Skipper

39| Baby

TRICIA

"Calm down, Tricia."

I can hear my mother but I don't know how to do what she wants.

"Tricia, if you want what's good for your child then don't fucking run!" It's Dad this time. Hinaklit n'ya ang braso ko at iniharap ako sa kanya.

My vision was blurry from tears and I can feel my body shaking. I am beyond terrified. I don't know what I'll do if I ever lose my husband. I don't even want to think about it.

Dad pulled me in a tight hug then combed my hair with his fingers. I felt my mother gently stroking my back.

"We don't know yet what happened to Skipper. Calm yourself, my little princess. You just had a spotting and stressing yourself won't be good for the baby." Dad gently said.

I went home after my meeting with Liliadent. I am thinking of a possible explanation to Skipper when I felt some stomach ache. I saw blood stains on my underwear and I thought that it's the time of the month. I even asked Theo to buy me some sanitary napkins. Hindi pa nakakabalik si Theo mula sa pagbili ng napkins ay napahiyaw na ako sa sobrang sakit. I called for help. Justin rushed on my room with my Mom. I told her that my stomach aches happened frequently. And they decided to bring me to the nearest hospital.

We found out that I am on my seventh week. Dad wants me to have an ultrasound but I refused. I want my husband on my side to hear our baby's heartbeats for the first time.

Dad insisted for me to be confined. He wants to make sure that his grandchild is safe and healthy. I was on my room with Mom and Dad when Trey called me. He said that he got a report that his motorcycle has been involved in an accident and it was my husband driving that time.

Wala namang sinabi si Trey kung paanong aksidente ang nangyari at kung malala ba ang lagay ni Skipper. I tried calling his phone and a nurse picked me up. She told me the hospital address but refused to say how serious the accident was.

When I finally calmed myself. Dad escorted me to their car. He made his bodyguard settled my bill.

I was between Mom and Dad on the backseat while Justin drove for us. My parents enclosed me in their arms while whispering on my ears that everything will be alright. I am trying to steady my breathing and keep myself calm but my insides were shaking from fear. I am an emotional wreck.

Oh, God. Please don't take him from me. I can't lose him. Our baby needs him.

After what felt a decade, we finally arrived on the hospital where Skipper was rushed in. I was frantic while asking the desk for my husband. My knees shook when I learned that he's inside the operating room.

Together with my parents, we went to the operating room where he is. I saw Trey and Marron on the waiting area. Tito Nate was pacing back and forth while he's on the phone.

Trey stood up then rushed to enclosed me in a hug when he saw us.

"He'll be alright." Trey cooed then kissed the side of my head. He lead me beside his wife then sat me down. He knelt in front of me then wiped my tears away. "You have to be strong, Tricia. You have to trust him. You have to be strong for the both of you."

I tried to nod at him. Marron squeezed my hand.

"Masamang damo naman 'yang si Kuya kaya matagal pa 'yan mamamatay." Marron tried to cheer me up but her voice is shaking with her hands.

Mom sat beside me then hugged me.

Tito Nate, Dad and Trey were talking few meters from us. Para bang ayaw nila iparinig sa amin ang pinag-uusapan nila. Ayaw nilang ipaalam sa akin.