Mommy Man by Jerry Mahoney

Author:Jerry Mahoney [Mahoney, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2014-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

Susie’s smile might have been more convincing if she’d wiped away her tears first. She was lying in a recovery room underneath a TV that was tuned to CNN on low volume. She looked over as we entered, trying to put on a brave face. “So I guess he told you?”

“He told us he made a bad joke,” Drew said.

“It’s fine. He didn’t know. He thought I had kids already.”

“You okay, Suz?” Drew asked, stroking her arm gently. He was trying so hard not to cry. It was almost too much to bear, knowing that half an hour ago, Susie had walked into an operating room to do the most selfless thing she had ever done, only to be blindsided by the worst medical news she’d ever received.

“I’m fine,” Susie assured us.

We could see she was anything but fine. Her lip started to quiver, and Drew couldn’t hold back his tears anymore. I could see him searching his mind for an inappropriate joke to make, but for probably the first time ever, he was coming up empty.

Now Susie was comforting him. “I’m sorry,” she said.

Drew caught his breath. “What on Earth are you sorry about?”

“I feel like I let you guys down.”

Both Drew and I were speechless for a second. It was so typical of Susie, at a time like this, to be concerned with everyone but herself. Or, as I chose to put it at that moment, “You’re insane, Susie. Shut up.”

“I just want you guys to have a baby.”

“We’ll have a baby, one way or another. I mean . . .” I didn’t want Susie to think I had already written her off as an egg donor.

A nurse came to check on our patient. She asked her if she was ready to get dressed. Susie nodded, and as the nurse pulled the curtain, Susie glanced at the TV above her bed. On it, Sarah Palin was waving eagerly to reporters.

“Who the hell is that?” we heard Susie say.

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