My love for him had set him free.
Chapter Seventy Five
Friday 27th September 2013
“You are nearly there, Jennifer. One last push and your baby will be born!” Julie the midwife shouted loud encouragement at me.
Jesus! Julie! Just shut the fuck up!
“Come on, Jennifer, you can do it, baby,” Zack told me as I squeezed his hand far too tightly.
His face twisted in pain as his wedding ring dug in but he didn’t say anything.
Oh my god! Why the hell did people put themselves through this barbaric torture? I had been in labour for six hours which I had been informed is quite a short time for a first baby.
It had been the longest six hours of my life!
“I told you a good fuck would bring your labour on. It’s all in the magic swimmers, you know,” he whispered to me, kissing my forehead softly.
“Ha! Doctor Cole, it was different that’s for sure!” I panted as another contraction took hold of my body.
It started to build up gaining strength. Taking a deep breath, I gathered myself up, gritted my teeth, thought of England and give one last almighty push.
“Jesus!” I screamed as our baby made its entrance to the world.
“Well done, Mrs C!” Zack shouted, kissing my sweaty brow.
“Brilliant work, Jennifer, and quick too. You have a baby boy!” Sally told us, beaming.
Just then he let out a loud cry. Bloody hell, he had a good set of lungs on him!
“We have a boy!” Zack shouted, clearly excited.
“He weighs 8lbs. I will just clean him up and wrap him in a blanket.”
Within a few moments, our beautiful baby boy was snugly in my arms.
“He’s gorgeous, Jennifer. He looks just like you,” Zack told me, beaming proudly.
He took a quick photo with his phone. Our son looked up at me and I noticed that he had the longest, darkest eyelashes I had ever seen and lovely deep blue eyes. His wispy hair was very dark like mine.
“He has your beautiful eyes, Zack! Oh my god, he is so perfect!”
“He certainly is, JB!”
“Well, what are we going to call him, Zack?” I asked, knowing full well that we couldn’t agree on any names. That was apart from William as a middle name due to it being my Dad’s name and Zack’s Grandfather’s name.
“You pick. You did all the hard work!” he told me, grinning.
“No, Mr Cole, we both have to agree on his name.”
“What about Travis?” Zack suggested with a deadpan expression.
“Are you shitting me?” I asked him, smirking.
“No. It’s very popular in the States. Err, yes I’m sorry I am!”
“Going with the initial ‘T’, I like Thomas. What do you think?”
“Thomas William Cole. I love it, agreed!”
He kissed me full on the mouth.
“Can I hold him now? Stop hogging him!” Zack laughed like a little boy.
I gently passed over our bundle of joy as Zack cradled our son in his arms. It was a sweet moment as he gazed lovingly at him. He smiled down at him and gently touched his soft round cheek. Zack brought him up closer and kissed his forehead.
The room seemed to swell with love.
We were going to be so very happy. The famous five!
“I’m going to ring the twins. They will be over the moon when they see him!” Zack grinned widely, passing back our little bundle of joy.
His face was lit up with happiness. His features looked so young and carefree. It made my heart swell for my gorgeous husband.
“I love you, Zack,” I told him as he kissed me again.
“I love you too, Jennifer, and you were amazing. Maybe we should do it again!”
“Maybe we should! I would love a girl too!”
What the hell was I saying? It was agony but so worth it!
We both gazed down unbelievably happy with our beautiful baby son.
Our life together was complete perfection.
Chapter Seventy Six
Tuesday 27th September 2011
Zachary Cole sat at the beautiful desk in his study staring out into the immaculate garden.
His mind was in complete turmoil. He sighed deeply and rubbed his tired sapphire blue eyes. His glasses dug uncomfortably into the bridge of his nose.
A glossy black Labrador lay asleep at his feet, fidgeting whilst lost in energetic dreams.
The only sound in the room was from a grandfather clock ticking into the silence.
Taking another large gulp of whisky, he read the letter from his wife once again.
Zachary,
I have tried many, many times to talk to you but you are so cold and angry with me. Things have gone too far in our relationship now. There is no way back for us.
I am in love with someone else and I am leaving you.
I could have just disappeared but I feel that I owe you an explanation.
Where did it all go wrong for us?