A Life Worth Bearing
By Heidi H
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am making no money off of them.
Ratings-Sam/Donna, a life can take so many unimaginable twists and turns
Sequel to A Life Worth Nothing
Donna looked at the calendar and couldn’t believe how close her due date was.
Only a few more weeks until she saw her son and then had to hand him over to
his father and step-mother for the rest of his life. The thought of her not
raising her own flesh and blood would hurt her for the rest of her natural born
life.
Sam and Laurie stood back and admired their handiwork. Without Donna willing
to share information with them, they had to decorate with a gender neutral
theme and it was teddy bears. The room was brimming with toys and clothes and
everything that a child could ever want or need. Sam was determined to fill
this child’s life with things that his mother couldn’t ever provide and for
Laurie to fill the role of mother.
Donna went into labor late one night and delivered a healthy baby boy weighing
7 pounds and 9 ounces all by herself. She was so tired and worn out that she
only made one phone call after the birth. She called her parents and told them
about the baby. They were happy and excited for her, but also a little
reserved. The Moss’ didn’t agree with the court’s ruling, but knew that Donna
had to live by it. After hanging up the phone, she sat in the bed and cried at
the loss she was going to endure the next day. She cried for her marriage not
being able to last. She cried at the loss of who she was. Finally, Donna fell
into a restless sleep.
The next morning, Donna picked up the phone and informed Sam and Laurie that
the baby had been born and that they could come to the hospital. When they
arrived, she was filling out papers for the baby. She signed the birth
certificate and Sam signed his portion. They were both shocked when they
learned that the baby had already been named.
Bradley Jordan Seaborn was the name that Donna had given her son. She could
only hope that Sam and Laurie would keep that name. After signing her release
papers, she left the hospital and went home. She had spent the night and early
morning saying goodbye to her child.
Donna was surprised to get a package from Fed Ex that afternoon. It was from
her friends at the outlet store that she had worked at. They had gotten her a
shadow box and filled it with all the things that defined her. There was a
computer miniature because she was a computer whiz. A phone because she liked
to talk and many things of that nature along with a note telling her to take
all the time she needed before coming back.
Sam and Laurie were so happy that their child was finally home. They had
decided to keep the name that Donna had given him because it had fit. The
birth certificate was locked away in a safety deposit box. They were hoping
that Bradley never wanted to see it because there would be questions about who
Donna Moss was. Sam and Laurie had agreed that Bradley would see Laurie as his
mother and Donna would simply be out of the picture.
Donna was able to make decisions again and her first one was to move to a
different apartment. She couldn’t stand to look at the rooms anymore. Every
place in the apartment reminded her of Bradley and it was too much for her to
bare.
After going to work, Donna came home to find a hateful message on her answering
machine. It was from CJ. The message was veiled in politeness, but the demand
was there. She wanted to know if Donna was moving back home or at least out of
Washington since the baby was born. She was so mad. There was no way that
Donna was going to move to make anyone else’s life easier. It wasn’t going to
happen.