Read Episode 3
Mark entered the room happily few minutes after he received Lucy’s call.
Lucy was asleep and looking at her face he could tell she had cried herself to sleep.
He felt sorry for the situation and the step they had to take. He realized she might not understand how much this decision meant to him but he wasn’t in any way ready to father a Child.
“Not at all.” he said quietly as he stared at her.
He looked at her tummy.
Who would ever think a life was growing inside her? He wished he didn’t have to make her abort the baby but he had no choice.
“The doctor will soon attend to you.” A young woman who Lucy guessed was a nurse said to her and Mark for the third time.
Mark had brought her to the Clinic to have the procedure done.
She looked round the small reception again. The place looked nothing like a hospital. She had even asked Mark if he was sure they were in the right place. She wondered how he knew about the clinic though.
She returned her focus to where the nurse sat to catch her staring at her tummy in scorn.
Lucy placed her bag in front of her tummy immediately. That was enough to make the Lady look up and realize she had been caught.
A door opened at that moment as a young man in his thirties walked towards the duo.
“Hello. I’m Akin. My brother explained your case to me.” he said as he shook hands with Mark.
“Thanks so much for agreeing to Help us.” Mark said smiling.
“It’s alright. What are brothers for? She can come in now.”
Lucy felt her feet stuck to the spot.
She was scared.
Scared for her life.
Scared for her future.
Should she back out? This was a sin she knew that. She shook her head as an image of her bleeding to death flashed through her mind.
“Lucy?” Mark called.
“Yes!”
She looked quickly at Mark and the Doctor.
“You can go now. I’ll be waiting for you here.” Mark said re-assuredly.
She couldn’t back out now.
She was doing it for her future.
No, for their Future.
She shook her head in agreement as she carried her bag to follow the Doctor.
“You can drop your bag!” Mark said as she stopped to hand it over to him.
Their eyes met.
“I’m scared.” she whispered.
“You’ll be fine. I promise.”
He patted her on the shoulder as she turned to follow the doctor.
Mark tapped his feet on the floor impatiently.
It was about 40 minutes already but Lucy and the Doctor were still behind the door. He wondered if it usually took that long.
“Excuse me please!” He called as the nurse who had attended to them earlier turned her attention to him.
“Yes?”
“Does it usually take this long? I mean the…”
“Well, not really. It depends on how serious the situation ends up being in that room.” She replied looking towards the room thoughtfully.
He hoped nothing was wrong with her.
“I hope things are going on well in there.” The lady added as she continued whatever it was she was doing.
Silence filled the room for about two minutes until the door to the procedure room opened.
No one came out for few seconds.
Mark stared at the door as he wondered what was happening.
He prayed silently that Lucy would come out and was disappointed when the Doctor rushed out in haste.
He felt blood drain from his face as various thoughts crossed his mind.
“Nike.” the doctor called as soon as he got to where the nurse sat.
“Sir.” She replied standing up swiftly.
“We have a situation. I need you to prepare for a transfer to Dr Dayo’s hospital. Call the Driver to come around and inform RTW Hospital of our coming. Just tell them the patient’s information is confidential and will be shared with the doctor alone.”
“Oh! Alright Sir.” She replied as she picked the phone to start making calls.
“What’s happening?” Mark asked in worry as the Doctor turned to him.
“Mark, honestly I have never experienced this since I started doing evacuation procedures. I was already through with everything when she suddenly started bleeding and became unconscious just like that. The funniest thing is the bleeding is not controllable. There is need for blood to be transfused to her but we don’t have the facilities here. I really don’t know what to expect at this point.”
Mark stared at the Doctor in silence before the doctor added quickly.
“But there is hope. Just keep praying if you can.” He said as he rushed back into the room.
Mark walked back to where he was seated before.
He sat down silently as he bowed his head.
Even if he wanted to ask God for help he didn’t know how.
It wasn’t long before Lucy was wheeled out on a stretcher into an ambulance.
If anyone asked him what he thought would be their fate; he had no idea.
Episode 5 in a bit…
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