"I've signed the discharge papers, and the doctor said your mother has also been discharged," Zach said as he watched Eliana take off her hospital gown to wear the clothes he had gotten for her this morning. His eyes glance at her belly for a brief moment before looking away.
"Can you help me with the zip?" Eliana asked after her failed attempt to zip up her gown herself.
Zach walked forward and zipped up her gown. He stood silently behind her for a brief seconds before wrapping his hand around her waist and whispered "I love you." He kissed her neck and repeated, "I love you."
"Why?" Eliana found herself asking. She turned to him and said, "Now that I think about it, there is a truth in what Sloane said."
"No, there isn't."
"I wasn't asleep, Zach. I heard what the doctor told you."
Zachary stood frozen for a moment, he had thought she was asleep that day.
