Gerald version
"What do you mean I have to leave?! What's going on with my wife?!" I was trying to see what the doctors were doing to Dylan. After she gave her last push, she wasn't responding. She gave birth to our baby. "What are you doing with my baby?!"
"Sir you have to leave. Now." A nurse was pushing me out.
"I can't. What the fuck is going on with my wife?!" I was outside of the room with a nurse. "Where the fuck is my baby?!"
"Sir relax. Your wife lost a lot of blood. She's not responding to us. Her doctors are doing the best they can to save her." I see them pushing out the bed where Dylan was laying in. Blood was spread out where she gave birth. I ran to the doctor but more nurses stopped me since they were going to emergency room to do surgery "you can't go there. Right now they'll perform an emergency surgery to save your wife." I sit on the ground upset. "I'm so sorry."
"I want to see my baby."
"They're cleaning the baby but I have no problem to show you were you will meet your baby." The nurse didn't leave me alone. She knew I was going to go inside the surgery room. "Sir I can walk you to the waiting room?" I get up from the ground. I didn't answer her I just walked to the room.

An hour later the same nurse was looking for me but she remembered I was in the room "mr Gillum?" I looked at her "you wanted to see your baby." I get up and followed her. We go to a room where I heard a tons of babies crying. "This is the room where all the newborn babies are."
"Nursing room."
"Yes." She stops. She hands me a type of light blue vest "you need to wear this if you want to see and carry your baby." I put it on with a hospital mouth covering. We walked inside the room. I see her talking to one of the nurses asking for our baby. She gets the baby. I smiled at my new born. "This is your baby." She hands me carefully the baby. The baby began to cry but then stopped. It has very strong lungs. "Congratulations its a girl. A beautiful baby girl." I looked at my daughter. She looks a lot like Dylan. "What will you be naming her sir?"
"I'm not sure. Me and my wife always named our kids. And I want to do that with her." She opens her eyes. Dark brown like Dylan's. "Can I have a moment with her?"
"Yes, yes take all the time you need mr Gillum." Both nurses leave. I get the chair to sit down.
"Hey there." She was moving her hand. She fussed a lot "Hi my little angel." I teared up "my little star, you look so much to Dylan. You know your big sister Suz will be soo happy. She talked about how she wanted a sister to play with dolls, dress up. She said she would share her toys, her room and now she will. But most importantly she will be there to protect you. Me as your daddy I'll protect you forever. I won't let anything or anyone hurt you in my presence. I promise you I will be here for everything from the ups to the downs. I'm doing the same promise as I did to your sister and your three brothers. We'll be together soon with mama." The two nurses came in. "I love you my little star. You'll always be loved by us."
"Mr Gillum, someone is here to see you." I nodded my head. I gave them my baby. I took off the vest. I went out to the waiting room. Ma was there waiting for me. I had to hug her.

We sit down. "It's a girl." Ma was happy "she looks a lot like Dylan."
"How's Dylan?" Ma asked
"She's in emergency surgery. She lost a lot of blood after she gave birth. Doctors haven't said anything yet." Ma hugs me "I don't want to lose her."
"You won't Gerald."
"Come with me. I want to introduce you to you granddaughter." I grabbed her hand. We walked to the nursing room where all the babies were at. We seen my baby in the front on the window "that's her. That's the baby Gillum."
"You're right she looks a lot like Dylan. Did you get to see her?"
"Yeah I did before you came." Nurse came running to me. "What's going on?"
"Doctor wants to talk to you." She told me and I followed her. Ma came with me.

We went to the room. Dylan was there sleeping. I'm relieved she did make it. "Your wife was successful throughout the surgery but in the beginning it got complicated with the bleeding. Bad news is we had to tie her tubes. Sadly she won't be no longer be able to have or carry another baby. Good news is we did save her and she'll be recovering here."
"How long will she be asleep?"
"We gave her medicine so in a couple of hours she'll be up. And will bring your baby here."
"Thank you." The same nurse brought us my baby in the room. The doctor left the room with the nurses

Ma wanted to carry her. "I know you want to carry her. Go ahead." She carefully gets her out of the crib.
"She's so beautiful. What's her name?"
"I haven't named her yet. I want to name her with Dylan." I looked at Dylan "thank god we past through everything rough."
"She's strong like this one here." Ma smiles "you have everything you wanted."
"Yeah I do." Ma and I stayed with Dylan.

I was in the room. Ma left to get some sleep. The baby was taken to get some food milk then changed the diaper. I was sitting in the tiny chair. Man those were uncomfortable to be sitting in. Dylan was moving around. I get up. She opened her eyes "hey baby."
"Gerald? What happened?" She was getting up slowly but she lays back down "something happened to me? I feel this sharp pain." She checks under the blanket. "My baby?!? Where's my baby?!"
"Dylan, you went to surgery since you gave birth and you were losing a lot of blood. The baby is fine. She's healthy."
"She?" She stopped worrying "it's a girl?"
"Yes baby. We have another baby girl. She's perfect just like you."
"Can I see her?" She tried to get up. "Where is she?"
"The nurses went to take her to change her diaper and feed her something. She'll be right back."
"Did you name her yet?"
"No. I didn't. Baby you gotta stop worrying okay. I know you've been through a lot but you have to stop stressing okay." I kissed her lips "you feel better."
"Yeah. And thank so much ger. I never knew I could do this without you."
"Hey im here for you in sickness and health." The nurse came in with the baby. "Look who came in." The nurse gave me the baby. I gave the baby to Dylan. "And the doctor told me they had to tie your tubes. So this little star here is our last baby Gillum."
"It doesn't matter ger. As long as I have her here and my kids and you im happy." She smiles at her "she looks a lot like me. Look at her. She has the natural Gillum hair. What should we name her ger?"
"Mel? Or alaïa?" Those two names where stuck in my head "and we keep the middle name Sage."
"Which ever you want ger. It doesn't matter with me."
"Well she looks like an Alaïa but Melanie was someone special to me." I thought about it "we should go with Alaïa Sage better."
"You sure?" We can always change it."
"Yes baby."
"I liked better Mel. We should name her Melrose Sage." I like that better. "We can call her Mel."
"Yes we can." I kissed her "I love you so much Dylan. We have our perfect little star here."

Ma came in the morning. We told her we named her after Mel. She cried tears of joy. I knew she missed her as much as I did. Melrose Skye you're always going to be mama's and dadda's little star