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Danny took the phone from his pocket as soon as it started ringing, and he saw that Turk was the caller.
"Hi, Turk. How are you?" He hadn't talked to Turk in months. Actually, he hadn't talked almost to anyone, except some sporadic contacts with Rusty. Everyone had their own things going on, at the moment.
"Well, uhm..." Turk voiced sounded tired, and Danny pressed further the phone to his ear. "I'm calling you because..." A sigh. "You remember that Sarah, Virgil's wife, was expecting, right?"
"Oh, yes! Twins, right? Actually, she was due around these days, I think".
"Yes. That's why I am calling you. The twins were born three days ago".
In complete contrast with the happy news, Turk's voice sounded even more tired, and sad. Danny waited a second before speaking again.
"I hope I'm wrong, but from your voice it sounds like I shouldn't give you my congratulations".
"No... well..." another sigh. "The twins are fine, luckily. But... there were some complications, and Sarah didn't survive".
Danny gasped. That was terrible.
"Oh, Turk, I'm so sorry. That's awful. How is Virgil?"
Turk stayed silent for a few second.
"Honestly... I don't know. It was a big tragedy for him. He'll need a lot of time. But look, I called you because I know that you and the others knew about the pregnancy. I didn't want to risk that somebody called him to ask about the twins and to offer their congratulations. He really doesn't need that right now".
"No, of course not. Look, I'll call Rusty and the others and I'll tell them, okay? Don't worry, noone is going to bother Virgil right now. But please, let me know if we can do something for you".
"Sure, thanks. Look, I'll call you again in a couple of days, okay? I need to go, now. I think the twins are waking up".
Before Danny could say something, Turk disconnected the call.
Danny stayed quiet, staring in front of him, at nothing in particular. Dammit.
"Hey!! It's been a while! How are you?" Rusty's voice was happy and careless as always. Danny sighed, knowing that he would have changed it very quickly.
"I'm fine. I guess. And you?"
"Why you guess? What happened?"
"Do you remember that Virgil's wife was pregnant, right?"
"Of course. I was actually about to call him right now".
"Oh, great. Good thing I stopped you".
"Why? What's going on?"
There was no way to make it easy, so Danny just blurted it out.
"The twins were born three days ago. They're fine".
"But?"
"I didn't say but".
"But I sense a but".
"But Sarah didn't make it".
"What?! What do you mean?"
"I mean... she didn't survive".
That seemed to shut Rusty up. After a while, Danny prodded him. "Hello? Are you still there?"
"Is it even possible?"
"What... why?"
"I mean, it's what? 2010? Is it even possible that something like that happens now?"
"Well, I don't know. It's very rare, I guess. But still..."
"Okay. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know".
"Maybe we should..."
"No".
"Why? Why not?"
"It's not a good idea".
"Well, you have a better one?"
Danny didn't answer.