
The trip to the hospital was tinged with Annete and Mary chirping in the back seat of the car. The two women discussed the sex of the baby inside Mary's stomach. Alric sat down next to the driver and just listened. Her own beliefs about the sex of her baby are female. A baby girl. The blue-eyed one with golden brown hair like Marylin.
"Woman or man, same thing, Mary Dear. We pray he is healthy, born into the world smoothly. You were also healthy and gave birth without any complications. That's the most important."
"But, of course you have a guess, Ann. If it was me, I'm guessing the baby was a boy?"
"Why do you think that?"
"Because I went through the same thing as when I was pregnant with Leon. I didn't have excessive nausea, I ate voraciously, didn't experience the same different feelings I had when I was pregnant with Leon."
"That's just a guess. It could have been so careless of you if you were pregnant. To let us know if that is how you are, you can have a few more babies after this. So you know if it's any different with Leon's pregnancy, with this one and the next." Annete let out a crisp laugh, he looked at Mary who seemed to be frowning. But Mary's lips smiled a little embarrassed.
"This one wasn't born yet, Ann."
Annete patted Mary's back. " I hope you enjoyed your pregnancy, Mary."
"I enjoyed it, Ann."
Alric glanced back when he heard Mary's words.
"Then there's no problem if your husband really wants his mansion to be filled with many babies, right?" Annete whispered in Mary's ear. She made Mary laugh in embarrassment at her words.
Alric who just kept quiet while imagining about the baby heard Mary laugh and finally asked.
"What makes you ticklish, Mary?"
"No. There's no."
Annete laughed when he heard Mary lying. That woman must be embarrassed if Alric finds out what he whispered into Mary's ear.
Alric let it go. He knew Mary was laughing because of something her mother whispered, but he would not force her to say it. From Mary's blushing face, Alric knew Mary would be embarrassed to be forced to say what Ann had whispered.
They arrived at the hospital, and headed straight for Catalina's treatment room. Claude accepted them with a big smile.
"Mary, Catty's been asking you since. Come in, meet him."
Marylin nodded, then entered through the glass door with Annete accompanying her behind her. Catalina, who was lying half-sitting on a hospital bed, greeted her with her arms spread wide.
"Mary! Ann! Pleasure ...."
Marylin immediately welcomed the embrace of her sister's arm. He moved on and asked.
"We're happy too. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine" Catalina said.
After the two took off a hug, replace the crouching Annete and kiss Catalina on the cheek.
"Your cheeks are already bright and blushing. I'm glad .. you're finally recovering, dear Lina."
"Thank you, Ann." Then Catalina glanced towards her sister's stomach. "And how's my niece, Mary?"
"He's healthy, Lina. We'll visit Luigi's doctor after this."
Mary saw both her sister's eyes widen to hear her words. "You'll see the gender, won't you? Oh, I can't wait. Hope it's a girl!"
Mary laughs. "Why do you expect women?"
"Because Leonard's a boy, then now I wish I could have a niece. "
"We'll find out soon after Mary checks in" Annete said.
Outside the glass door, Claude looked at Alric who was constantly staring towards the space behind the glass. They sat on a sofa in the middle of a special waiting room for Catalina's treatment room.
"When will the baby be born, Alric?" claude asked, interrupting the man's daydream.
"Oh!? That's .. in about 2 months, Claude."
Claude nodded. "Do you know her gender?"
Alric chuckled at Claude's question.
"Mary doesn't want me to check every time."
"With Mary here, there's something I want to do. Maybe Mary and Ann can take care of Catty for a second?"
"We can ask them directly."
Claude and Alric moved simultaneously to the glass door. They entered and the three women inside turned their heads.
"Bueh ... Ann ... I have a need, can you guys stay here while I'm out? It won't be long ...." Claude started asking Mary and Ann for permission.
"No!" Catalina shook her head repeatedly. His eyes looked worriedly at Claude.
All eyes were staring at Catalina.
"No, Claude. You can't go." Catalina shakes her head again.
"Cat .. just for a little while," Claude said.
"No. Mary's going to see Luigi's doctor, Ann's going to accompany her with Alric. So he can't take care of me."
"I can postpone it. It'sit's okay. Just go, Claude," said Mary.
"No. Can't do. Claude ...."
Claude looked at Catalina's blue eyes that looked anxious and worried. I was amazed at the behavior of the girl. As Claude did not also reply, Catalina caught Claude's eyes and gave a pleading look.
"Claude, Please ..." whispered.
Claude decays, of course he will fulfill the girl's wish. So he nodded. He was silent even though he wondered why Catty was behaving so. He was determined to find out the answer later, when his guests had gone home.
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"I'm getting out of here. Go visit Mary, go for a walk with Leon .. go shopping again with Yoan .. I'm really tired of the hospital smell," catalina complained when Mary and her husband and Ann had left the treatment room.
Claude smiled. "Is there nothing you want to do with me? You want to visit Mary, take a walk with Leon, shop with Joanna ... Me? Don't you want to do something with me?" claude asked by repeating the question.
"Of course you'll come with me, no matter what I do. You'll be with me when you visit Mary or do anything after you get out of here."
Claude sat on the edge of the bed, then held Catalina's hand. "Catty ... tell me why you didn't want me to stay? Mary wouldn't mind replacing me for a second."
Catalina exhaled a long and heavy breath.
"Because I don't want you to go see that woman and make a calculation. I know Claude .. I've remembered it now."
"Woman?"
"Yes. You're gonna look for him, aren't you?"
No names were mentioned among them. But they know who it means.
"I'm not going to look for him, Cat. He's been arrested. After you went to the hospital, Vincent contacted Blaird and investigated the woman's whereabouts. He was just about to get ready to escape. I really want to see him in his cell right now."
Catalina shook her head. He knew that if he wanted to remove Tania's tracks, Claude could do it.
"Don't do it, Claude. She has an old mother. Let the legal process go as it should."
Claude was stunned, he had thought of dozens of ways to eliminate Tania Sweyn. And now, with begging eyes, her own lover begged her not to do that. The prison sentence alone was not on the list of punishments Claude wanted to give the woman.
"For a man like Tania, prison is already a very severe punishment. His mother will be able to visit him later in prison. He's dark-eyed because he loves you and doesn't want to lose you ... So don't do anything to remove Tania's tracks from the sight of her mother, Claude."
Claude was silent with a flat face. Unreacted.
"Now that I remember when the car was approaching, I saw the woman behind the wheel. I recognized him immediately ... I think he was crying ..well, whether it was true or not, my vision blurred immediately and I was unconscious afterwards."
Claude scooped up Catalina's body, hugged her tightly and leaned his head against the girl's shoulder.
"Claude?"
"Shut up, Catty ... Quickly heal. Once out of here, I'll get you married soon. We're getting married. "
Catalina just smiled, she reached out both hands, hugged Claude back and leaned her head against the man's shoulder.
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