Chapter 38
Although Rafael didn’t want to miss such an important episode, he agreed to let Gerard take her,
especially since the agency had a wedding that day and the preparations would start very early.
– Please, as soon as you have the photo of that cutie, send it to me – he asks before saying goodbye –
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-Don’t worry, you’ll be the first to see it.
– We both know I won’t be the first – he gives her a hug and opens the door -, but I’ll settle for being the
second.
He gives her a kiss on the forehead and leaves uneasily, because he feels that Luz’s closeness with
Gerard is not convenient for him, although he doesn’t want to act like that jealous and possessive man
either, he doesn’t want to be the same as his father.
A while after he left, nine thirty, Gerard rings the doorbell of the apartment and Luz receives him with a
hug, takes her bag and they go downstairs to go to the appointment, which is quite close.
They make the journey talking about Charlize and how much she misses her, how well she has done at
school, with new friends, teachers who love her and whom she has surprised by reading a few words. -
Have you continued practicing with her?
– Of course they did, what they didn’t know was that a civil code book was ced in front of them to
motivate them.
– He says it’s his incentive. She looks up to you and wants to be as good awyer as you are.
Gerard smiles proudly at his daughter’s goals, despite being small, she knows what she wants from life.
They keep talking about little Charlize and they reach a point thatplicates Luz.
Did you tell him why I didn’t go? -she tells him with a low voice and looking at her feet-,
-She knows that you’re sick and that you’re getting better at home, resting – she takes his hand, without
taking her eyes off the road -. She didn’t want to say anything else to her, because she assumed that you
would want to.
-Yes, thanks – after that Gerard changes the topic to legal things, so that Luz doesn’t lose the desire to
study. He knows that she can continue with her ns, even if she has to hire someone to take care of
the baby and Charlize.
They arrive at the clinic ten minutes early, Gerard as always helps her out of the car and they enter the
building. Walking through the halls Gerard begins to remember the times that he apanied Margaret
in her pregnancy to each of the prenatal checkups and ultrasounds.
But it doesn’t hurt anymore.
They sit in afortable waiting room, along with several mothers, some as t as Luz and others with
more pronounced bellies, but all with that same light that characterizes women who create life in their
wombs.
Luz takes one of the magazines that are there and starts reading an article about natural childbirth and
how beneficial it is for the mother and the baby.
– I swear I was scared to read all this – Luz tells her, returning the magazine to its ce – How can it be
that splitting you in two is the most magical moment of pregnancy?
-I don’t know… – Gerard tries to tell him, but a woman next to her answers –
-My dear, when you are at that precise moment, only the desire to see your son eats you up, neither the
pain nor anything is stronger than those desires.
-Safe? – She asks him incredulously.
– As sure as I am carrying my fourth child – the woman replies with a huge smile –
-Luz Méndez – the doctor’s voice prevents Luz from dropping her jaw in surprise –
Gerard goes after her as a faithful guardian, when he reaches the door the doctor looks at Luz and
warns her.
-We will have the first ultrasound and due to the pregnancy, it will be transvaginal, as I exined it to you
the previous time – he says looking at both of them -.
-He already knows.
– Well, we’ll do what we always do in these cases – he tells Luz to put on a robe behind a screen -. And
you’ll be sitting over here with your back to me, just looking at your girlfriend and the monitor.
If Luz thought she was going to correct the doctor about being his girlfriend, she was wrong, because
she only heard Gerard nod enthusiastically. When she gets out of it, she finds him sitting like a good boy
next to the stretcher, helps her up and does what the doctor told her minutes ago
-Yeah, girl, one leg here, the other over here – she follows the doctor’s instructions, who knows he is
being considerate of Gerard – I’ll use this, it’s a special transducer for these cases, I’ll put a condom and
some gel, depending The patients have told me, it is somewhat ufortable, but if you rx, nothing
happens.
-Ok – Luz feels very nervous, because she has never been examined in that way, however her knight-
errant realizes it and shakes her hand -.
-Just look at me, breathe easy and set your sights here – she points to her face and she smiles –
-Ready? – The doctor asks permission and they start at once -.
It’s not pleasant at all and if it wasn’t for Gerard’s gentle gaze keeping her sane, she’d probably be
crying.
The room fills with a loud and fast sound, they both look at the screen and Gerard immediately
recognizes the image of the baby growing inside Luz.
-Well, there it is. Your heart is already beating very well… I confirm 8 weeks and five days.
-It’s… this is it – but Luz’s words get stuck in her throat -.
If before she still had doubts about having that baby or not, now there were none. It might not have been
conceived with love, but there was plenty of it right now.
Neither of them knew who was holding the other’s hand tighter, but they were both absorbed in this tiny
image, a helpless being who was clinging to life and would have a special ce in his mother’s world.
When they’re done, the doctor gives them some privacy, after printing some pictures of the baby.
Gerard’s eyes are moist and he’s afraid to ask the question, but he asks it anyway, because if the answer
is no, he’s got it covered.
– Luz… will you stay with him?