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Danger Lurks

Proserpina

I waited in the doctors’ clinic, feeling my anxiety grow. The doctor who had been with me through my pregnancy with Claude was not available; he was out of station said the nurse politely. Instead, I was directed to a woman who looked at me over the top of her spectacles severely. She had white hair in a short, neat style and thin, unsmiling lips.

When she began to examine me and asked me the regular questions, I could see she was taken aback to know I had had three children.

She looked at me again, sharply as though to be certain I was not joking.

Frowning, she looked at my face and said,

“You are rather young…you must have had your first child …’

“My twins.’ I said softly. ‘My first children are twins.’

Her frown intensified as I was led to the room where the ultrasound was done.

She gave me another rather incredulous look and began to watch the monitor screen.

She looked puzzled and snapping at the nurse, she asked for a second Ultrasound to be done.

I bit my lip hard as
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