deaden the spot. I have the two of you scheduled to be tested tomorrow. We have time for his biological father if you can get him up here by six in the morning. I know that you have phone calls to make.