Jude bit his lips to calm himself. He cut off the phone call, and faced the doctor. He exhaled, and muttered in a quiet but stressed tone, "Do what you need to do doctor, please. I have to resolve some issues. I will be back in a few minutes, something came up" he stared at Raina when he said last statement. Raina was reluctant to let him go as she clung to his arm, but he smiled reassuringly at her. Jude pecked her forehead before he hurriedly strolled out of the room. Raina was treated with a High level of comfort and tenderness before she sat comfortably on the treatment bed. She was feeling a great amount of anxiety sitting in a space with people she didn't know and wasn't used to. "Sorry Doctor, I have to tell him something" Raina mumbled, referring to Jude as she pointed to the room's exit. The doctor and nurse looked at themselves and smiled in response instead. "Thanks," Raina appreciated, and scurried out of the room. Her purpose in running to meet Jude was to ask him ab
Without being cognizant of the world's outrage and bitterness towards her, Raina sat calmly on the clinic couch to answer the nurse's queries about the symptoms she was experiencing. With a sweet smile, Nurse Kaitlin continued, "Are there any more symptoms aside from feeling nauseous, and cold?""Someone told me about my breasts.." Raina pauses as she feels embarrassed when she recalls Jude's observation of her body a few days back. "That my breast was kinda tender and heavier. I don't know, but it seems true and like something...ing you need to know '' Raina finished with an uncertain tone. She nervously watches the nurse script everything she says in a notepad. "These symptoms give a direct portrayal of your health situation, Miss Raina, but you will still carry out the test because accuracy is the best. You don't have to worry about anything. The nurse will attend to you while I go to line out your medical report" the doctor says in a calm, and soothing voice that made Raina's ner
Nurse Kaitlin was shocked because she wasn't expecting Raina to mutter something like that. She stood up and slowly strolled to the other side of the bed where Raina huddled herself as she wept profusely, her knees wrapped around her chest with her hands shielding her body. Kaitlin places her hand on Raina's knee. She didn't flinch this time as Kaitlin's touch was gentle and reassuring. Kaitlin glanced at her patient in the eye, her expression calm and steady. "I understand how you're feeling," she said, her voice low and soothing. "It's okay to be scared and overwhelmed. But I want you to know that you have options. You don't have to make any decisions right now. I'm here for you, no matter what you choose but at the same time, aborting this baby isn't preferable. Think of this baby as a blessing, and daydream about how he or she looks. Whether he or she will resemble you or their father. Wonder the names you will love to give them. I do know you are stressed out but sincerely, I am
As the sun began to set, Raina's eyes fluttered open. She blinked a few times, her vision blurry, and her head fuzzy. She lay still for a moment, taking in her surroundings. Slowly, her senses began to return, and she realized that she was in her bed, in her own room. She couldn't easily recall any memory of how she had gotten there, but she was grateful to be at home. Her body felt heavy, and her head throbbed as if she had been in a deep sleep for hours.As Raina's mind began to clear, she remembered the events of the day. The doctor's visit, the news of her pregnancy, the media's judgement, and her father's disappointment in her, including the panic and confusion she had felt. She remembered breaking down and sobbing, and then feeling too tired to move. She vividly recalled that she had passed out when pleading with her angry father who she assumed must have brought her into her room, and now she was waking up to the soft glow of the sunset. It was evening already. The realizatio
The revelation that Raina was his uncle's ex-fiancee was like a punch to the gut for Jude. Of course, he didn't fully believe it because he had once playfully asked Raina when he had assumed her living at his uncle's estate, and she had immediately denied it. Jude felt humiliated but didn't hang around the thought of his father's words as he spat out the blood in his mouth. He chortles, wipes his lips, and walks past his mother who has her hand covering her mouth in panic. His mother was still pushing hard to reckon that her husband had settled for violence to punish their son. She rushed towards her son and pulled him from his shoulder to face her. Jude tried to jerk his arm out of his mother's grip but had a second thought as he was feeling fatigued, and weary once again. He complied with his mother's insistence to help him clean up his wounded mouth. She gently pulled him to sit on one of the sofas and settled beside him also. Jude rolled his eyes when she shouted the name of on
Raina softens her gaze at Jude. They intensely stared at each other for a few seconds before she pulled her father by his arm, and walked towards their apartment entrance. "Don't let me see him here again! I don't want to see you with my daughter. You were a red flag right from the beginning" her father kept yelling as he kept turning his head to look at Jude. He felt a surge of pain and anger at Raina's father's hurtful words, but his stare was focused on Raina. He slowly moved towards them, and Raina honed an augury stare at him to stop moving any closer. "Won't you come for today's tutoring? Today is the last day, remember?" Jude tried to convince her in a soft tone, but she was mute instead, while her father snorted. "You are not seeing my daughter ever again. Go and look for another lesson tutor. Thank you for ruining her reputation" he yelled and shut the door in Jude's face. Immediately, Raina's father's throat choked him. He slid down with his back on the door as he cough
Raina's body language was tense, and fidgety as she lowered her gaze. She was nervous to make eye contact, "I truly don't know what you are talking about" She denied again as she stretched her hand over the bistro table to give him his medical report. "It's obvious that you are lying," Gerold chortles softly and collects the medical report. The servers served two cups of cappuccino for each of them, and about five cannoli ( a tube-shaped pastry filled with sweetened ricotta cheese) in a cannoli shell. The sweet aroma filled the air.Raina scratched her neck nervously as she wasn't planning to stay any minute longer. With the whole setting, she doesn't think she would want to easily shove him off with an excuse of going to meet Jude even though he knows that she wants to leave. She watched him monitor the servers until they were far from them. Gerold suspiciously glanced around their spot. He exhaled in relief and relaxed when he was satisfied that no one was lingering around. "Our
"Jude…Jude…Jude…" Raina called in small whispers and negligibly pushed Gerold from the way. She scurried out of the coffee shop with a heart beating out of rhyme, but only to watch Jude zoom his car in a high momentum out of the coffee shop car park. She squatted on that spot in extreme disappointment as she felt a sense of guilt knowing that she had played a role in making him feel hurt. Apparently, Jude had been anxiously waiting outside the Estate's gate even before it clocked the one-hour time Raina had mentioned to him. He intended to not delay her, but after patiently waiting for an hour and about forty minutes later, he felt dehydrated. He cursed himself for not holding his usual bottle of water, and his senses ricocheted to the coffee shop he usually sees out of a blur whenever he drives to pick Raina up. It was just a minute's ride, and his choice was to pack his coffee together and come back to wait, but because he still didn't want Raina to feel distressed about his prese