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Post by Maxim de Winter on Apr 4, 2008 20:04:19 GMT -5
*He sighed, and pushed her back down the hall to her room. Once there, he gently lifted her out of the wheelchair and onto the bed, under the blankets.*
"Damned stubborn woman," *he said affectionately.*
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Post by Micaela on Apr 4, 2008 20:08:19 GMT -5
*She yawned and rolled over on her side, the side facing him.*
"Mmhmm." *She said, still half-awake.* "Nywmrrdm."
((Translation: And you married me.))
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Post by Maxim de Winter on Apr 4, 2008 20:54:58 GMT -5
*He smiled softly, smoothing her frazzled hair gently and sitting with her until she would fall asleep.*
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Post by Micaela on Apr 4, 2008 21:00:52 GMT -5
*When she fell asleep, she slept for hours without even moving. She didn't turn or mumble, she just slept. And when she woke up, she grumbled to herself.*
"Great, I messed my sleep pattern up." *And then she sat straight up and went to get dressed in comfortable clothes instead of a hospital gown. From there she went straight to the ward where Ellie was and checked on her, nervous in spite of herself.*
*She sighed happily when she found out that her baby was doing well. She sat down in a normal chair and placed her hand in the incubator, letting Ellie squeeze her finger.*
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Post by Maxim de Winter on Apr 4, 2008 21:13:10 GMT -5
*Some time later, Maxim arrived at the hospital from the London office, where he'd been been taking care of some affairs of the estate- and answering letters and phone calls from worried relatives. He smiled softly, seeing her.*
"Have you moved since waking?"
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Post by Micaela on Apr 4, 2008 21:18:01 GMT -5
"Of course not." *She scoffed teasingly.*
*One of the nurses went to check the machines monitoring Ellie, and the woman smiled.* "I believe we're ready to take your daughter off of the respirator today, Mr. de Winter, Mrs. de Winter."
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Post by Maxim de Winter on Apr 7, 2008 16:32:34 GMT -5
*He smiled at Micaela, the angsty frown that he'd worn for the past weeks lifting for a moment.*
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Post by Micaela on Apr 7, 2008 16:35:56 GMT -5
*And then the nurse frowned.*
"Mrs. de Winter, I do have some bad news." *Micaela looked at her, confused.* "You've had an infection, you see. In your ovaries. We didn't catch it, because we were worried about the toxemia and the pregnancy, and the ovaries essentially shut down during the pregnancy..." *The woman bit her lip.* "You won't be able to have any more children."
*Micaela paused for a moment. Then she pouted a little, before shrugging and turning back to the baby.* "Just get the baby off of the respirator, please." *She said happily.*
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Post by Maxim de Winter on Apr 7, 2008 16:41:10 GMT -5
*The nurse nodded, and did as Micaela said. After taking the small child off of the respirator that totally shouldn't have existed back in the day, she wrapped her in a blanket and handed the tiny infant to Micaela.*
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Post by Micaela on Apr 7, 2008 16:43:33 GMT -5
"You think I care?"
*Micaela gently eased the baby into her arms before gazing down at her, just as much in awe as when she'd first held Liam.*
"Mon dieu, comme elle est belle..." *She murmured under her breath.*
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