Small Town Girl — Chapter 21

I have started going to work as I promised my boss, Natalie, and Annie, I drop Mia at school today before coming to work, I saw Anna and she asks me how I am feeling and I said I am fine but I am surprised because I did not tell her that I am sick.

"Mr. Nate told me that you are sick, so how are you feeling now?" She asked me

"I am good, thanks," I said

"I want to come to check you at home but you did not pick my calls" Thanks to my boss for covering me up because I don't know how I will face her if she knows the truth

"I am sorry, I am really down that I did not pick any calls," I said to her

She explains to me all the pending work to do and the ones that she is yet to complete, I finish everything and Annie called me that she will go and pick Mia from school that I should concentrate on my work and not think of anything.

Annie is still with me, she said she will go back next week, she supposed to have travel back since but she said she can't leave me like that, I really appreciate all that she has done for me for the past one week, she is the one taking care of Mia, cooking for her, dropping and picking her from school, the next day after the horrible night I always have a nightmare of him of what happen that night, when I wake up I won't be able to sleep again.

After a long day at work, I went home and prepare dinner then call Annie and Mia to come and eat, after we finish eating Annie suggest that maybe I should follow in back to Texas so that I can forget about everything because Nick is Nate's friend which means I will be seeing him sometimes and when I saw him I will remember that night I wanted to forget. I told her that I will stay here if I will be seeing him then I will find another job, I can tell my boss, Mr. Nate, to help me to find another job, running away from your problem can't solve the problem.

She said ok but if I change my mind then I can call her that I am always welcome to her place, then I hug her and said thank you. After that, I put Mia to bed and go back to the living room with Annie and we watch some movies before we went to bed to sleep.

One month later

I am back to my normal life like before, Annie has gone back, and sometimes Natalie call me to spend the weekend with her but I went one time and I told her she does not need this because I am fine and she said okay if I need anything I should call her or Nate. Since that day I have not seen Nick and he has not come to meet my boss at all, maybe they are fighting or they are meeting outside I don't know.

Today after work I went to pick Mia from school and when I get home I decided to prepare dinner because Mia said she wants to eat Nigerian fried rice and chicken and I don't have ready-made with the food I made during the weekend for weekday food, so I decided to make it. While am cooking am feeling nausea like the smell of the food is bad, but ignore it and continue cooking after I finish cooking the food does not look delicious for me to eat.

I wake up in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom to vomit and I clean my face and brush my teeth, I don't know what is happening to me maybe I have a stomach bug but I did not eat any street food so what causes stomach bug, maybe the food I get in the cafeteria at work.

When it is time to go work and I went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast after that I get dressed and wake Mia wake and take care of her, after having our breakfast, I eat more than my usual breakfast and the coffee really taste weird but I think there is something wrong with me I need to see the doctor.

After I drop Mia and went to work, Anna keeps looking at me and I am thinking maybe I have something on my face I went to the bathroom to check but there is nothing on my face, after lunch break she comes to me and sits beside me and ask what happen to me.

"Bella, what happened to you? Can't you see that you have changed?" She said

"Nothing happened to me and how did I change, I don't understand"

"There are a lot of things that changed in you, first you did not drink coffee or cappuccino again which is your favorite and your face look smooth, I mean your skin is glowing and you don't eat cafeteria food again, hope there is no problem," She said with raised brow saying you better tell me what you are hiding

"First my skin that is smooth my mum send me one Nigeria cream called ORI (shea butter) it is what I am using for the past 2 weeks now and I don't want to eat cafeteria food again because I have a stomach bug from it yesterday," I said

"What about your favorite cappuccino that you did not drink again?" What is the problem of this girl?

"Nothing I just want to reduce my intake of caffeine," I said

She said ok and went back to her desk, let's think of it I think there is something wrong with me because it is shea butter that has been using since I gave birth to Mia but my mum sends another one to me of recent, so it is today that she sees that my skin is smooth and about coffee and cappuccino they taste weird when I drink them and I don't eat cafeteria food because I feel like eating pancake and waffles today for lunch but it is weird. I need to see the doctor.

Today is weekend, I am in my house and I don't feel like cooking today I really felt tired and I dressed up for Mia and we went to eat lunch outside and I will take her to the park to play maybe by the time we come back my body will feel relaxed then I will cook dinner.

When I get home, I rush to the bathroom and vomit all that I ate outside today, I wash my face and brush my teeth and went to the kitchen to cook, after I finish cooking dinner I feel so tired then I decided to cook dinner for next week tomorrow and I went to sit down with Mia in the living room.

After like 30 minutes of playing my phone beep and the menstrual period app on my phone says that I am 3 weeks late for my menstrual period this month.

Come to think of it, menstrual period, feeling tired, nausea, pancake, waffles, weird coffee that is the same things I feel when I am pregnant with Mia, it is impossible I can't be pregnant, I used an after pill medicine when I get home the next day I left Nick penthouse.

I went inside and get dressed with Mia and I went to the nearby pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test kit, please God I can't be pregnant, I am good being a single mother with Mia but I can't cope with another child, I silently pray in my mind.

I am inside my bathroom now with 3 different pregnancy test kit, please God I don't want to be pregnant not now at all. I peed on the three kits and leave them on the counter to see the result. Please God it should be negative, negative, negative.

I take the kits but I close my eyes am really scared to check the result, I count one to three then I open my eyes, this can't be, I am really finished.

I have to book an appointment tomorrow to abort this baby, I can't cope been a single mother for the second time, it is not easy being a single mother.

The next day I quickly get dressed with Mia and went to the nearby hospital to see the doctor, I have been booked and am waiting for my turn. 'Sorry baby I can't cope with you and your sister now' I said placing my hand on my still flat tummy with tears in my eyes.

When I see the doctor she asks me a lot of question and asks about my health during my first pregnancy and I told her that first of all I have anemia and I tell some other stuff about my health but she said she can’t do it that she has to carry out some test before she proceeds for the abortion and I said yes. After some minutes of waiting, she comes back with some papers in her hand.