Home, Julia is relaxing and doing the hair of her daughter. She loves to do braids and Claire likes it when it mommy that does it. Claire is truly a girly one, although Julia isn’t really girly so she doesn’t know where she got that side. Suddenly, the phone rang. ‘’Claire, could you run and get mommy the phone please? ‘’asked Julia, because of her belly she will miss the call. ‘’But my braids? ‘’ ‘’I’ll do them again, ok! Be an angel and get mommy the phone! ‘’ ‘’Ok! ‘’ said Claire, sad because her hair will be a mess after that. Claire came back running with the phone still ringing in her hands. She slipped and fell on the carpet; she didn’t cry but she wanted to. Julia held her close while answering the phone. ‘’Hi!’’ ‘’Hello, may I speak with Captain Dale Barbara? ‘’ ‘’He’s not here! ‘’ ‘’May I ask who you are? ‘’ ‘’Yes, I’m his wife, Julia Shumway. May I ask who I am talking with? ‘’ ‘’Sure, I am caporal Flaherty. Ma’am, it’s an emergency we need to reach your husband, where can we reach him? ‘’ ‘’He’s at work at the police station of Zenith. ‘’ ‘’Thanks ma’am, have a good day! ‘’ He hung up. Julia looked to Claire, who was holding her knee because she fell. Julia asked her if she was ok and Claire started to cry. Julia moved Claire’s hands from her little knee and she saw blood. She was hurt; she probably burned her knee when she slipped on the carpet. Julia stood up and took Claire in her arm even if she’s 6 months and a half pregnant. She took her in the bathroom; sat her on the counter and wash her burned knee. Claire was crying louder and louder. Dale was at the station talking with the other officers about the fact that he’s going to be a daddy again soon and that life will be so different than only have one kid. The sheriff came in the room and told Dale that somebody was calling and asking to talk to him; it seems pretty urgent. ‘’This is Dale Barbara, how can I help you? ‘’ ‘’Captain Barbara, we need you! ‘’ ‘’Whoa, caporal Flaherty! You can’t ask me that, remember I’m not in the army anymore; remember? ‘’ ‘’We all know that but there’s a war that started and we need every captain on board with us.’’ ‘’I can’t leave my wife and my daughter here. Julia is 6 months and half pregnant and Claire is only 3 years old. There’s no way I can make it. ‘’ ‘’Sir, you don’t have a choice, your country needs you. ‘’ once again, he hung up the phone. Dale got back to the main room. He packed his things and drove back home. He needed to see and talk to Julia about this, before they call her to force her to leave me go with them. He parked his car in the driveway; ran inside and held Julia so tight in his arm. ‘’You know how much I love you, right? ‘’ ‘’Yes, what’s wrong? ‘’ ‘’You know I don’t want to leave you, like ever; even more now because you’re very pregnant. ‘’ ‘’Dale, you are scaring me. What’s going on? ‘’ ‘’The army called me. They need me and I told them that I couldn’t but they insisted so they are coming here. ‘’ Julia fell on the ground that was too much for her. ‘’You can’t leave me alone here Dale. I can’t deliver a baby and take care of Claire alone, you know that. I know that’s why I don’t want to leave you. I want to be there when you’ll be giving birth and I want to take care of both of you. ‘’ ‘’They can’t do this to us. We’ve been through so much; I won’t be strong enough to do this; not without you. ‘’ Julia was crying on the floor and Dale was holding her close to him. ‘’That’s why I won’t leave. I talked to them, but right now they are coming here to get me.’’ He kissed her on the forehead. ‘’Claire, come see daddy baby! ‘’ Claire ran into his daddy’s arm, he cry while holding her. ‘’I need you to be strong baby. Daddy will do anything to have you with him. I want to be safe and be good. Sometimes in life we don’t always choose what we do. ‘’ Claire wasn’t understanding what he was saying but she saw her mother crying and her father crying, so she knew that something was wrong. Dale held his family close to him and at the same time, a guy from the army knocked on the door. He asked for Captain Dale Barbara. Nobody answered him. The guy tried to ask another time; no answers. Dale stood up and helped Julia to get up and tool Claire in his arms. They both went to open the door. The guy told that Caporal was here and wanted to talk to him. They let him in. ‘’Mr. Barbara, you have to understand… ‘’ ‘’… There’s nothing to understand, I can’t leave my wife alone in here while she’s near her due date… ‘’ ‘’… We know that but…. ‘’ ‘’… There’s not but, I am not going with the army again. What if I die? My wife would be alone and my kids won’t have a father. They need me…. ‘’ ‘’… I can understand that. You don’t have any family that could take care of you wife and daughter? ‘’ ‘’No we don’t. My dad die two years ago and he was the only one. ‘’ ‘’We are sorry to hear that. ‘’ ‘’So there’s no way I’m leaving here.’’ ‘’Alright, well you disappoint us Mr. Barbara but we have to respect your choices and priorities. Can we at least give you things to do home to help us? ‘’ ‘’If I don’t have to work for the station and I can only do some army stuff at home; yes! ‘’ ‘’That’s a deal. So we will give you all the files and computer and anything to help us here on common ground. ‘’ ‘’That’s really appreciate, thank you!’’ They all went outside to get all the stuff. Julia was in Claire’s room, holding her close and trying to clear her head. Dale ran upstairs to tell Julia the news. Julia saw Dale and got out of the room to go talk in their bedroom. He told her about the work for the army. He is one of the bets men in the army, so he will help them from home so he could be with them. Julia was so happy about the news that she kissed him so hard. She didn’t want to let him go. That was one of the best news that she ever heard in a while besides being pregnant for the second time. She looked at him and kissed him again and again. He got his two hands on Julia’s stomach and could feel the baby move inside her. He got down on his knee and kissed Julia’s belly and told: ‘’I won’t miss your arrival baby; I promise that I will be there. I will do anything for that. I love you and I love your mommy more than anything in this world. ‘’
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