The Secret Between Us
Chapter 47

[IZAN]

My eyes are so heavy, my head hurts so much… I try to move, but everything hurts -Baby, can you hear me? – I hear her say and with difficulty she smiled -We are here my love… please wake up, I need you- Her voice continues and it’s her who is giving me the strength to do what I’m having such a hard time doing.

Slowly I manage to open my eyes and as soon as I open my eyes, I see her… her grey eyes look at me full of tears and her longer than usual brown hair moves as she leans towards me -My beauty- I murmur with difficulty and she smiles widely.

-My bad boy… you’re ok…” She whispers and with her fingertips she caresses my face making me feel in heaven. “I was so afraid that something would happen to you, I swear I’ve been waiting for you to wake up for days” She tells me.

-Days? – I ask faintly.

-You’ve been asleep for three days my life… I thought you wouldn’t wake up anymore,” she explains, “I’m going to call the doctor to check you out,” she lets me know and I would love to tell her no, to stay with me, to give me a k**s, but I don’t react in time and she walks away and then leaves the room and a few minutes later returns with a grey-haired man dressed as a doctor.

-Izan, I’m glad you woke up, how are you feeling? – He asked me, approaching me and smiled with difficulty.

-I answer and look at my wife who smiles at me.

-That’s very good… I’m going to do some tests to determine how you feel, ok? – She lets me know and I nod, “Are you in pain anywhere in your body? – He questions me and I nod awkwardly.

-Actually, everything hurts,” I complain and he smiles.

-Believe me that’s good, do you feel this? – He asks me and with a small activator he hits my knee.

-Yes, I’m sorry,” I answer and he smiles.

-And this? – He asks and does the same with my feet and I nod.

-Also,” I say and he looks at me as if relieved.

-This is very good news, let’s try to get you to sit on the edge of the bed, shall we? – He explains and carefully helps me make each movement, watching me very carefully, “This is great, we just need you to recover a little more and then you can go home,” he announces and I have every intention of answering him, when suddenly I see Mia with her hands on her belly and she’s complaining about the pain.

-Love, what’s wrong?! – I ask worriedly and the doctor quickly helps me onto the bed.

-It hurts,” she says between complaints, “Ayyyyy!” she exclaims and her pained face is more than noticeable.

-Don’t move,” the doctor demands and approaches her to touch her belly, “You’re having contractions,” he explains.

-What? No! My baby can’t be born yet, she’s too small! – She says in pain and looks at me.

-Doctor, please do something,” I ask him as I try to get up but he stops me.

-Izan, stay here, don’t make your whole operation go to waste, I’ll take care of her and let you know,” he says and looks out the door to ask for a wheelchair and a few minutes later a nurse comes to make Mia sit in it and takes her away making me feel like I’m abandoning her at the moment she needs me the most.

The door to the room opens again and this time it’s Mateo who enters – What’s going on with Mia, where are they taking her? – He asks me desperately.

-She started having contractions… I don’t know what’s going on, please take care of her.” I ask him and the desperation I feel right now is so great that I don’t care about what happened after the operation, I only care about her and our daughter.

-I’ll let you know as soon as I hear anything,” you let me know and quickly leave the room.

I can’t stop worrying about them, I don’t know if the birth of our little girl has come early or if it’s just a false alarm, the only thing I want is that they are well, that everything we have been through has been worth it… I want to be happy with them both…

[…]

The time seems to have gone on forever until suddenly a nurse enters the room and smiles at me -Mr. De Luca, the doctor has given me the authorisation to come and pick you up and take you to the delivery room with the corresponding care- she tells me and a huge smile appears on my face.

-Is my baby girl going to be born? – I ask in a whisper and she nods.

-Her daughter is going to be born,” she replies and at this moment tears of joy escape my eyes.