Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Three - A Night Babysitting

With a soft laugh, Hailey responds to me, "I hope you'll still tell me all your secrets" she adds.

Secrets, what secrets do I tell my, now pregnant wife without her going into a panic.

"I have no secrets, but I guess we'll have to keep our eye on our daughter" I quickly changed the topic.

Hailey was quick to respond to that comment, "daughter?" She repeats sounding, confused for a moment. "You want a daughter?" She asks and I sighed with relief, thankful that she didn't forget we're having a baby.

"Of course, I want a daughter and I want her to be as beautiful as you." I chuckle.

"I figured you'd want a son first" she said sounding shy.

"Once both you and the baby are healthy, I'm satisfied and I intend on having more than one kid." I explained, imagining that shock expression she might be wearing right now.

Instead of responding to my comment, Hailey changed the topic, "isn't Gerard there yet?" she asks.

Wondering why her mood suddenly changed, "are you bored with me already?" I asked concerned.

Chuckling softly, "no I need to use the bathroom." she says shyly.

As if on cue the door opened behind me and I turned around to see Gerard strolling in carrying two bags.

"Gerard's here." I informed Hailey and she responded hurriedly.

"Okay, great. There's a soup for uncle Jerry and then, there's your dinner. Call me when your are done and I also sent your charger in case your phone battery runs down." Hailey added in mouthfuls once again.

Worried, "you okay?" I had to ask, but she laughed off my question.

"I love you, but pregnant women, tend to pee quite often" she laughed.

Hoping that she fine, but worried about her being alone tonight, unable to do anything about it ,now.

"And I love you, my sweet wife" I told.

As if in a rush, "I gotta go, now" she stressed. "Call me later" she added, before hanging up, leaving me staring at the phone in my hand.

I turned to Gerard who stood behind me laughing softly. "Hailey hung up on you for a bathroom run, huh?" His eyes lingering on my worried expression.

Walking over to the folded table provided in the room, where Gerard placed the bags he came in with.

"So this regular bathroom breaks is not a myth?" I ask Gerard, who smiled while nodding his head.

Starting to empty the food on the table, "yeah, she's been at it all evening" he laughs while I breathe a sigh of relief.

I nod with a smile and walked to Jerry's bed to return his phone, as he smiles broadly at me in admiration.

Frowning, I stared down at him, "what gives?" I asked curiously.

Chuckling, he shook his head as he adjusted himself on the bed.

"Never thought, I'd see the day" he laughs to himself, sitting slightly upright.

Intrigued by his expression, as he seem to know a secret I don't know.

"And what exactly are you seeing today?" I leaned forward placing the palms of my hand on the bed for balance.

Lifting his twinkling eyes to make eye contact with mines. "The day you turned down a woman who was clearly making advances at you' he laughed loudly and immediately starting coughing, scaring me.

While I slapped his back, Gerard joined me at Jerry's bed and starts rubbing Jerry's back.

"I'll get a doctor " I said, immediately turning towards the door.

Reaching out, Jerry grabbed ahold of my arm, "oh stop it" he says, softly in between coughs. "I'll be fine" he emphasized when he saw the fear in my eyes.

As Jerry's cough subsided, he turned towards Jerry. "So did Hailey send me anything in that bag?" he asked pointing to the dinner that's laid out in containers on the table.

Gerard looks at me briefly, before nodding at Jerry with a nervous smile.

"Yeah," Gerard responded walking towards the table. "She searched online and make you some kinda soup" Gerard continues, opening the container, while Jerry looks at me with a disgusted look.

"Soup?" Jerry repeated and I shrugged before walking off towards the table, in search of my dinner, while Gerard took Jerry's across to him.

Putting my phone to charge, I settle down to eat the beef and salad that Hailey prepared while Gerard and I chuckle at Jerry who glared at us while eating his soup.

"I'm definitely not going to get accustom to this tasteless type of food" Jerry continue, shaking his head and pointing at the disposable container in his hand.

Glaring back at him, "my wife left me here to cook you a hot meal and you say it's tasteless?" I asked feigning anger at Jerry, as he continued slurping the soup without any remorse.

Gerard pulled out his own container and joined me as we ate in silence.

Using the garbage bag provided, Gerard and I put away the empty containers and help Jerry to the washroom, before he settled in for the night. Gerard took his leave, promising to pick me up at six after my aunt returns.

Before trying to take a short nap, I tried calling Hailey twice, before settling into a disturb sleep, conscious that Hailey is alone with her nightmares.

Sometime during the early hours of the morning, I awoke to the sound of the door opening and without opening my eyes, I just listen, opening my eyes only when I felt someone sit on the edge of the sofa, I laid on.

I instantly sat up as if I got an electric shock. "Excuse me?" I frowned, blinking at the intrusion, my eyes darting self-consciously to Jerry's sleeping form.

The nurse from earlier sat beside me with a seductive smile, "I'm on my break so I decided to make sure that your uncle's comfortable and to keep you company." The nurse chuckle, leaning against the backrest.

Frowning, I lifted my eyes.