The Facilitator, Part 3 by Tracie Podger

Author:Tracie Podger [Podger , Tracie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

I was in the kitchen when I heard my name being screamed. I dropped the pan with the steaks cooking into the sink and ran up the stairs. Lauren stood in the bedroom with her hand over her mouth. She held a stick in the other. I ran to her and grabbed the hand, turning the stick so I could see that very obvious blue line.

I looked up at her and she shed tears, she nodded, laughing. I pulled her to me, then pushed her away and checked the stick again.

“Do it again,” I said.

“That’s the third and all are the same. We’re having a baby,” she whispered.

I held her so tight. I closed my eyes and I shed tears myself. I kissed her neck and I held her at arm’s length just staring at her naked body.

Although there was nothing more than half a pea-sized, or less, baby, she held her hand over her stomach. “We’re having a baby,” she said, again.

I fell to my knees and I kissed her stomach.

Lauren dressed and all the time I sat on the bed and watched her. We held hands as we walked back to the kitchen, where I managed to salvage the steaks. We laughed and chatted and planned. I wanted to write up a food plan, she was having none of it.

“Mackenzie, millions of women get pregnant. I just carry on as normal but without the wine, obviously,” she said.

“Only one woman got pregnant with my child after months of fucking around,” I said, grabbing a pad and pen.

She conceded and allowed me the luxury of pretending I’d at least be able to have some say over what she ate and drank. I made a shopping list, minerals and vitamins, water, and healthy food. I wanted to get online and buy books. Eventually, Lauren placed her hand over mine.

“Mackenzie, please. Slow down. We have a while before we know for sure this baby is here to stay. Just…slow down, for me, please?”

I knew I was getting ahead of myself. I knew I had to slow down for her sake, but that was probably the hardest thing I had yet to do in my life. I made a very conscious effort to.

“I don’t want us to tell anyone,” she said, and I agreed with that. Once we were over that first three months, I’d be shouting from the rooftops.

“What we could do, however, is start to plan, workwise,” I said. I could take as much time off as I wanted, we both could work from home, easily enough.

“What we could do, is nothing for now,” she said quietly. “I’m not going to break, I’m going to work until we’ve made a decision on what to do there. We are a team, we make joint decisions after a discussion.”

I didn’t like to be pulled up short and I didn’t like my enthusiasm curbed. However, I swallowed down that annoyance. I believed I was being sensible. I didn’t see that I was starting to suffocate her.

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