True colors revealed

“I think you have lost it, Miss Anna. You didn’t give birth to a child today. You only came here for a checkup.”

As the words left Doctor Fred’s mouth, Anna felt air leave her chest as she found herself struggling to breathe. She was confused and in pain since she was yet to recover from the hospital.

What she was more confused about was how he was standing before her and spewing lies like she was an idiot.

“Cut that stupid crap, Doctor Fred. You know that I am not stupid! You were in there with me a while ago and helped me give birth! What are you talking about?” Anna screamed at his face but, his stance was unchanging, and he continued to stare at her with a cold look.

“Jacob will murder you if he finds out that you are trying to steal my baby from me.” She threatened, pointing at his face.

Her screams were causing a scene at Doctor Fred’s hospital, so he decided to send her away.

“We have been nice to you and even offered you free treatment for your illness, but, we will no longer do so. Please leave this hospital, Miss Anastasia.” He said and called some of the nurses to throw her out.

“Let me go!” She fought, throwing their hands away, but she was too weak to stand a chance.

“I want my baby. Please…I’ll leave once I have him. I beg you..” She cried, falling on her knees. Her chest felt tight, and her wails were loud.

All she wanted was her child.

The child that she had carried for nine whole months.

As she looked around, she realized that neither Jacob nor Shayne were with her in the hospital. For the first time in Anna’s life, she felt alone.

No one in the hospital believed her.

Something did not feel right.

Even the nurses were looking at her with pity, which meant that they knew something but had been threatened to shut their mouths.

“Take her away.” Doctor Fred turned his back and left her on the ground, crying like a woman who had just lost her child.

Well, she had just lost her child.

As the nurses dragged her outside, all Anna could do was cry and beg them to let her see her baby, but no one cared to listen.

“Anna!” She heard the familiar voice of her sister.

“Shayne… .w-what’s going on? Why won’t they let me see my child? Where is Jacob?” The words left Anna’s mouth faster than she imagined. Her heart was pounding harshly against her chest and her hands were shaking.

“It’s that bastard! He did this!” Shayne screamed, eyeing the bodyguards who were still preventing her from entering the hospital.

“Jacob? Was Jacob here?” Anna asked, feeling a small ray of hope.

“He’s a fucking bastard, Anna. He came in, threw me out, stayed for a few minutes only to leave with a bunch of nurses.” She said, gritting her teeth..

As she remembered Jacob leaving the hospital with the nurses, it then dawned on her what was going on.

With a terrified look on her face and fresh tears pouring out of her eyes, she turned to her sister, who was already weak.

“You just got played, Anna. Jacob and his family… they deceived you. That man has your child!” Her hands clamped down on her mouth as the reality sunk in.

“N…no. That’s not possible. Jacob loves me…this… this has to be a misunderstanding.” Anna shook her head, cleaning her tears with the back of her palm as she forced herself to stand on her feet.

“I should go and see him. I’m sure it’s a misunderstanding. It has to be a misunderstanding.” She said, doing her best to convince herself that Shayne was wrong.

She had to be wrong.

“Take me to his house…please.” She begged her sister.

Shayne already knew that it was pointless as Jacob had already abandoned her. He was a beast who only used her for his benefit, but, Anna was too blind to see that.

Shayne hailed a taxi and helped her sister get in as they both headed for the Wades Mansion.

As soon as the taxi came to a halt, Anna flew out, leaving Shayne to tend to the driver. The only thing on her mind was to speak with her boyfriend and the father of her child…whom she still hadn’t laid her eyes on.

“J-Jacob! Jacob, it’s me, Anna. Please, Jacob. Open the door.” Anna screamed, pressing the bell at the gate repeatedly. She knew that they could see her, thanks to the security camera which was at the gate.

Shayne banged the gate like a wild woman, calling Jacob’s name, but all they got was silence.

No one came out of the house.

Thirty minutes later, Shayne was tired, and she could see that her sister was too, even though she was still leaning on the wall, pressing the doorbell like a crazed woman.

“They aren’t going to open up for us, Anna. We need to go home.” Shayne approached her sister but , Anna didn’t care about her health.

Her life was falling apart right before her eyes.

“I… I can’t leave without speaking to Jacob. I can’t.” Her voice broke, and her throat felt dry.

Shayne opened her mouth to speak when the gate suddenly opened and the person they had been calling out for came out of the building.

His sleek black Range Rover drove out of the building and he stepped out.

“Jacob!” Anna cried, running to him. Seeing him brought some relief to her. She believed that everything would be okay.

But, she was wrong.

“Why are you here, Anna? Are you mad?” His tone was cold, and his eyes were worse. The warmth and affection they used to carry whenever he looked at her were nowhere to be found.

“You’re the one who is mad, Jacob! How dare you abandon my sister in that labor room only to leave and now, the doctors are calling her crazy! Where the fuck is her child?!” Shayne screamed and went to grab his collar, but she was immediately pulled away by two ugly-looking men.

“Still so sharp mouthed, I see. You must know that I never liked you.” Jacob chuckled, drawing his eyes at Shayne who returned the harsh look. He tightened his jaw in annoyance before lowering his eyes to look at Anna.

“You do not have to worry about my child, Anna. He is safe with me and the family, where he rightfully belongs. He will live as the heir to the Wades empire as planned. You have nothing to be worried about,” he said, and a small smile brushed Anna’s lips. Her shoulders relaxed in relief.

“What about me? When…when are we having a wedding? Do I need to move into the house now that our child is here?” She asked, blinking her eyes continuously as her stomach bubbled in excitement.

“What?” A snort left Jacob’s lips before he started laughing really hard, his shoulders shaking from the force.

Anna looked at Shayne with confusion written all over her face. She couldn’t understand why he was laughing.

“Did I say something funny?” She squinted her eyes in an innocent way.

“Oh, Anna. Can’t you see what is happening or do you choose not to see it?” He said and she squinted further. She was still very confused.

Jacob cleared his throat and tucked his hands in his pockets before opening his mouth to crush her soul.

“Your work here is done. I wanted a child, you gave me one. Now, you can die for all I care. I have gotten what I wanted.”

He said and Anna felt air leave her lungs.