8 Broken Dream
It was the smell of medicine and surgical spirit, the air is heavy to breathe. A mother was walking in a hallway carrying her baby comforting him in his cries.
An old man was staring at that mother and baby as they walked, reminiscing if his mother had done the same with him. He breathed heavy and his hand was gently rubbing above the bandages around his waist.
He was patiently holding onto his life with his already tired arms as he waited outside the doctor room, laying on a stretcher.
The nurse who brought the old man took her time, biting her fingertips, responding to the flirts of the doctor who was supposed to treat the patients waiting for him outside.
"Adrian." A nurse from the next room called out to the patients waiting outside. A man who was constantly tapping his feet on the ground responded and went inside.
"So, is it your wife?" Asked the grumpy looking doctor who sat in a chair with his hands rested on his pot belly.
"Y-yes she is, but doctor! Is there nothing we can do?" Adrian asked with a despairing voice, his sorrow can he heard from his trembling voice.
The doctor took a deep breath before he adjusted his chair to sit straight. He placed both of his elbows on the table before him and seemed to be having trouble to come up with words.
"There is nothing else that any doctor can help you with, It cannot be undone, I feel bad for you couple but there is nothing else that I can do as a doctor." He concluded.
Tears instantly started to roll down from the cheeks of a lady who was seated beside Adrian, she wore a rather different attire from everyone that was inside the room.
A long brown jacket, a violet colored tee with round collar that covered her neck up to her chin. A brown colored hat with black sunglasses, a blue slim skirt which covered her below the knees, black leggings and heels.
The Doctor realised that the lady was hurt due to what he said. "I'm very sorry ma'am but the vagina was terribly ruptured. There are no changes to get pregnant again." He took pity on her to let her know of such a thing.
He instantly turned towards Adrian. "But, how did you guys made it worse? I have never heard it happen before in common intercourse." He asked Adrian with a question mark face.
"Ahh! I feel so ashamed to say it but we were experimenting with a new toy and she- she got over-over excited." Adrian lowered his said at this point.
The lady sitting beside him clenched her fists at this point. She placed her hand on her knuckles as tears rolled down more.
She had endured many in her life, she was forced into the marriage by an abusive husband who threatened to kill her if she refused.
She had endured a lot every time Adrian kicked her in the gut or slapped her in the name of love.
She had been enduring, even when she was raped on her first night, when she was locked up in the room with no food and water but her tears to quench her thirst, when he treated her like an animal who had his way with her.
All this while, she lived her life without a reason, without knowing why her husband punched her whenever he got mad at work, without a clue as to why she was born an orphan, without a clue as to why she was still alive.
But the first time she was pregnant, she was happy. She started to cherish the baby with love and all of her feelings. She never knew she could love someone unconditionally until she was pregnant.
That was when she got to know that a baby was going to be born from her flesh. She felt proud every month as her belly became bigger. She was proud that she was carrying her own baby.
But, her baby whom she treasured for 9 months had died after seeing the world. And now she could never give birth to anyone.
As she suffered with these feelings, a strong sense of fear took over her. "What is this man going to do to me, if I cannot be a mother anymore?" She frowned and trembled in fear.
Out of nowhere, Adrian reached out to wrap his hand above the lady who was sitting beside him. He wrapped his other arm around her shoulders and hugged her gently.
"It's okay Amber, even though we can't have kids anymore, I still love you more. Don't cry and make me sad. Just know that I will always be here for you." He leaned forward to plant a peck on her cheeks and held her in his arms.
The doctor and the nurse, who were watching the couple were moved and felt sad at the same time. "I'm really sorry." The doctor patted the back of Adrian and both him and Amber left the room.
He was holding Amber in his arms the whole time until they both reached home.
They reached their house and Adrian locked the main door. He went on to close any opened window in any room, the back door and he pulled the curtains down.
Amber was just standing and watching Adrian, while she was thinking what he is up to now. He finally reached out to Amber and rolled up his sleeves. "Take off your jacket." He murmured.
Amber unbuttoned the wrist buttons and took the jacket off and placed it on the table. Her both wrists were wrapped up in bandages and black marks appeared on her forearms.
She rolled the neck collar down and a red mark covered her neck as if she was choked with a steel wire. Finally, she took off the sunglasses; revealing a black eye.
She lifted her head to look at Adrian who was watching her. She stood there while doing as he told her.
*SLAP!*
A strong slap landed on her face, Amber was pinned into the wall due to the force of the slap.
"Take off your leggings too, you stupid woman, I want to see the wounds. You know how much I love you when your body is covered with my love hickeys, don't you?" Adrian said with a crazy smile as if he could not stop his excitement for what he is about to do.
