Chapter 10: It can't be true

The doctor does not know how to initiate the discussion after about twenty minutes the doctor cleared his throat and said emotion in his face and his utterance "your wife was here yesterday morning" "I know" Ifada cuts in, he already had it in mind that no matter what his friend will never agree to Itoya request."I purpose you know her reason for coming to Ubiaja" he continued, while Ifada only replied by nodding his head, after a long day work in the farm and a sleepless night he was too tired to use his mouth to answer a question that he could barely nod his head at. The doctor paused and looked at his friend, trying to read his mind through his facial expression so as to know if to hit the nail at its head.The office was so quiet and cold that only the sound of breeze could be heard"But I refused" he said calmly. Ifada breath a sign of relief nodding his head as in I know the friend I have"I tried to persuade her, but instead she became angry and walked out on me" The doctor said and signed"How are she and the baby?" Ifada asked"Although your wife is in coma now but she is out of danger...…" he said reflecting if to say the other part or not"What about the baby" Ifada cuts in"Am sorry" he said quietly "Does she have a miscarriage" Ifada asked with a hint of pain in his voice."no" the doctor said still thinking of the right word to use for his good friend so as not to disappoint him , but the truth must be told no matter what . If not know now the truth must be told someday the best thing to do is to spill it out."it was not a miscarriage but the baby is no longer there" he looked straight into his friend eyes, Ifada could not hold his emotion any longer, tears started running down his already bloodshot eyes, the doctor was so shocked because he cannot imagine why his friend had being behaving abnormal ever since they can to his hospital all he have to do now is to console him. He stood up and moved towards Ifada, massaging his shoulders."Please put yourself together am not through yet, there is more I will like to tell you" the doctor said calmly hoping that Ifada will be able to digest the bitter truth that he was about to tell him."It can't be true!!!!!!!! This can't be happening to me at the same time" Ose his little princess is gone, although Edo people usually says that a life cannot be given up for another life and one child cannot replace the other but Ose is gone and Ifada has settled his mind that he had another child but both is gone, everything happened like a flashHe tried to calm himself down and asked "if it is not miscarriage, you did not perform the abortion then what happened to the pregnancy?""I think she looked for a place where they perform abortion without considering it effects" he paused and continued"Apart from not performing the abortion because you are my friend, I also discovered that aborting the pregnancy will affect her womb, making it impossible for your wife to ever getting pregnant in future. Although I didn't tell her but I felt that she will respect me not only as an elder brother but also as her doctor but the reverse was the case". He narrated sadly no matter what he must tell his friend everything without hiding any fact "the excessive bleeding was caused by stress and shock. In conclusion your wife will be in vegetable state for the time being, she lost a lot of blood and the shock affected her brain, it will take some time for her to recover. Finally after she recovers she will never be able to get pregnant again" the last statement rang bell in Ifada's head and his mind was as blank as a sheet. The doctor stared at Ifada in his confused stateHis friend's wife will forever be childless, can Ifada bear with her, he thought to himselfThat evening Ifada took Eseiwi to his parents house in Ewosa because Eseiwi needs to go to school and he needs to stay with his wife in the hospital before Itoya's mother will return from her daughter's place. Ifada called his parents into the inner room and told his parents that his wife was in coma and will be unable to conceive again because of the abortion. His parent were so angry especially his mother who cannot imagine not having a grandchild from her daughter in law"When I told you that you were too young to get married, did you listen to me?" he looked angrily at Ifada and shouted "tell me!!!! I remember telling you that she does not deserve you" he continued "look at your childhood friend, he is a medical doctor, Abolo is a well known lawyer, Akile that always bring mathematical problem for you to solve for him and teach him is a well known Engineer" "Oh life is so unfair to me" Ifada's mother sobbed, the room was tensed for the two men. "father what has happened ,has happened I cannot avoid it , even now I don't know what I feel now please this is not the time for scolding me what I need now is encouragement" he said pleading. He was so blinded with love that he was willing to leave his education, he fancied a very beautiful life with his wife but he is so depress that he sees no future in himself nor him and Itoya together. What am I going to do? He thought to himself, he not only failed himself by falling in love with Itoya but also failed his parents. Emu (that was Ifada father's name) looked at his aggrieved son and signed