Lyda sat up, and Merrick lovingly covered her naked body with the sheet, giving her some sense of modesty while they discussed the current turn of events.
The bed sagged as he sat on the edge facing her. Taking her delicate hand in his, he said. "I want you to know…the first thing I felt just now when you told me you were pregnant was complete and total elation my head was soaring in stars."
Merrick took his enormous hand and placed it over her belly to rub where the baby was growing in her tummy. "However, behind my happiness came fear and anxiety."
"A Fear that I could lose you or the child or both. It is always scary for any man who loves his wife to hear that she is carrying his child, because we all know of the dangers that exist with it. That is why I reacted the way I did, not that I was unhappy about you having our child, but scared."
