Michael's Point of View
"Holy shit. Does that mean what I think it means baby?"
"Well I think so, I had a feeling and I took the test." I could tell she was nervous as she spoke.
"Another baby?! I am so happy! Thank you Jenny! How far along do you think you are?" I was so lucky!
"Maybe two months or so. I thought it was the stress from work. I took the test a while ago and went to the doctors last week. Its official. I'm nervous do any of us have time for a baby? I should stop worrying." She embraced me and ran upstairs to call my sister and book a doctors appointment.
Jenny was finally home and that meant it was time for me to go to work. Unfortunately tonight, I had to take care of the more gruesome side of the business. Even though I hated it, it had to be done. I got into my car and drove to the warehouse. I walked past Paulie who gave me a nod and my gun.
"So Jerry, tell me. Why do you think I'm here. When I could be home?"
"I-I don't know sure."
"Of course you do. I'll make this as clean and swift as possible." I loaded the gun and placed it to his forehead and went to pull the trigger when the gun was knocked out of my hand.
"Dad, stop!" Mikey yelled at me. I was furious. All of the kids knew better than to get involved with anything I do. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to my office.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Well I was curious, so I snuck into the car with you. I wasn't going to do anything. I just wanted to know what you do at night. You scared me Dad." That hurt me. I knew how he felt. My father did the same with me and when I found out what he did for a living, as a little boy, I was terrified.
"Let's go home." We drove in silence. Only Mikey's soft sniffles could be heard. We arrived at the house and walked in quietly.
"I'm sorry Dad."
"Its alright. Go to bed" Even though I know I'm the one who should be sorry.
The Next Morning
Saturday mornings are usually the craziest days. But this morning was silent. I knew the kids hated me because I spanked them but I was most afraid to see Mikey. I didn't want to deal with it so I went to work. Why am I running away from my kids?
Before I knew it, it was 5 and time for me to go home. I made my way to the elevator when my phone rang.
"Hey babe!"
"Um M-Michael something's wrong. I'm not feeling well." Shit the baby.
"Don't move I'm coming home ok? Give me 10 minutes."
"O-Ok." I hung up and raced to my car. I need to stop panicking. It might not even be anything serious. Right? I raced upstairs to find Jenny crumbled up on the floor in our room. I picked her up and put her in the car.
"Maria is coming she's 5 minutes away. Mikey can handle them for that long." She looked so weak.
"OK babe."
I raced back to the door.
"Kids, I don't want to hear about anything happening. Mikey is in charge. I mean it, do you understand?" They quickly nodded their heads. I locked the door and we made our way to the hospital. I tried my best to wait patiently but I was nervous.
"Jennifer? The doctor's ready for you." The nurse led us down the hallway. We both sat in silence, waiting for her. Jenny kept gripping my hand. I knew she was beyond scared. The doctor emerged and sat down beside us.
"How are you feeling Mrs.Mancini?"
"Well, I've been having bad stomach cramps and some bleeding. But that happened with our first son, and he was fine."
"Well we're going to get the sonogram out and check on you. It'll be a bit cold." She turned on the machine and squinted at the screen. She wiped off Jenny's belly. And faced us.
"Well things like this are very common during the first trimester, and there's no easy way to say this. But you have suffered a miscarriage." I immediately looked up at Jenny who was surprisingly calm.
"Yes well. These things do happen. If that'll be all doctor we're gonna go home." She smiled gently as the doctor. We sat in the car silently, Jenny ran upstairs to shower.
"What's going on?" Maria asked me. All I could do is shake my head.
"I'm so sorry. How is she?"
"She's doing her best at hiding it."
"How are you?"
"I'm disappointed and hurt but I'm really concerned about Jenny." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"I'll call her in the morning. I already made dinner and put the kids to bed." Maria kissed my cheek and left. After checking on all the kids I made my way to our room to find Jenny doing work.
"Babe don't you want to relax?"
"No, why would I? I have a huge presentation due tomorrow and I'm behind." I sighed and changed into my pajamas. Eventually she turned the light off and settled into bed. She snuggled into my chest and cried herself to sleep.
"It'll be alright Jenny."
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Kind of a sad one shot. Next one will be fun!
Enjoy.