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"Hey, Dad," she greeted one time after I was done with work.
"Hey, baby," I greeted and sat by her side, "How are you holding up?"
"He's been kicking all evening," she sighed as she touched her stomach.
"I'm telling you it's going to be a girl," reminded as I touched her stomach. I felt the little kick, "Ah she kicked again."
"That one hurt," she complained.
"You'll get better," I assured her.
"You're so bad at lying, at least say it again without looking so sad," she said as she touched my face.
"I don't know if I can do this," I said.
"You're saying it like I'm going to lose," she said. "Where's the man who's going to be an awesome father? Don't you know fathers cheer on their wives and kids?"
The baby kicked again.
"See? He agrees," she said with a smile.
"She," I corrected.
"So stubborn," she giggled. "You're going to be a good father, with my guidance at least. I made you bag the best woman in the world. I can handle teaching you how to
take care of our child."
"You sure about that? I ended up having to learn everything else myself," I said.
"You don't have to worry about that," she said. "This time you don't have to buy anything. Just listen to all my instructions."
"Whatever you say, ma'am," I said.
*****
When the time to deliver approached, she requested I not be part of the labor process. I sat in my office twiddling my thumbs as I wasn't let anywhere near her. I believe she already knew what would have happened if I was there. After two long hours that seemed to last like days, she was finally put to bed. When I went in the nurses were done checking the baby's vitals and everything, Selina was feeding the child.
"He?" I asked.
"You know if you actually went into gambling, you would have become a trillionaire by now." She said with a tired smile, "Come meet your daughter."
I picked her up. "She's beautiful."
"Has your hair," Selina chuckled. "Now we don't need a paternity test."
I smiled a little but the smile disappeared when I heard her coughing.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm fine, just a little tired," she said. "Who knew delivery would take that long?"
The nurses had changed the sheets, but my nose could easily pick up the smell of blood.
There was a chance that she wasn't going to be able to push. So they had done a caesarian section. That's why she didn't want me here.
I don't want to sound like a terrible father, but I would rather have kept her than the baby. She knew that would have been the call I would have made. She was just too intelligent for her own good.
"You're a bad liar," I said.
