Suwi's Place

 Early August last year

"Neal, are you home?" Sarah calls out

 "I'm I the office!"

Sarah appears at the office door

 "I have something to tell you, come into the living room"

Neal enters and Sarah guides him to the settee and they both sit down

 "Were having a baby!!!!!"

 "WOW! I can believe it! WERE HAVING A BABY! How? I mean when?"

"Due the end of March! Are you OK with this?"

"Well, I must admit I'm a little shocked, I thought we were going to wait a while? We have only been married a couple of months!"

 "I mean I'm happy but well .....I was hoping for more time together"

 "I thought you would be over the moon?"

" Yes, yes! It's wonderful. I love you sooooo much. I need to phone the family! Is that OK, not to early or anything do you think?"

 They hug and laugh together

 "I'm so happy" Neal and Sarah say in union......

 But as the talk and dream about the future one of them has a note of  uncertainty in there voice?

Three weeks Later......

Neal is just eating breakfast as he has no meeting until later in the day and Sarah is getting ready for an important meeting in town.

  Suddenly Sarah starts shouting for Neal, you can hear the panic in her voice

  Neal jumps up from the table and calls up the stairs

  "Sarah, are you OK?"

  "No, I think I might be loosing the baby"

  Neal taking the stairs two at a time "Oh, god NO!!!!Should I phone an ambulance?"

  "No get the car it will be faster, the hospital is only ten minutes away"

  Sarah is bent double dressed and ready to go out in her new Dior  outfit from La Boutique.

  A thought pops into her head 'I hope I don't ruin my white dress, I wonder if I have time to change?'

  Then Neal is at the door Sarah hands him her purse her face awash with pain

  "I've brought the car round, can I help you down the stairs?" he asks his face full of concern

  'I guess not then!' Sarah thinks to herself still thinking about her new  (and very expensive) dress she takes Neal's arm as another wave of pain washes over her

  "Oh, bloody hell! It hurts!!!!!!!!"

  Neil has never heard Sarah swear before? She must be in sooooo much pain!!!!

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 On arrival at the hospital Sarah is rushed through to an examination room. Neal strides back and forth.

 He phones his sister Giselle

  "Hi, big brother, I was just going to phone you..."

  Just then she hears him catch his breath as a sob escapes

  "Neal are you OK? Neal?... what's the hells matter?"

  "Sarah... she's pregnant.......but......I think she might be.....losing our baby........We're at the hospital now"

 "Oh!!!!! SHIT!!!! Oh, no!!!! I'll be with you as soon as I can! What hospital are you in?"

  Neal's parents are both abroad at the moment so he can't contact then! Should he phone Sarah's sisters? Well he's never met them and he's not even sure Sarah has told them she's pregnant! Sarah can be so secretive at times?

(Don't forget this is BEFORE Neal's Dates and Sarah's Story)

It seemed like hours but was only a few minutes and the doctor comes out of the room

  "I'm sorry, there was nothing we could do! I'm afraid your wife lost the baby"

  Neal sinks into a chair his head in his hands, just then Giselle arrives!

 She takes one look at her brother and rushes to him and puts her arms around him but has no idea what to say

  "can I see my wife?" Neal asks the doctor

 The doctor nods

 Five minutes later the doctor comes out of the room and Neal asks if he can go in?

"Yes, that's fine, but please not to long Mrs Hage  has been sedated and we will be taking her to her room soon!"

Neal enters the room with Giselle hovering behind him, neither sure what to do or say?

"Sarah? darling?"

 But the only reply is a muffled sob and Sarah turn her back to him!

"Perhaps we should come back later?" Giselle says to Neal

Neal leaves the room with Giselle. She drives him home as he's in no fit state to drive himself

 "You can collect your car later" she instructs him!

She thinks to herself how awful this all is, and how can she tell him now that she is expecting a baby? Boy, this is going to be a difficult one?

 Episode Seven