Sweat had formed big beads on her face by the time she woke up even though the air conditioner in her room had been on all night.
Oh! My God!
She jerked off from the bed, her heart raced faster than it had ever done.
She examined the room with her eyes and placed a hand on her forehead in her sitting position.
Thank goodness, it's only a dream.
She quickly picked up her phone, it was 7:30 and she had not received any calls from her mother.
Ha!
The door flung open, and there he was looking at her. His intense looks always made her uncomfortable under her own skin.
"Seen a ghost?" Andrew asked.
"Morning sir" she nurtured uncomfortably.
He nodded a response at her.
"Do not be late for your appointment with the doctor today, I will have the driver take you there when you're ready". He said, still looking at her intensely.
She gave him a repeated nod,
".And please do something to that hair of yours, you look like a drenched dog", he chuckled and left the room.
(Proud bastard, She cursed in her mind.)
She went to the bathroom and turned on the shower. She let the warm water run into the tub for a while before stepping. She let the warm water run through her hair, and did a bit of washing with the shampoo she saw in the bathroom. It smells nice, a good mixture of lavender and rose mint.
There was a knock on her door and so she paused to listen.
"Who's that?" She asked as loud as she could.
Ma'am, your breakfast is served.
It was Madea.
"Okay, thanks I will be out in a minute", she called out.
(Door closes)
She came out of the bathroom feeling more fresh and excited than she had entered. She applied a little cream on her skin, then searched through her bag for underwear…she placed them carefully on the bed.
(Well I would need more of these), she thought. She might as well go over to her hostel apartment when she's done at the hospital to pick up a few things she might need. She picked out a simple red dress and a pair of flat shoes. Combed her hair and made a simple pony tail out of it.
By the time she was done dressing up she arranged her bag and picked up the dollar notes Andrew had given her a night before.
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Her breakfast had been served in a royal way. This was new to her and it seemed strange. Having to eat on a beautiful table such as this. She had only seen this kind of royal treatment in movies.
It was Salmon salad with sesame dressing. It tasted good. She nodded to herself a few times.
Thank you, she said to Madea, on her way out to meet the driver who was waiting for her in the car.
She opened the car and sank deep on the back seat of the SUV. It was the same car that had brought her to this beautiful mansion the previous day.
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Meanwhile at the hospital she didn't spend so much time like she did the day before.
Good morning Doctor Karl, she greeted as she entered the office.
He raised his head away from what he was reading.
Oh there, morning Miss Angela.
"You're right on time, please sit, '' he said, pointing to the seat in front of her.
She did so, arranging herself properly on the seat.
The results are all out, she was clean of all the tests.
"So I can have a baby right?", She asked
"Yes," the doctor replied.
Can I have it now?
"What?"
"Can I have the procedures done now, I'm ready", she said.
"Well, no you can't, we would need Mr. Andrews sperm, we are yet to get it. We did a few tests on him a few months ago and we would need him to give us the one we would use to fertilize the eggs in your ovaries", he said. Smiling.
"Here's the test results, you can go through them".
She took the envelope and shoved it in her bag. What's the point he had said she was clean and even if she reads through she couldn't pick out anything from it.
Thank you doctor. We will return in two days like you said. Have a nice day.
She left.
"Take me to UHS Binghamton General Hospital", she said to the driver.
"Yes ma'am ".
She had to do this before it's evening, she wasn't yet pregnant for him so she could do a few things.
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Room 306 ward six ,the nurse had told her…
She carefully pushed the room door open, there he was lying with the oxygen max on his nose.
"Angela, what a surprise", her mother said.
"I couldn't wait till the weekend to come see you like you asked",
"How's he doing?"
"Stable a bit", her mother responded.
Here, she handed her mother the $4000 Andrew had given her the night before. For the week's bill.
Where did you get this huge amount of money from?
Mom please, not now. The most important thing is it can sort out the bill for the week. I will try my best to make sure he stays alive. But you must promise me that you'll stay here and watch over him.
"Where's Mark"? She asked.
"I sent him over to aunty Maggie's place, I can't have him around with your father like this. He'd have to stop schooling for now". She sighed heavily.
"Ok that's fine, she said after staring at her father for a few minutes.
"I have to go now".
"But you just got here", he mom opposed.
"Yes, I know mom. I have a job now and only took a break to come see how you and dad are doing. She responded.
"Okay, be good and be a good girl", her mother said, kissing her on the cheek.
"Alright mom".
Angela walked hurriedly out of the hospital. She had to be home before Andrew found out she had come to see her family.
She sent a text to Andrew that she was done with the appointment but had to pick up a few things from her hostel apartment.
We can go home now, she said to the driver.
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