Chapter 23

CHRISTOPHER We follow the nurse who brings us to the ultrasound room, arriving in the room I help Faith to settle on the bed while waiting for the doctor, the nurse comes out and leaves us alone in the room, I avoid saying anything so as not to create other confusion, the air was already tense enough for me to add more, we were all there silent when the obstetrician-gynecologist arrived The gynecologist: hello! on entering the room We in heart: hello! The gynecologist: how is my favorite patient doing? Faith: it could be better, I feel really bad there, I hurt everywhere and if it was just his blah… The gynecologist: don't worry, it will be better in the days to come, well, we'll start... He turns on the machine and puts a transparent ointment on his belly which begins to round slightly, this belly which carries my child, my first, the first with the woman I love, the doctor takes a device which he moves by spreading the gel on his belly and we start by having a slight