ELIZABETHI am pregnant…Or had I heard the doctor wrong? He is congratulating Jason and I also hear him call me Jason’s girlfriend but I do not have the strength to correct him. This is exactly what I had signed up for when I signed the contract to be a surrogate but now that it is happening, I feel so lost and scared. Jason is looking at me with concern and I know he is probably wondering what I am thinking about and so I tell him congratulations even though I am feeling anything other than excited.“how are you feeling?” he is asking me.“surprised I guess and the realization has finally dawned on me.” I say touching my belly.“can I?” he asks staring at my stomach.I smile and ask him for his hand which I place on my stomach, I watch his face light up with joy and I can swear I have never seen him so happy.We get home and I break the good news to my best friend Mara who jumps up in happiness but does not come over to hug me, no doubt she does not want to crush the baby.We go to
JASONI had dreamt of her… teasing me and owning me completely. My dreams are my own so how are they revolving around my surrogate of recent? The mirror showed that I had hardly slept as dark circles popped underneath my eyes.I groaned, rubbing them delicately… such torment, both at night and day.I remembered that I had promised her a visit to her mother who is undergoing intensive treatments in one of the best hospitals in the state. The shrill of my phone interrupts my thoughts.“yes? Jason Rodrigues speaking.” I said into the receiver.“good morning sir, the meeting with the baddgermans is scheduled for today and the meeting with your father’s top client plus luncheon date with Sandra and the new clients we have been trying to secure all week are finally asking for a meeting. You have golf with…”“Angela?” I interrupted.“yes boss?”“hold all my meetings for today, I have something important to do”“yes sir” she said, hanging up.I sigh in frustration and switch off my phone, no
ELIZABETHhis ex? If there were broken up then why was she so angry about my presence? She had said something about a date, I thinkas I walk up to my room.I am still happy about meeting my mother but the scene caused by his ex is threatening to override the joy I am feeling.I am in dire need of a bath and so I jump into the shower, careful not to use cold water. I have no idea if that can affect the baby but I don’t want to take any chances with it.My mind still strays back to the scene and his ex calling me a bitch and I can also remember him threatening her, it makes me feel warm inside but I attribute this to the temperature of the water. He had given no other explanation other than she was his ex but did he not know that I wanted more light thrown on the ex topic?I wear a turtleneck sweater and baggy pants and step out of my room to the kitchen, I am starving and have plans to make myself food seeing as Agatha was no where in sight and I do not want to bother the poor woman.
JASONToday is the dinner party and I know Elizabeth is putting up a strong front for me but she is indeed terrified that she is going to be meeting my parents who have made it a point to tell me to invite the surrogate for the party. I did not tell her about their request of course, there was no need for to get riled up about their interest in her. The only thing I know that I can do to assist is by allowing her come with her own social support in the form of her best friend, Mara.I watched her fret about what to wear after returning from shopping with her friend.“I did not get anything presentable.” She wailed, clutching at her hair which I found funny and would have laughed if I did not think that she would not find my amusement funny.“Elizabeth, you are being paranoid right now. You do not need to make any statement while with me to anyone.”“you don’t understand, first impression matters and I will be meeting your father and mother, even your sister will be present. Now what w
ELIZABETHThe party sucked but I smiled through it, the introduction with the ex had gone way better than I had anticipated and that was thanks to Jason steering her away from her direction.“what do you think?” I asked Mara as we both sat at the VIP table overlooking the other guests.“I want to go home, soak my feet in some stress relaxing warm water with cheeseballs in one hand and then watch some TV program until sleep finally comes knocking.” She whispered to me earning the disapproving stare of a woman on our right, no doubt on of the aunties.She stuck her tongue out at the woman and I laughed, trying desperately to hold it in.“I’m sorry that I dragged you all the way here, I really should have just let you go with that oddly vivid description of what you would love to be doing at the moment.” I said smiling sadly at her.I could feel the beginning of tears and blinked my eyes furiously,Stupid pregnancy hormones.“the reason why I am here is because of women like that looking
JASONI would agree with Elizabeth, days later that the party indeed sucked and the only reason I was able to still be at it was because of my father and her.The introduction to my father had gone better than I expected, maybe it had something to do with his cancer and the fact that it was also his birthday but he gave no trouble at all which was something for me to be worried about, I made a mental note to talk to him after the circus of a party and know his thoughts.The remaining of my family members were nowhere to be seen and so Mara, Elizabeth and I decided to stand over at the island and get a drink at once. Of course, Elizabeth went for water because she was now pregnant and had to avoid anything at all that would affect the baby inversely.“look who the cat dragged in” my sister called.I hadn’t seen her in a long while and so we hugged before I introduced her to Elizabeth who had a big smile on her face.“oh look, it’s the surrogate” she had said.My hands stilled in anger
ELIZABETHSomething was wrong… I had no idea what it was but as I lay in my bed in Jason’s family house, I knew something was wrong.I suddenly felt it, the reason I had woken up in such a panic, a sharp jab in my stomach was enough to get me sprawling on the ground so I could crawl away from whatever was causing me pain.I saw it… the blood, trailing me from the bed and onto the ground as I cried.A blood curdling scream tore from my throat as my knees buck and I fell, crying and crying.It was a big house so chances were that I had not been heard. I slapped a hand to my mouth crying as I frantically looked around for my phone.I was losing the baby, something had to be done, all these and more ran through my mind as I finally located my phone and dialed Jason’s number, sobbing.“Elizabeth, are you okay?” he asked, I had woken him up from sleep.“I...I…don’t… please come, I am losing the baby.” I cried, the phone falling from my hand.It was only a matter of seconds before he burst i
JASONThe chances in young females who have never given birth are low and also for virgins, the only way we can be sure is if you are to have actual sex with the lady…The doctor droned on but it was fine to say that I was not listening to him, my thoughts were filled with concern for Elizabeth and how she was taking this worse than I was.The call from her had snapped me to attention and seeing her in a fetal position on the floor, trying to protect the baby was my undoing. I did not want to think about what could have been but what was right now and my plans were to make sure I did everything to make her forget this unfortunate incident.“are you listening to me, Mr. Rodrigues?” the doctor asked after some time.“you were saying?” I responded, still not listening.“you have to have actual sex with your girlfriend if you want her to get pregnant.” He said.“I hear you doctor and we will consider that, just please make sure nothing happens to her.”Mara was waiting inside the room wit