The weight of a loss

Chapter 3

Rick and Martha left the hospital. That's only when they were in the car that Rick broke down.
- "Oh god. There is so much blood in the car..." he said starting to cry.
- "It's ok honey. We will wash this later. It doesn't matter. Let's just go home." Said Martha putting her hand on Rick's shoulder.
They went home. Rick went straight to his bedroom to cuddle in his bed and cry. But he had forgotten about all the blood. He couldn't let all this shit. He took the blanket and sheets and went to the bathroom to wash them.
Martha came in and saw him sobbing his hands full of Kate's blood. She took him in her arms and led him to her bedroom upstairs. They laid in her bed and she started to rock him.
- "Go on darling. Cry. You'll feel better after. Let all your feelings out"
- "I can't believe I lost my baby. We were about to tell you that it was a boy..."
Hearing this, Martha started to cry too. His son was in so much pain. She had never seen him like that.
Rick finally fell asleep and Martha decided to wash all the blood in his son's bed and in the car. It took her some time but she managed to wash it all. She was about to cook something for Rick when she heard him walking down the stairs.
- "Hey darling. Feeling better?"
- "Hmm... I'm going to take a shower and go back to the hospital" he said walking to his bedroom.
He was just getting off the shower when he heard his cellphone rings. It was Kate.
- "Hey sweetheart" he answered
- "Hey" she said with a little voice "When are you coming back?"
- "I'm on my way, honey"
- "Ok. Bye" she said
- "Bye, love..." but she already hung up.
Martha decided she'd better stay there and let Rick and Kate alone. Besides she had things to do.
Rick arrived at the hospital at 5 pm and Jim left.
- "Bye honey, I'll be back tomorrow." He said kissing his daughter
- "Bye dad."
Rick sat next to Kate in her bed. She immediately cuddle in his arms.
She wasn't pretty to look, she was still pale and she had bags under her eyes, but she still was the most beautiful woman to Rick's eyes.
The doctor came to check on her around 6 pm. She had to stay in the hospital for a couple of days because she had lost a lot of blood. But she will be fine. At least physically. Rick was allowed to stay for the night, they offered him a bed but Kate wanted him near her.
The night went pretty bad. Kate had an anxious attack and they had to give her some drugs and to put her under oxygen to calm her down.
The next morning Kate woke up alone. She started to stressed out when Rick enter the room with some coffee and food for both of them.
- "Hello, my love. Do you feel better?" he said smiling to her and giving her some coffee.
- "I guess." She said taking a sip of coffee.
- "Good. Are you hungry?"
- "Not really."
- "You should eat something, honey. If you want to get out of the hospital soon"
She nodded and took the cookie he was giving her.
During the day, Martha and Jim came to see her. They stayed almost all day. She couldn't get up yet but they could go for a walk, her in a wheel chair.
Rick went home to bring her some clothes and to get some rest because he didn't slept that night. He came back and stayed for the night again. Kate was feeling better, that's why she showed, but Rick did know that she wasn't fine and that she will need help, so did he.