Episode 5

Kate and Sara look at each other, speechless. Especially Kate, she had heard that James had a dinner date with Miranda, that he would pick her up at 7 pm. However, it was a little after 8 pm and there he was. Could a date be that quick?

The jerk was all over her like a pervert this morning and she imagined that he wouldn't be back from dinner tonight, that he would probably satisfy his desire with Miranda.

Kate's mind wasn't making any connections at that moment.

"Symptom of what? Didn't you hear me?"

"Wow, you're turning into such a gossip, huh? We're in a hospital, kid! All we talk about is symptoms, diseases... those things," Sara says, playing it off.

"For someone who's dying, ma'am, you have a very sharp tongue!" James says and approaches Sara.

"Is that any way to talk to your mother?! Come here and let me give you a few slaps."

James looks at Kate, shrugs, and sits on the bed, letting his mother slap his hand a few times.

"Ouch! That hurt! What are you eating here that's making you so strong?"

Kate can't help but smile, Sara's relationship with James was a little comical. It was understandable, since Sara, even very sick, remained irreverent.

James looks at Kate and catches her smiling, she tries to pretend otherwise, but she wasn't fast enough. James gives a sideways smile and Sara says:

"See, Kate? He doesn't respect me, he never has. Laughing while I'm correcting him!"

Sara folds her arms and looks away, playing hard to get.

"Oh, well, I'll… leave you two alone, I'm going to do something," Kate says, heading for the door.

"Do what? It's past your time to leave," James says with his eyebrows furrowed.

"Leave your wife alone, James! You can't be controlling, whoever controls too much ends up being cheated on!"

"Cheated on?!" At that moment James lost his good humor, he became serious and looked at Sara, then at Kate, then at Sara again.

"Boy, it's just a figure of speech! Kate is not going to cheat on you, don't be possessive of her! How many times do I have to teach you, huh?" Sara says, pulling James' hand to look at him. "And Kate, honey, go do that thing."

Kate looks at Sara in confusion and Sara mouths:

"Pregnancy test."

"Test? Test of what? What are you two hiding?" James hadn't understood everything and was dizzy in the middle of the two.

Kate blushed, her eyes widened and she quickly left the room, avoiding confusion.

"Mom, what are you planning? You can't be planning, you know, you're not in any condition for that."

"Don't worry, son," Sara says, stroking her son's hand. "These are woman things. And you? How are you? I liked what you did today, you came all handsome and smelling good to pick up your wife from the hospital, you're turning into a man."

"Oh, that? I came from an event, that's all, Mom."

"Right… have you been drinking?"

"No."

"Let me smell your breath?"

"Mom!"

"Come on, boy!" Sara gestures.

Giving in, James lets her smell his breath.

"My God! Just smelling your breath my nose burned. You have to stop drinking, son! How are you going to take care of Kate being an alcoholic?!"

"I'm not an alcoholic, you're exaggerating! I just like to taste. I'm not drunk, you see?"

"Son, you know, I'm not going to be here much longer and I want you to be happy and take care of Kate. She's such a good woman, she has a heart of gold and needs to be loved so much, son. I want to leave in peace, don't mess up, don't hurt that girl."

James lets out a breath, thoughtful, then says, and kisses his mother's hand:

"Okay, huh? Don't worry about it."

"You better, or I'll come back here and pull your leg!"

"I'm telling you, aren't I?"

"Look, do this, take Kate out to a very romantic dinner, by candlelight. Close the restaurant for her, buy flowers… no, buy chocolates! Chocolate is much better. Give her foot massages, because she's a very hardworking woman and must come home with tired, swollen feet and if Kate gets pregnant, treat her like a queen, you hear me?"

James rolls his eyes and says:

"Here you go again with this talk about children. That's not going to happen, okay? And people can be happy without children, Mom…" James gets up, paces back and forth, and scratches his head, then says, "Kate and I are not going to have children, but I will still fulfill my obligations to her."

At that moment Kate enters, she lowers her head, thinking that she and James had different goals. Kate really wanted to have children and finally feel part of a family.

Sara looked at Kate expectantly, hoping she would give some sign if she had taken the test.

Noticing, Kate shook her head discreetly, showing that this was not the time she got a positive.

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