"It's so good to see you here Laura," Percy said hugging Laura as she entered the house, she had come unannounced she wanted to surprise her dad as she had not seen him since Christmas,"It's good to see you too, is my dad around?""Oh no, he went to the market in town, the boss came in three days and we are low on food supply,""What,? Devon is here? I thought he was in the city,""Yes, but he came in surprisingly three nights ago and he has been in a foul mood since, not coming out of his room, he just stays there, no one knows what happened to him, the boss might be a celebrity but he is very private too, I wish he can talk to someone, now that you are here you should help get him out, he needs to eat at least," Percy said and walked off without waiting for her response, she didn't know he would be here, she thought he would be in the city since that's where he has been staying for a while, she has been avoiding him, he called her a couple of time but she hadn't answered, hadn't r
"I can't believe you gave me false hope Laura,"Tasha said in welcome when Laura entered the nurses' room that Monday, she looked really done, the others in the room were all looking at her."What are you talking about Tas?"She asked even though she knew what she was saying."You told me Devon owns the baby when you know they are not even pregnant in the first place, I hate you, and did you see the photos making around on the internet? I feel betrayed.""Leave the girl alone, if you attack her, how will she answer our questions?"Jane said pulling Tasha back."Yo! Laura, you finally arrived, you have a lot to answer to girl," Nathan said as he entered the room."What are you guys talking about?""Laura, there are photos on the internet, after the news that the alleged pregnancy was faked, the media wanted to hear Devon part of the story and someone tipped them off of his location I think and some photos of you and him are all over the internet," Sophia explained."What? What photos?
"Mark called while you were bathing, baby,""Oh really?""Yes, Eva just put to birth,""Oh my God! Really? That's so nice, a new baby, I love babies,"She said in excitement while dressing up."Yeah, me too, Susan and Sophia are next,""Yes, and Sylvia too but hers is still far away,""Wow, so many babies around, that's nice,"He replied, his thought, went back to the child he almost had, he has gotten over it but from time to time, he still felt the loss of the baby that was never there, he confronted Cleo and she told him that they never slept together that day, she made the whole thing up, he decided not to do anything to her so long as she stayed away from him and his affairs and so far for a long time, he had not seen her or heard from her, which was good, he liked his life now."Are you okay?"She asked coming close to him while buttoning her top."Yes I am fine, get dressed will you? Your dad is expecting us,""I am almost ready,"She replied with an eye roll, they were visitin
"Did you hear"?Jane screamed as she walked, more like ran into the nurse's room of the Melody Memorial Hospital startling her co-nurses." what is it this time Jane?" asked Nathan. he sure was used to her dramatic ways already. Jane rolled her eyes as she sat down heavily."Well good afternoon everyone, I have got news," she said."what is it"? asked Laura." oh hi Laura didn't know I will see you here today, I thought it was your week off"?"yeah"Laura answered. She was supposed to be off until next week but Sylvia had called her just this morning to ask her to replace her for the week. Laura had wanted to tell her no as she had planned her week off, she had wanted to go spoil herself a little since it has been a while she's done that. but Sylvia had sounded so desperate that she had not been able to tell her no. "Laura" Jane called breaking Laura from her thoughts."yeah I am working for Slyvia, she had to travel home to see her parents."oh well okay"."what's the news you have"?
"Ouch, that hurt as fvck" Devon yelled in pain."Fvck!!! Be careful will you, I am in a lot of pain already don't add to it"."Sorry Mr. Williams, but no matter how I try it will be painful you just have to bear the pain". The doctor or whatever he is said. "Well make it less painful, that's your job," Devon replied pissed with himself and the doctor.This was all her fault, that b*tch from the night before. "Fvck!!" He yelled again as the pain skyrocketed."Mr. Williams you have to calm down, you moving, screaming, or yelling will not help either of us. If only you had agreed to surgery as soon as you were brought in you won't have been feeling this much pain by now".The doctor continued without a pause. Devon had no come back for that, yeah he was at fault he should have allowed the doctors to do their job but he had thought the accident wasn't that serious to require surgery."I have got to prepare you for surgery the doctor will be here soon." Oh, well he is not the doctor."God
Laura spent most of her shift doing the things she normally does, administers drugs and injections to the in-patient under her care, prep some for surgery, tried to calm frightened relatives of patients down, and so on. She was now in the ward to do her last roll call before she leaves for the day. It's was almost 8: 30 pm."Hi, good evening Mr. Sean" Laura greeted her last patient for the day."Hi Nurse Laura " he replied."How are you feeling and how did your day go?" Laura asked smiling at him. "I am feeling okay and my day was boring Nurse, how soon can I be discharged?" The patient Mr. Sean asked."Soon sir, we just have to run you through some more processes Laura answered."In the main time here is your last drug for today" she added."No, not again I don't want more medicine Nurse", he lamented." Mr. Sean,"Laura called with a soft smile, "you have to take your drugs, you must complete the full dose. It's very important "."All alright nurse, he said and collected the drugs
Devon woke up to see Mark and a lady standing close to his bed, they were talking in low voices. He kept his eyes shut as he tried to figure out how long he has been asleep. He was usually a light sleeper so the anesthesia must be the reason he slept for so long. His motto is Sleep is for the lazy. The pain in his leg was not so much anymore.Initially, when he was brought to the hospital he had not wanted to have surgery he had requested pain killers and a massage. The doctor had told him he needs surgery but he refused. It had to take the pain in his legs increasing for him to agree to sign the surgery consent paper. if he had known he wouldn't have been stubborn and just signed the paper as soon as he was asked to."He will be up soon he doesn't sleep much "he heard Mark say to the lady whom he assumed was either a doctor or a nurse she wasn't wearing any uniform so he couldn't tell."I hope he gets better real quick, he does not like to sit in one place."Mark continued.Devon tr
"Laura, hi how are you?"Laura heard Sylvia say as soon as she answered her phone."I am fine, Sylvia, how was your journey?" She asked."It was smooth, I am sorry I called you without any previous information. It was urgent and I couldn't call in at work that I won't be coming at the last minute and thankfully you were off work. Thanks for responding, I appreciate it.""It's okay Slyvia what are friends for?""Thanks again Laura,""Yeah, anyway I am going for home service." Laura disclosed."Really? It's supposed to be my turn. I'm so sorry Laura." Sylvia said sounding displeased with herself."It's okay Sylvia," Laura responded laughing"You won't feel sorry if I tell you who he is Sylvia though I didn't know about him until today I heard he is a big name an.."Who is he?" Sylvia asked with excitement cutting her off."Well, Devon.""Wait what did you say? Did I hear you right? Did you just say, Devon? Is it the Devon I know the billionaire handsome superstar or do you mean someone
"Mark called while you were bathing, baby,""Oh really?""Yes, Eva just put to birth,""Oh my God! Really? That's so nice, a new baby, I love babies,"She said in excitement while dressing up."Yeah, me too, Susan and Sophia are next,""Yes, and Sylvia too but hers is still far away,""Wow, so many babies around, that's nice,"He replied, his thought, went back to the child he almost had, he has gotten over it but from time to time, he still felt the loss of the baby that was never there, he confronted Cleo and she told him that they never slept together that day, she made the whole thing up, he decided not to do anything to her so long as she stayed away from him and his affairs and so far for a long time, he had not seen her or heard from her, which was good, he liked his life now."Are you okay?"She asked coming close to him while buttoning her top."Yes I am fine, get dressed will you? Your dad is expecting us,""I am almost ready,"She replied with an eye roll, they were visitin
"I can't believe you gave me false hope Laura,"Tasha said in welcome when Laura entered the nurses' room that Monday, she looked really done, the others in the room were all looking at her."What are you talking about Tas?"She asked even though she knew what she was saying."You told me Devon owns the baby when you know they are not even pregnant in the first place, I hate you, and did you see the photos making around on the internet? I feel betrayed.""Leave the girl alone, if you attack her, how will she answer our questions?"Jane said pulling Tasha back."Yo! Laura, you finally arrived, you have a lot to answer to girl," Nathan said as he entered the room."What are you guys talking about?""Laura, there are photos on the internet, after the news that the alleged pregnancy was faked, the media wanted to hear Devon part of the story and someone tipped them off of his location I think and some photos of you and him are all over the internet," Sophia explained."What? What photos?
"It's so good to see you here Laura," Percy said hugging Laura as she entered the house, she had come unannounced she wanted to surprise her dad as she had not seen him since Christmas,"It's good to see you too, is my dad around?""Oh no, he went to the market in town, the boss came in three days and we are low on food supply,""What,? Devon is here? I thought he was in the city,""Yes, but he came in surprisingly three nights ago and he has been in a foul mood since, not coming out of his room, he just stays there, no one knows what happened to him, the boss might be a celebrity but he is very private too, I wish he can talk to someone, now that you are here you should help get him out, he needs to eat at least," Percy said and walked off without waiting for her response, she didn't know he would be here, she thought he would be in the city since that's where he has been staying for a while, she has been avoiding him, he called her a couple of time but she hadn't answered, hadn't r
Devon drove to a stop on his way to Clovers and parked his car by the roadside, he stood there for hours wondering how he could have been so stupid and trusting, this would not have happened if he had just had the sense to verify what Cleo had said, no he chose to believe her and look where that has landed him, he should have known not to trust her, she lied to him while they were still dating so what stopping her from lying again, he needed answers from her, he could go without finding those he got into his car and drove back to his house, he met her while she was moving her stuff she looked shocked to see him, the first thing he noticed was that she no longer had the baby bump,"You are back? I was just leaving" she said, she didn't even feel remorseful which made him angry all over again."I have a question Cleo did we really sleep together that night because till now I don't have any memory of that happening.""I don't have to answer that,""Oh you do because if you don't give me
"What? You are doubting me now?"She asked, getting up and walking away from him, which gave him even more reason to doubt her, she looked uncomfortable."I am not doubting you but the doctor said he carried out a scan to see if the baby was doing fine but nothing was seen and also he did a pregnancy test which turned out negative, forgive me for not trusting you Cleo but you just have to do the test and it will be clear because as it stands now I don't know what to believe.""I don't want to do a test, I am pregnant and you can see the baby bump, you saw the scan photos last week and that's enough proof,""No, that's not proof," he said getting annoyed. "That's not proof because I just realized that even though I go with you to your appointment you always make me do one thing or the other when its time to see your doctor and I only saw the picture but I wasn't there when the scan was done, neither did I see my baby, so if you don't mind going to the bathroom with me and peeing on a s
"Doctor, what did you just say?"Devon asked in confusion."Mr. Williams, I said that your girlfriend is not pregnant, no the test results came out negative,""Are you sure? Then why is her stomach getting bigger?"Devon asked in confusion, he was at the city hospital, he received a call earlier that Cleo had collapsed at a filming set, he had told her to stop or pause her activities or at least limit them but she had not listened and just kept doing what she liked, guess she was still angry over his decision not to rush into marrying her, she wanted them to get married before their child is born but he didn't want that and going by what the doctor just said there might not be a child in the first place, but that can't be possible because he had gone with her to two or three doctors appointment."That I can't explain now until I examine her again, we just did a few tests and also gave her some medications to revive her, more tests will be carried out when she finally is stable but fo
The days slowly turned into weeks and before long Laura returned to work and soon even the weeks turned into months, Christmas came by and went, she spent the holiday with her family, it was the best Christmas ever for her, she had a great time meeting her extended family, are aunties, uncles, grandparents, and cousins, she got used to been called Selena, the best part was the days she spent at her dad's house in Clovers, she had so much fun that at some point she had forgotten her heartbreak, that's a lie, she didn't forget, not even once, throughout everything she always remembered him, her thought always drift off to him, sometimes it hurt thinking about him and other times, it didn't he was in her head going to bed and waking up, she tried to avoid looking him up on the net to see what he was up to and when she did give in and checked on him, there wasn't much except the fact that he had an upcoming album, that was it, no news on the possible birth of a baby neither was there any
"So this is how it's gonna be?" She asked crying, he didn't know what to do with her tears didn't like it when he is the reason someone is crying but he couldn't promise her marriage either not when he knew he didn't love her and when he had some else in his heart if they got married they would both be unhappy, he just didn't know why she isn't seeing it like that, getting married cuz of a child is not it."I don't know what else to say to you Cleo, you just don't get it, I can't marry you, I am in love with someone else,""But you were in love with me once, we almost got married, remember? You can love me again, I am willing to wait until you love me again,"She said in a pleading voice, he sighed in tiredness, he had explained over and over again the reasons that he can't marry her but she seemed to be bent on marrying him."You know what, Cleo, can we give this some time, let's just see how this whole thing plays out, right now I am going through a lot, and getting married is not
"I am not gonna marry you, Cleo, I am not ready for marriage yet, and I don't want to spend the rest of my life in regret, we give birth to this child and just wait to see how far it goes, I didn't break up with Laura just so I can marry you, no, I just felt it was right since you were going to need all the help you can get and I don't want to miss out of anything for my child, also I don't want her to feel less, so if you think you have won then think again,"They were at her house, he had come to check up on her and she had brought up the topic of marriage, again for the hundred times, but his answer reminded the same, he wasn't going to marry her, not only for him but for her too, them getting married would be a big mistake, he has seen a lot of couples who married for love ending up getting a divorce not to talk of them, he couldn't do it."Well, if you don't marry me, then kiss goodbye to having a say in our child's life, I am not gonna settle for less,""I am not gonna have this