Jacqueline

Fred could see the beautiful little baby in the transparent incubator that the doctor had shown him earlier.

The tiny baby is still in the incubator, which is still being monitored.

"Beautiful, you're just like your mom," Fred said praising his new niece.

So where is Cathleen? Is she okay?

Cathleen was fine, and at the moment the girl had been moved to the hospitalization room but was still faithfully closing her eyes.

Fred widened his smile at the sight of his niece who occasionally smiled with her eyes closed.

"Ah, you're adorable. I'll have to ask your mom what name she wants to give you. I can't wait to call you sweetie," said Fred who considered Cathleen's child as his own.

After seeing enough of his nephew, he left the baby room for the inpatient room where Cathleen was.

He was grateful that he had arrived at the right time. If he had delayed coming to Cathleen's place, he couldn't imagine what it would have been like for Cathleen to be alone with Stephanie, especially when they came at night to the hospital, where most people were already asleep.

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Carefully and quietly Fred opened the door to Cathleen's hospital room trying not to make a sound.

He honestly didn't want to wake Cathleen if she needed a good rest after struggling to give birth to her little daughter.

Fred smiled again when he found Cathleen still asleep.

It looked like the girl was really tired, having given up her energy for her little daughter.

"Cath, you are a strong girl. I believe you can get through this. Thank you for still coming back to us," Fred said sincerely as he held Cathleen's hand.

He knew that Cathleen must not be listening to him at the moment, but what was in his mind he wanted to tell the girl who was still faithfully closing her eyes.

Shortly after he'd had enough of bothering Cathleen, he chose to spend the night on the sofa there.

So where was Stephanie?

Fred had sent her home right after Cathleen was moved to the hospitalization room.

He thought only one person needed to look after Cathleen there, so Fred sent Stephanie home first with the car and told her to come tomorrow morning with breakfast.

The body that he didn't expect was also unable to sit upright waiting for Cathleen to wake up, eventually laying down, as he began to fall asleep himself.

Trying to recharge his tired body.

At least tomorrow morning when the girl woke up, he would be in a better position to take care of Cathleen.

Positive thoughts that Fred always thought of for his best friend-Cathleen.

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The sunny day began to show through the slightly open curtains on Cathleen's hospital room window.

Slowly, Cathleen, who had been greeted by the morning light first, began to blink her previously closed eyes.

"Ugh, I'm in-"

Just as Cathleen was about to ask about the situation, her hand spontaneously rubbed her stomach with a suddenly silent mouth.

"My baby? Where is my baby?" Cathleen spontaneously whispered that she had not yet met her baby.

Because of the condition after giving birth, Cathleen had dropped for a few minutes, and she was also forced to get a different treatment from other normal birth patients.

Fred, who accidentally heard the sound of Cathleen waking up before him, immediately opened his eyes, and got up from the sofa where Cathleen was.

"Hey, what's up Cath?" asked Fred who hadn't realized what words had previously sounded faintly in his ears.

He only knew that Cathleen had been muttering, but he didn't know exactly what she was saying.

"My baby, where is my baby, why don't I feel its presence?" asked Cathleen with her hand rubbing her stomach which now looked unlike before when the baby girl she gave birth to was born into the same world as her.

A smile and a gentle stroke of Cathleen's hair were given by Fred.

"You've successfully delivered her Cath. Your baby is a girl. Have you prepared a name for her yet?"

Cathleen's eyes glazed over at this.

She had forgotten that she had given birth to her little daughter.

It wasn't long before the retained clear liquid began to run down Cathleen's cheeks.

The girl couldn't stop crying.

Not tears of sadness, but tears of happiness that Cathleen was feeling.

She never thought that she would actually give birth to a child. If in the past when carrying her baby there were times when she doubted that she would be able to give birth to a baby.

This time she could no longer doubt it!

"Fred, can I see my daughter? I want to see her Fred."

"You take it easy, after this I will ask the nurse who is looking after your baby. Ah, your baby is beautiful just like you."

Hearing the compliment, Cathleen of course thanked her friend and proudly said that her baby was beautiful because she followed her mother's genes.

Laughter accompanied by a nod of Fred's head was given to Cathleen, after all, Fred could not deny the facts given by Cathleen.

It was true that his friend could be categorized as beautiful, and Cathleen's daughter was as beautiful as her mother.

While the two were still busy chatting, the sound of a knock on the door was heard enough to distract the two.

Spontaneously both of them looked towards the source of the sound.

"Morning Miss Cathleen, morning Mr. Fred," said Stephanie who was their first guest this morning.

Cathleen immediately welcomed Stephanie to enter, while Fred only gave a gesture of nodding his head.

"Tsk, why do you always maintain your image when you're with other people anyway?" Cathleen half-whispered to her best friend.

"Because I'm not you Cath."

A short and sarcastic answer was given by Fred in response to his friend.

"So... you've named your daughter?"

Cathleen looked thoughtful for a moment and then gave Fred a firm nod of her head.

"Jacqueline, and you can call her Jacy," Cathleen said proudly.

"Woah, then we should celebrate the arrival of baby Jacqueline when we get home."

Cathleen was quick to agree with Fred's words, as that was exactly what Cathleen wanted when she found out that the baby she had been expecting for nine months was born safely into the world.

'Thank you sweetheart for being born into the same world as Mommy.'

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TBC

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