Chapter 20: Chapter 20

Zanvil was pacing in front of the OT from the past 2 hours. His mind was a mess. His heart was beating so wildly against his ribcage. His parents and siblings were here. Nora's family was also coming on the next flight. It's been two hours since the doctor went in but there wasn't any news yet. He wanted to go in and stay with her throughout the operation but the doctors didn't allow. He was now getting more tense and frustrated.

His father came and kept his hand on his shoulder and said.

"Don't worry everything will be fine." He didn't say anything just kept looking at the door of the OT. His mother and sister were busy praying.

Suddenly they heard a baby crying. They all squealed happily. They were waiting for the doctor to come out but instead after 10 mins they heard another baby crying. They were shocked. Two babies crying? How was that even possible. They didn't know Eleonora was having twins in her womb. Nevertheless they were very happy. After almost half an hour later a nurse came with the baby. She smiled at them almost sympathetically.

She quickly came near Zanvil and gave him the baby.

"Congratulations, your wife gave birth to two babies. One boy and one girl. Here is your baby boy." She said to Zanvil while handing him the baby." Zanvil took the baby nervously. Finally he is a dad. He kissed the baby's forehead. His family came and stood beside him. Suddenly her mom asked,

"Where is the other baby? How is my daughter in law?" His mom asked and he became alert.

"The baby is very weak. So we had to keep her under observation. I'm sorry but the doctor will tell you the rest." The nurse said and quickly left from there.

"What? I hope the baby is fine. God please keep the baby safe." His mom croaked in a sad voice and his father came and consoled her.

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine." His father said and hugged her mom. Zanvil gave the baby to his mom when she wanted to hold the baby. Suddenly the Doctor came and Zanvil rushed to him.

"How are my wife and baby?" He asked him worriedly.

"Mr. Williams I'm sorry." The doctor said sympathetically.

"What do you mean by you are sorry? What happened? Where is my wife? Zanvil almost yelled at the doctor. But his father came and told him to come down.

"We didn't know your wife was having twins. For some unknown reason it never caught in a sonogram. When we operated her and the baby boy was born we noticed there was another baby under layer. I guess it's the reason why the complication arose in the first place.." The doctor couldn't finish his sentence as Zanvil cut him.

"What complications?" Zanvil asked, shocked.

"You didn't know? Your wife was having complications during her pregnancy. I told her to abort the baby cause it would risk her life but she didn't listen. She wanted to keep the baby."

"What? She didn't tell me anything. How is she now?" Zanvil almost shouted. Now he was really scared.

"I'm sorry Mr Williams but your wife is in very critical condition. We can't tell anything about the next 48 yours. If she is lucky she will survive otherwise I'm sorry. We could only save one. Whether it's the baby or the mother. She chose the baby. She didn't let us by threatening us that she would kill herself if we don't listen to her. The other baby is very weak. We don't know if she will-" the doctor paused.

Zanvil's face had lost its colour. He couldn't believe his ears. Samantha started to cry. Harris came and consoled his wife.

Zanvil's mind was in chaos. His father came near him and consoled him. He didn't know what to do. He just wanted his wife to come safely home with their babies. He kept praying to God so that He could save his wife. His love. His Eleonora. He wanted to confess to her how much he loved her. How much he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Those 48 hours were the longest and toughest time of his life. Though his babies were safe but his wife wasn't. It's been nearly 48 hours yet she still hasn't woken up nor the doctor said anything. He was almost going crazy.

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Zanvil was seated outside of the ICU and the doctor was in the room. He was waiting for the doctor to come out. Finally the doctor came out.

"Congratulations Mr Williams. Your wife is now out of danger. She is a fighter. She didn't give up. She is a brave woman. " He said and smiled.

Zanvil felt happiness and relief wash over him. They quickly prayed to God and thanked the doctor. He asked the doctor if he could see her yet or not. The doctor said he could but Eleonora was sleeping because of medicine.

Zanvil entered the cabin and saw Eleonora lying on the bed. He quickly went near her and sat on the chair. Her face was pale. Unconsciously tears ran down from his eyes. He held her hand in his and kissed her knuckles and then on her forehead.

"You know our daughter looks exactly like you. So beautiful. And our son looks like me. Isn't it ironic? " he smiled sadly then continued "I'm sorry. I know I didn't tell you about it before. But I love you. I love you so much. I don't know when and how but I do. I'm so sorry that I behaved like a jerk to you in the beginning. I know I was an asshole. But please forgive me please" He paused as he saw a drop of tears run down from her eyes.

He quickly kissed her tears away then again said " I hate it when you cry. Don't ever cry. I want to tell you that I want to spend my rest of life with you. I want to grow old with you. I want to watch our kids grow up with you. Please wake up soon, Love please." He said he cried silently holding her hands. But unfortunately she didn't.

Zanvil didn't know when he dozed off because of tiredness. He felt as if someone was caressing his hair. He quickly got up and noticed he dozed off near Eleonora's bed and she was caressing his hair. She was awake. He blinked a few times to confirm if his eyes were playing games with him. But no. She was really awake and smiled weakly at him. She tried to get up and winched. That's when he came back to his senses and quickly held her.

"Are you okay? Are you in pain? Do you want anything? Shall I call the doctor?" He blabbered worriedly.

"W-water." She said in a dry voice and he quickly brought water and helped her to drink.

"I love you too." She said as he kept the glass aside and sat near her. He was about to call the doctor but froze hearing her sentence.

"What?" He asked dumbfounded

"I said I love you too. I heard your words but I couldn't say anything nor open my eyes even if I wanted to" She said smiling while looking into his eyes. He was at a loss for words for a few seconds then regained his senses. He then hugged Nora tightly and kept saying he was sorry and how much he loved her. Nora couldn't help but cry hearing his confession. He broke the hug and wiped her tears. At the same time the doctor came and checked on Nora.

"She is fine now. You can take her and your babies home in a few days." The doctor said to Zanvil and left the room.

"Babies?" Eleonora asked, confused. She was shocked hearing babies. Does that mean she gave birth to two babies not one? But she didn't know anything. Her doctor never told her anything. She thought but Zanvil answered her questions.

"Yes babies. You gave birth two little angels not one. We have one baby boy and one baby girl. Thank you for this wonderful gift, love."

"Really? But I didn't know about this. My doctor never told me that I was going to have twins." She said, shocked.

"That's because there were some complications. That's why the doctors couldn't detect them before." Zanvil said and hugged her from the side.

"I want to see my babies." Nora exclaimed excitedly.

"Don't worry, the nurse will be bringing them anytime." He said and at the same time two nurses entered the room with their babies. They gave the babies in their parent's hands and left.

"They are so beautiful. Look, our boy has your eyes and.." She couldn't complete her sentence as Zanvil had cut her off by saying

"And our girl has your eyes." She said while kissing her head. Nora smiled and kissed her babies on the head. They looked like such a happy and complete family together. Finally It was a bliss for them.