"Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, the tests have come back. You're pregnant."
Groggy, having just woken up 10 minutes earlier, from fainting, after saying my 'I do's' to Marc, I found myself in a hospital bed.
Not fully understanding the situation, I was looking around, IV in my arm, beeping sounds periodically displaying my heart rate, my nurse's fingers pecking away on the keyboard next to my bed, I asked, semi consciously, "I'm.... I'm pregnant?"
My nurse, hearing my soft, hoarse voice, turned to me and confirmed the question I was asking. "Yes, Mrs. Matthews, all the tests we took when you arrived show no health issues other than you are now with child." She continued, "the dizzy spells you encountered, according to your husband (she glanced at Curtis), are ominous signs of pregnancy. So being at the advanced age you're at, in regards to child birth, means you're going to have to be very, very careful as you move forward with this pregnancy."
She then turned her attention to Curtis, "Mr. Matthews, I'm sorry your wedding had to end with you and your new wife in the emergency room, but we recommend keeping her here over night for observation. We are concerned with trauma to her vaginal area."
Hearing this, and slowly starting to come out of my fog, I was going to correct the misconception that Curtis and I were married, until I looked at my left hand and saw it. The 2 karat ring, 4 hours old on my finger that Marc put on my hand.
The nurse resumed typing away on the computer and proceeded to leave a few minutes later.
After the door closed, I looked up at my son, caressing my hand. Giving him a tired, yet concerned smile, I asked, " Where's Marc? Why isn't he here?"
"Just relax mom, you've have a traumatic few hours", Curtis had responded, completely side stepping my question.
Not satisfied I perked up saying, "Honey, where's my husband? Is there something wrong that youre not telling me?" Pressing the issue.
The monitor, next to my bed, sensing my tension and anxiety, started beeping a little more frequently. "Curtis, WHAT'S GOING ON!" As my hoarse voice started ramping up.
"He ain't here mom, he ain't gonna be here," Curtis opined, with a clearly indifferent look on his face. "He knows, ok?," Curtis continued.
As soon as he said 'he knows', my face went even more pale than it already was. "OMG! How!?," I muttered, completely unaware of all that had happened after I fainted.
For 15 minutes Curtis explained how they both were tending to me, there on the floor. How, when the ambulance and paramedics arrived, Marc, was trying to take complete control of the moment, completely ignoring Curtis. And when Curtis finally got mad, how he shoved my husband and a minor tussle occurred. When some people at the wedding broke them up, Curtis admitted, in a fit of rage to have been "fucking my mom all throughout your engagement."
After he finished, I was silent. Softly, I was crying. What was suppose to be the happiest day of my life, suddenly became the worst.