It’s the 25th of December 1995, a cold windy night, Mr. and Mrs. Beckett were spending the Christmas holidays at their cottage, the dinner is almost ready, Mrs. Beckett was preparing a delicious traditional dish called “beef wellington”, the smell is roving around the house and found its way to Mr. Beckett’s nose when he was setting the table, he was preparing a romantic Christmas ambiance for the night that he will spend with his lovely wife, and how couldn’t he ?, she is caring their marriage fruit inside her, he decorated the table with two red candles and few roses that he had picked from their orchard, “the dinner is ready honey”, Mrs. Beckett yelled from the kitchen, Mr. Beckett got excited and hurried to the table to set the candles on fire to surprise his beautiful wife, he was looking for some matches when he heard a breaking and screaming sound, mr Beckett ran to the kitchen and his heart beats were accelerating, what could spoil this magnificent night? Everything was going smoothly, as he arrived at the kitchen, he was shocked to see to his wife laying on the ground, screaming and the shrapnel of the broken dishes were surrounding her, he feared for her life and carried her to his truck, he had no idea what was going on, all he could feel was unpresented fear for his wife's life accompanied by confusion and anxiousness., on the way to the hospital Mrs. Beckett started to calm down a little bit, the pain lessened by a huge margin and it became easier to cope with it, having noticed his wife's change and the disappearance of the unceasing painful groans, Mr. Beckett looked at her and asked:” what the hell happened there Victoria? are you ok now?”.
As he was seeking the answer from his wife, she stared at him in the eyes with total coldness and smiled, he got confused and said: “why are you smiling?”.
She laid her head on his shoulder and whispered:”
Richard, the water breaks, we did it, you are going to be a father”.
Surprisingly these words didn’t make Richard feel better, the only thing he felt is a weird combination of extreme happiness, a strong fear, strength, and weakness at the same time.
He is carrying two lives on his shoulder now and a sudden qualm crawled to his head and surged inside of his body, multiplying the feeling of fear and making his thoughts rampage.to What if he couldn’t make it in time? What if he loses his true love once and for all? And and most importantly what if couldn’t be a good father
Despite all this negativity that controlled his head, the look on his wife’s face, the gentle smile, and those honey eyes gave him all the determination that he needed to overcome the presentiments.
They drove all the way to the closest hospital filled with hopes and dreams.
Once they arrived Richard hastily carried his wife inside the hospital and handed her to the nurse that she took her in hurry to birthing room, Mr. Beckett was watching her going away from him and his eyes were full of tears, behind that toughness and the manhood, lays a small ball of emotion, and nothing can push those sentiments out except love, he is a human after all. He smoked a pack of cigarette already and sat in the waiting room for hours waiting for his second part of life to begin.
Time was passing, years inside, hours outside, trapped with his thoughts, mr Beckett couldn't control his patience anymore and decided to check on his wife at the very moment he stepped out the waiting room, he heard an angelic sound, it was the most beautiful sound he ever heard, despite that he still holding it together, he is keeping the feelings cocktail prisoned so far, however, at the moment he saw his wife holding their son his knees became weaker his arms became heavier and he just couldn’t hold it anymore, finally, the feelings ball erupted and the tough manly image of him faded away, he cried like a baby, and hugged his wife and kissed her to congratulate her on their success, it was a true moment of love, nothing but love, it was a moment that sums life in one picture, the father, the wife and their new born baby.
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Richard was looking to his son as if he was inspecting him. He wanted to touch him, but his hesitation prevented him. His wife knew what’s running in her husband’s mind, and she slowly handed the baby to him and whispered: “it’s ok, he is your son, give him a kiss so he can know that his father is around”. Mr. Beckett finally decided to do so and gently kissed his baby. It was the acceptance of the fact that he became a father and the best Christmas present he had ever received.
“Noah”, said Mr. Beckett “I’m going to name you Noah”.
A few weeks later, the Becketts’s life went back to normal, and Richard was playing the father role good so far and Victoria was doing her best too to provide the best environment for their newest member. Everything was going as planned and the love was keeping the family together.
One day, Mr. Beckett was taking care of the orchard as usual when the phone ringed. Victoria was in the kitchen, so she picked it. A few moments later her face her face flushed and her complexions turned slighty ugly and her hands followed as they started shaking uncontrollably but she kept her silence attitude, not daring to utter a word and only focusing on hearing.
Tears found their way from her eyes to the floor.
About half an hour later, Richard decided to take a break. He went back to his house to drink some water and have something to eat. As he approached the house he saw his wife was still on the phone from the window. He stepped in and asked: “who’s on the phone, honey.”
Victoria panicked and hanged the phone all of a sudden and didn’t say a single word.
Her husband noticed her wife’s strange behavior, so he took few steps toward her and was about to hug her, but she ran away from him and went upstairs. “what was that? “, wondered Mr. Beckett in shock. He had no clue on what happened and his curiosity was getting bigger to know who the caller was or what was the topic of the conversation.
He was deep in his thoughts, and all of sudden his wife started roving the house like a terrified cat as if she was looking for something. And before Richard could say anything, she had found what she was looking for already and went back upstairs.
Richard had had enough of the whole weird situation and started to lose his temper and joined Victoria upstairs. She was writing something when he stepped in and all her bags were packed already
Mr. Beckett was watching the unexplainable dramatic scene directed by his wife in disturbance then bellowed: “you are not leaving this house Victoria, at least not before you explain what’s going on”.
And in an unexpected move, Victoria grabbed a knife from her pocket and yelled: “stay in my way in the next five seconds and I’ll have to stab myself”
These words were dropped on Richard like a bomb, he lost his ability to feel anything and tears started to fill up his eyes, an hour ago everything was perfect, what was that phone call about? And who was she talking to? all these questions were consuming his thinking, but he had to act fast as a few seconds left until his wife stabs herself. And in a moment of despair, he mumbled: “what about…what about Noah? our son.”
“out of the way, NOW.” She yelled back.
Mr. Beckett stepped beside letting her leave just like that, without any resistance and in a total helplessness. She was passing right next to him at that moment he grabbed her arm and said: “at least, give me one last kiss.” And he kissed her the goodbye kiss, the ending kiss, the final kiss, it was a kiss full of passion, hope, sadness, frustration...
He looked at her in the eyes and added: “Noah and I, will never forgive you “then he smiled and let her go.
Those words didn’t change her mind, but they definitely touched her heart and went through it like a blade, she turned her head and hummed in teary eyes: “I don’t have a choice, and I don’t deserve forgiveness.” Then took her bags and left in a hurry. She took a cab and didn’t even bother to look back. She is gone.