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CEDRICK
“Ican go home?”
“Yes, just some discharge stuff, but we can give you some leeway. Within the hour if you’d like,” my doctor shares with me before shaking my hand.
Ellie’s are filled to the brim with tears.
“I hope you feel better soon, Cedrick. You’re healing well. I’ll leave you two now.” The doctor ducks out of the room with a wave.
“Let’s go home, baby.”
Her face lights up and she takes my hand in hers, nodding furiously. “Yes, home. I’d love that.”
Her other hand goes to her belly and my eyes follow.
“Can I?”
She nods. I reach out and rest a hand on her stomach, a huge smile spreading across my face.
“I’m so excited,” I whisper.
“Me too,” she says, a tear finally slipping down her face. “You’re going to be such an amazing father.”
“This kid is going to have the best mother out there.”
“Well then I guess it’ll be a pretty lucky kid,” she says, laughing and wiping her tears. “Okay, let’s get you out of here. I’ll call your brothers to help us.”
Ellie whips out her phone and seconds later, she’s walking around the room, gathering our things while she fills them in.
I watch Ellie, the love of my life, and I truly feel like the luckiest man in the world. Lucky that my operation worked, lucky that I survived, and lucky that I get to go home with Ellie.
Despite how dire things were just days ago, when I thought that might be the last time I’d see her, everything seems to be just right. This time, when we enter my property, the secrets torturing me are no longer under wraps. Everything is out in the open. We feel the same.
“Okay, baby,” Ellie says, pocketing her phone. “Ishmael and Liza are on their way, and Caesar will be by later. He’ll help get you home and settled.”
“Come here,” I say, reaching out for her.
She immediately walks over, a look of concern on her face. “You need something?”
“I do,” I murmur, caressing her cheek and pulling her closer to me. “This, right here.”
I hold her by the arm protectively and I press my lips against hers, savoring the taste and feel of her. And everything really is perfect.
Ellie walks into the room, carrying a tray of food.
“No, not this again, Ellie. Yesterday…”
“I know, but I read the recipe wrong. Believe me, it’s good, when it’s made right.”
She sets the tray on my lap, and I look skeptically at the bowl of green soup.
“Ellie…”
“Cedrick, please just try it.”
“Remind me why I can’t just eat normally?”
“Healthier foods to get you healthier quicker. It was my favorite when I was little.”
