"Hello, Good morning Ma, I am here for a medical check-up with the doctor," Clara says calmly.
"Good morning Ma'am, please let me have your identification document, so I can book your appointment with the doctor," the secretary replied.
"Okay," Clara replied, checking her bag. "Here it is," forwarding the I.D documents with a subtle smile.
"Please, make the appointment." Says Clara.
"Okay, all set. Here is your card," she handed over the documents to Clara. "Please, kindly have a seat and wait in the room, a nurse will be with you shortly to show you to the doctor."
"Thank you very much," Clara appreciated as she went and sat down smiling, waiting for her turn to meet the doctor.
Clara Rodríguez is a 24-year-old lady who is intelligent and smart. She is a hard-working woman who is determined to succeed and have a good career. She is from California, the city where she lives with her Mother and brother. While she waited for her turn, Clara took out her mobile phone and called her best friend Sarah, who also is a colleague working with her.
"Hey girl, how is it going?" Clara ask...
"I am good Clara, where are you?" Sarah replied and asked.
"I am at the hospital. I need to do some tests and check-ups." Clara answered.
"What's the matter? Are you okay?" Sarah ask.
"I am not feeling okay, I am feeling some pains in my abdomen," Clara squeezed her face as she pressed her abdomen. "Remember I told you that yesterday."
"Oh! My bad. You told me yesterday. I remember you mentioning it to me." Sarah answer.
"So I need to run some tests," says Clara.
"Okay, when you are done, let's catch up later. See you after the appointment, let us meet at the cafe near my house. Let me know when you come." Says Sarah.
"I wish to just go home straight from the hospital," says Clara.
"There's a party at Abel's place. You should attend it." Says Sarah.
"I'll only go if you invite me," Clara comments, laughing.
"You sure know how to take advantage of the weak. Just because I want to know more about Abel I'm going, otherwise I wouldn't go." Says Clara.
"Are you still crushing on Abel? Sarah asked.
"Well, I love him and you can't blame me,"—Clara frowns at her comment. "Alright, it's time to go. I think it is my turn to go see the doctor, see you later."
"Okay, bye." Sarah hangs up the call
Sarah was already getting ready to go meet the doctor and complain of the sharp pain she felt in her lower abdomen.
Meanwhile, a nurse in her white uniform stops at the secretary's desk and asks, "Is everything ready? I hope you have already prepared the files, with the data of the patients, that the doctor will
inseminate today?"
"They are all ready," the secretary says, putting together the files. "Here they are," she handed the files to the nurse.
However, Clara's file was mixed among the files to be submitted for the insemination. A terrible mistake is about to happen which will turn the fate of Clara around.
The nurse collected the files and thanked the secretary, "Thank you," she says
"You are welcome," says the secretary.
At the hospital, the procedure for insemination is usually done in the morning, and in the afternoon it takes about three to four insemination. The nurse walks away from the secretary, who gives a subtle smile and continues working
on the computer.
The nurse looks at her files and reads the first name on it, the nurse calls Clara, who apparently will be the only patient to be attended to this morning for insemination.
Clara only wanted to see the doctor to complain of abdominal pain but her fate is about to change. She arrived very early in the morning which makes her the first patient to be attended to.
"Clara Rodríguez, is that you? —the nurse asks.
"Here I am," Clara stood up.
"Please follow me," says the nurse.
Clara walks behind the nurse and leaves as they move towards the doctor's office. Clara felt relief after realizing she would soon be done and head back to her house. She didn't eat before coming to the hospital. She was in a hurry to beat the early morning traffic. She left the house without having breakfast.
The doctor's office door was open, as two women entered, the nurse and Clara. He was busy on the phone talking to a client who needed a surrogate mother to carry his child.
"Mr. Mathew," the doctor called out the client's name and greeted him. "Good morning."
—Dr. Sandro, good morning," the client greeted. "The young woman must have arrived by now, I sent her to your office a while ago."
"Yes, I think she is here already." Replied the doctor.
"Good, see you then later," says Mr. Mathew.
The doctor hangs up the call as she stares at the nurse and Clara. "Please have a seat Miss..." he looks at the document to get her name. "Miss. Clara, I believe."
"Yes, that's me," Clara answered.
The client, with whom the doctor spoke to over the phone was Mathew Montgomery, one of the most prestigious CEOs in the country, who is the owner of an important Media company called THE SOMEDAY NEWS STATION. Mathew is an altruistic and kind-hearted young man, who always seeks to care for and protect the most vulnerable.
Mathew has been a victim of injustice and maltreatment. And over the years, he hasn't been immune from it. He built the company from the ground to its peak. His intention was to provide a platform for people who are vulnerable and victims of injustice to voice their agitation. He is also a philanthropist who helps the community and gives back to it as a way of showing gratitude. He is constantly available to be of help, especially to those who are victims of constant abuse due to their immigrant status.
Mathew does not have a male child. He needs an heir who will take over from him when he is dead. He sat in his office, his pure heart beating at full speed at this moment and he anxiously panicked. He kept perambulating around in the study room in his mansion, waiting for the doctor's news.
Meanwhile, at the doctor's office, the nurse prepares Clara for the fertilization procedure, without knowing that she is not the woman that Mr. Mathew had hired for the surrogate.
"Hello, Miss, how are you doing today? Alright let's start already," says the doctor putting on his gloves.
"Alright, put on this robe and sit here, please," says the doctor.
Clara becomes surprised, she was confused and didn't understand what was going on. She is only here for a medical check-up. Why does she have to wear a rob? The doctor asked her to spread her legs, attempting to input something in her private part. She does not understand what the doctor does as he
wants to examine her privacy.
Clara without hesitation asks,
"Do I need to undress?"
"Yes, of course, lady. Otherwise, I can't do my job." Says the doctor looking at Clara.
Clara nodded her head strangely, however, she did what the doctor told her to do. She thought well since he is the doctor, then he must know what he is doing.
The doctor immediately approached her with some equipment in his hands, "Hi miss, please relax, this will be quick," he said. "it will be very quick and painless."
Clara looks at him
nervously. She seemed not to understand what was going on but wasn't sure to ask the doctor what's his plan for her.
"Open your legs slightly," the doctor begins.
Clara calmly closes and opens her eyes, not knowing that she is being inseminated by mistake. A light tickling invades her body, along with a subtle icy breeze, which quickly internalizes her.
After a while, the doctor rose up and said to her,
"Everything is all set and ready. We are done here miss, you can go now."
"Is that all Doctor? Are there no drugs for the abdominal pain?" Clara ask.
"No. No drug is required. Don't worry, I don't think you will feel any pain with what I just did." Doctor replied.
"Okay, you know, I wasn't sure about that but since you are the doctor, then I guess I will be fine," Clara says as she gives a subtle smile.
In the midst of Clara's innocence and ignorance regarding what just happened, she did not realize what
they had just done to her, as she has never been intimate with anyone, she has only focused on
work and getting good pay, so that her mother can feel proud of her. her. This made her perceive everything to be normal.
Clara stood up and got dressed. She left the office with a worried face even though her mind was trying to be calm. She says goodbye to the doctor and the nurse with a beautiful smile.
Doctor Sandro, after doing what he was asked of him, he immediately calls Mr. Mathew to inform him of the success.
"Mr. Mathew, Everything is ready, the procedure has already been performed, and all we have to do is to wait for the results." Says the doctor over the phone. "I am confident that this time she will get pregnant?" He added.
"Okay, that's good news." Says Mr. Mathew.
"Alright make sure to inform her to come back again if eventually she starts menstruating
so that we do another procedure, I still have her samples." The doctor informs
Mr. Mathew nodded his head and replied, "If it's okay, I'll have her under watch to see if there is anything to report to you, I'll call Rose, to tell her what you're telling me." Says Mr. Mathew.
"Rose?" The doctor screams gently, and his eyes widen.
"Yes Rose Dixon, it was the girl I sent, who volunteered to give me her womb for this operation," says Mr. Mathew.
Doctor Sandro's heart skips a beat, and he begins to
panic and look for Clara's file.
"Mr. Mathew, I am sorry. There has been some mistake, the girl I inseminated is not named Rose. But Clara Rodríguez." Says Doctor Sandro.
"What do you mean, doctor Sandro?" Mr. Mathew inquires, his voice cracking with anger."
Doctor Sandro's reaction was spiteful, "Oh my God, what in this world did I just do?" exclaims the petrified doctor.
"Doctor Sandro, this must be a mistake, the lady I sent is called Rose and not Clara," Mr. Mathew yelled. "You should call her back immediately, there has to be an explanation."
"I am so sorry Mr. Mathew, this is a grievous mistake which could cost me my career for years," says Doctor Sandro.
"Well, you should find a coherent explanation," says Mr. Mathew. "Anyway, I will call Rose and I'll get back to you right away."
The doctor quickly calls the nurse and the secretary to inform them of the mistakes he had just made. He wants to know where the initial mistake started from.
"There is an emergency, I need you both to close my office and cancel today's appointments. I need to talk very seriously with you," says Doctor Sandro, looking at them with obvious concern.
"Doctor Sandro, please what's going on? The nurse asks without hesitation.
"We have made a huge mess and probably we will be in big trouble," says the doctor looking at the the nurse. "And if the news of it comes to light it would be the end for all of us."
"Uhmm doctor, I am beginning to feel unease. You are scaring me?" exclaims the secretary.
Doctor Sandro turns to the secretary, "The girl that came to you this morning, you filed her report, was she not here for the insemination?" The doctor asks the secretary.
The secretary bowed her head in regret, realizing what had just happened. She felt a shock wave rip her spine at what the doctor just ask her.
"Oh no! Miss. Clara came for a routine check-up. She complained of abdominal pain, not for an insemination." Says the secretary.
The doctor hit the table in frustration, his eyes were already red and his face furious at her, " Then why did you put her file in the insemination folder?"
" This is a terrible mistake,
now we are all lost. What do we do now doctor?" The nurse asks.
Doctor Sandro was left confused and lost in thoughts, "I need some fresh air, both of you should leave the office right now," says the doctor, removing his eyeglasses and losing his necktie. "I need to think now."
Both the nurse and the secretary were about to leave the office when a young woman in her early thirties knocked on the door.
"Who is that," Doctor Sandro asks the nurse quietly."I thought I made myself clear to cancel all appointments, didn't you?" He asks turning towards the secretary with a low voice.
But before he could finish his words, the young lady entered the office.
"Hello, good morning, I am Rose. Mr. Mathew sent me here for the insemination," says the lady, chewing some bubble gum.
Doctor Sandro turns and looks at both the nurse and his secretary. He gave a long sigh and buried his head in his palms.
He murmured, "No, this is not happening. Not after 25 years of my medical service working years."
"I am sorry, are you guys having a meeting or something like that?" Rose asks looking confused.
"Yes," the nurse quickly replied to her. "We are having a meeting. And sorry today's appointment has been cancelled." She added.
"But, Mr. Math...," Rose was quickly interrupted again before she finished her sentence.
"Sorry, Miss. Rose," the doctor cut in. "It was Mr. Mathew that canceled the appointment."
"But why?" She asks.
"We don't Know, but maybe you should call him," says the doctor.
Rose shrugs her shoulder and walks out of the office.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mathew sat in his garden outside his mansion.
He called Rose but he couldn't reach her. He mutters to himself,
"Where in this world is she?"
And just as he was about to drop the phone, his phone rang, he immediately picked it up thinking it was Rose but it was the distraught doctor who was calling.
"Hello, Mr. Mathew, I fear something terrible is about to happen, I got the wrong woman inseminated," says the doctor. Mr. Mathew sighs heavily at the other end before Doctor Sandro continues.
"The girl is called Clara Rodríguez. I fear for the success of this proceeding. If it becomes a success and she eventually becomes pregnant, I will be finished." Says the doctor.
"Well, that will be on you, not me," says Mr. Mathew. "I mean, you should be more careful with your work.
" You have to help me, Mr. Mathew. I won't be able to live with this discredit." Says Doctor Sandro.
"Well, you should calm down doctor, and focus," says Mr. Mathew. "I think, the only way I can help you right now is to at least get a photo or any of her identity."
"Let me see," says doctor Sandro, checking the files in front of him. "There isn't a single photo of hers, she didn't even leave a phone number, nor an address." Says Doctor Sandro.
"In that case, there is nothing I can do, doctor Sandro." Says Mr. Matthew.
"This is a terrible mistake by the secretary, which will cost us all our lives. The only thing I have here is her name, Clara Rodríguez." Says the doctor.
"How do you expect me to find her by just her name? Goodsakes! Clara Rodriguez is a very common name, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack," says Mr. Mathew.
"I just hope the insemination fails," says the doctor.
"No.no.no, it must not fail. I need a child by all means doctor Sandro." Mr. Mathew says with a thundering voice.
"I will take my precautions anyway, goodbye," the doctor hangs up the call and decides to run away unceremoniously, he will not stay present, to see what happens after the mistake made.