Chapter 187

The next morning Tina wakes up early. She takes a shower and get dressed and eats breakfast before she wakes the boys and does the same routine with them. At 9, they are ready to go back to the hospital. And 40 minutes later they parked the car in the hospital parking lot. They walk towards the entrance, with Tina holding the boys’ hands. Noah stops and starts crying. Tina kneels down.

“Sweetie, what’s wrong?” She says, holding him around the waist.

He points to the door.

“Bad, don’t want to.” He cries.

“Oh, baby, it’s okay. You’re safe now Noah. We’re going to see Andrea, remember? The new baby.” Tina says in a soft voice. She lifts him up into her arms. He’s still crying. “Danny, stay close.” She says, looking down on Danny. He does as he’s told.

“Mommy, no, don’t want to. Mama.” Noah cries.

“Shhh sweetie, it’s okay, we’re going to see mama.” Tina says. “You want mama?” Tina asks.

He nods and lay his head down on her shoulder. He continues to cry all the way up.

They enter the room.

“See baby, here’s mama.” Tina says, Noah turn his head and look at Bette. He immediately tries to get out of Tina’s arms.

Bette is seated in a chair by the window. Andrea is sleeping in the crib right next to her. Tina sets him down and he runs over.

“Mama.” He cries. Bette lifts him up into her lap.

“Hey, baby, what’s wrong?” Bette asks as she kisses him softly on the cheek. She looks up at Tina with a questionable look.

“He recognized the hospital entrance. He didn’t want to go in.” Tina says and takes a seat next to Bette.

“Oh sweetie, it’s okay. You’re okay now. No more hospitals for you for a long time.” Bette says. After a few minutes, he calms down.

Tina is looking into the crib, smiling.

“She’s so beautiful.” Tina whispers.

“Yeah. Julia and Jessie called right before you came. They are stopping by, they should be here in half an hour or so.” Bette adds.

“Okay, are you going to tell her now, or wait till we get home as we talked about the other day?” Tina asks.