Chapter Two: The New Discovery.

Normally, the Maryland maternal hospital is always a crowded place filled with people with different diseases, infections, health issues, or others.

Stepping into the hospital with fewer people seen than usual was a huge surprise and a relief as well. "At least, I won't wait in line this time around," Tullah said to herself.

She walked over to the nurse's table to book an appointment with the doctor and luckily for her, the doctor was free for her now so she headed in with no delays.

"Good morning doctor" She greeted as the doctor ushered her to sit on his office couch.

"Good morning to you young lady, how may I help you?" The doctor asked even without lifting his eye away from the papers he had been looking at when Tullah had walked in. He was more focused on those papers than he was on the lady who was sitting in his office.

Tullah noticed how drawn the doctor was to those papers that he was finding it difficult to concentrate on her, so she seized the opportunity to stare around the office, while she waited for his attention.

Firstly, she made eye contact with the large portrait of a human brain sitting on the wall right behind the doctor. She took her time to study the labels one after the other but was interrupted in no short time.

"Hello young lady, I asked how I may be of help to you?" The doctor called back Tullah's attention and this time around with his head up and straight towards her.

Tullah took a deep breath before letting her mind speak. "I need a pregnancy test" She let out with her eyes half closed in order not to get the doctor's reaction.

"Oh, ok. Walk back to the nurse that ushered you into my office tell her what you just said and she will lead you on what to do before directing you back to me" Tullah simply stood up and left the office. She told the nurse what the doctor had said there Tullah was asked to pay the necessary fees and her blood samples were drawn from her.

Tullah sat in the waiting seat as she waited for the doctor to call her back into his office. She was scared, she feared for her life at this point and was not ready to risk another person's. She hoped that it wasn't what it should be, that it won't turn out positive.

"Tullah Richard?" The nurse called out. "You are up next," she said as she saw a hand up.

"Tullah Richard, right?" The doctor called out as Tullah stepped into the office once again with the door banged lock.

"Yes doctor" She sat on the couch but this time around with her back uneasy and wore a more serious face.

"Congratulations, You are four weeks pregnant," The doctor said with a huge smile on his lips hopefully waiting to hear Tullah scream out of excitement or rather still TEARS OF JOY not knowing how disgusted the lady was feeling right now.

Tullah instantly thought of a way to smug the smile away from the doctor's lips as he could not read the minute and her expression. "And you need to stop stressing cause you could lose the baby anytime if you continue with any of the exercises you do now" The doctor was referring to the bruises on her face, she knew that for sure.

"Now you can go get these prescribed drugs, it will help your body heal up fast because of the baby," The doctor said while handing her the test result.

Tullah slowly stood to her feet, she sluggishly walked out of the doctor's office with lots in her mind that she nearly quacked the next patient after her.

"Hey, look where you're going, young lady..!!" The lady snapped at her and hissed before advancing to the doctor's office.

Tullah had to think fast, needed to do something if not she would end up losing herself and the little one in her. "Should I let Saul know? Or I should keep it to myself?" These questions kept on popping into her head without answers. She couldn't let Saul know cause he wouldn't care and one day, he would beat the little one out of her like he has always done Or will telling him change something about his behavior?

"Oh certainly not" Tullah whispered to herself. She left the hospital back home without getting the prescribed drugs from the nurse. She didn't forget it, she simply couldn't afford them.

Getting to the place she calls home which is also her place of hell, she could inhale the cigarette smoke coming from the window. She cracked the door open slightly and peeped inside just to find Saul sitting at his usual spot with a cigarette in between his hands. Tullah swallowed deeply before walking into the house quietly.

"Where you coming from Tullah?" Saul's calm yet cold voice was heard and it made Tullah stop on her toes.

"Hi bea" Tullah greeted.

"I asked where you are coming from?" Saul repeated yet in a calm voice.

"I went to go see Omah from the next street" There. That is it. The lie came up which means she isn't telling Saul about the baby.

"And why will you go see her, I stated clearly that I don't want you having anything to do with her, right?" Saul stood right up and advanced himself toward Tullah while she continued to step back.

Tullah's back hit the wall so hard that she groaned in pain, Saul didn't mind that he reached out his hands and held Tullah by the neck with no intention of strangling her to death but as part of a punishment. He enclosed his hands tightly on her neck which made Tullah cough profusely.

"Saul…S.top..!!" Tullah let out a shakingly.

"You can't go on and disobey me while I do nothing" Saul drew himself closer to Tullah and kissed her forehead, then her nose, down to her lips. He kissed Tullah so roughly that she found it difficult to breathe because he had his hand tightly on her neck and now had her mouth covered with his.

Tullah tried pushing him away from herself but was too weak for that so she held on to Saul's lip with her teeth and bit him so hard that he moved away from her screaming, with his lips bleeding.