Pregnancy

CHAPTER FOURTY-NINE

In an enclosed restaurant, a lady and a man was sitting opposite each other.

The lady sat opposite the guy at the restaurant while voicing the instructions the rough looking guy.

"I want it to look like an accident. Make sure it touches her face. It is the most important part. Make no mistakes."

"Her details would be forwarded to you later in the day."

The dirty looking guy nodded. The lady got up and covered her eyes with her sunglasses and started walking out of the restaurant. The guy also stood up and made to leave but was stopped by the lady.

"Remember, after this work is done, we don't know each other anymore. The money in that envelope is enough for you to leave and settle in another country. The rest would be transferred to you when you are done with it. Have a nice day" she said and disappeared immediately from sight. She didn't want people to see her together with that guy.

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Ivana rinsed her mouth as she finished puking for the fourth time. Her eyes were already red. She's been down with fever for the past weak. She was also constantly gaining weight. Her inner mind told her that something was really wrong but she didn't want to admit it. Her Aunty was already suspecting her. This was the least of what she wanted.

She left the restroom and went to her own bedroom which was the basement. She opened her box and brought out her saving box. She took out some notes from there and went to the nearest pharmacy store. She bought the pregnancy test kit and hid it in the medium sized bag she brought along with her. She swiftly left the store. She came by a grocery store and bought a can of drink and some buscuits, she placed it in the same bag right on the top of the test kit.

When she got home, she was shocked to see her Aunty and cousin home. As she had expected, her aunt called her.

"Where are you coming from?"

"I'm sorry Aunty, I was hungry and I decided to use the change you left for me from the other days work and buy a can of drink and buscuits. There was no food at home that was why I did that." Ivana said, hoping her aunt would buy her lie.

"What right do you have to feed on such a meal, give me the drink and buscuits." Claudia said.

Ivana quickly dipped her hand into the bag and brought it out. Claudia quickly snatched it.

"Go to the kitchen and start preparing lunch."

"Yes Aunty." She said and started going to the kitchen.

Looking at the strange bag she rarely carried, Ivana's aunt asked out of curiosity.

"What's up with the bag?"

"It's been long since I used it, so I thought maybe I could use it for errands like this."

"Don't use it for errands next time. I won't buy another one for you and I won't let you buy one. Keep it for occasions only." She stated firmly.

Ivana laughed in her mind. This rotten old bag for occasions? It wasn't even fit for a rat. A rat knew better than to hide in that kind of bag. It was way beneath its standard!

"Alright Aunty." She said obediently.

Hearing her affirmation her aunt waved her hand. Signaling her to leave. She first went to the basement and carefully hid the bag. And changed into her home wears.

Although she was feeling tired, she just had to prepare it to avoid further attention on herself.

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She went to bathroom and opened up the test kit. She peed into a container. As she wanted to dip in the test kit her heart started beating faster. She pushed it in with force and then waited.

A lot of wild imaginations went through her mind

If she she's pregnant, does that mean that her dream of making money and going to school was dashed?

She brought it out and fell down on the floor. It's was true. She was really pregnant? Hot tears flowed from her eyes.

She cried and cried all night. Why was she so unfortunate? She lost her parents, she lost her virginity forcefully to an unknown man, and now she had also gotten pregnant for a stranger! All this had happened to within just sixteen years of herself.

She called upon her dead parents, she called upon her grandmother, she wondered if there was even the existence of a God.

She clutched her stomach and cried. The cried for so long that she came to a conclusion. She wasn't going to allow this baby ruin her future. She ran straight to her box and counted the cash left. She would abort this child and then run away from home. She was tired of putting up with her aunt and cousin.

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Daphne came out of the hospital with her face twisted. The result was still the same. She wasn't pregnant. Could it be Limuel's fault?

It could be his fault. She had done everything she was asked to. She had followed the medical procedure. She had gone to different medicine men, her body should be fine and ready for pregnancy by now. Limuel must be the problem. She really had to talk to him about it. It could be the solution to the problem!