LABOUR PROBLEMS.
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(# when a queens replacement is born, the world hears of it #)
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HOSPITAL.
On arriving at the hospital at exactly 6am the nurses stationed for the night shift were already preparing to leave when Samuel drove in with his sister. Samuel and his friend Victor helped in getting her down from the motorcycle, after that Victor left.
Seeing the condition at hand, the nurses forgot about going home and got to work. Well they should, mary-jane isn't just anybody. Old lady Lucy affluence has made her a respectable person.
They helped in taking her inside, changed her uniform into the their hospital wear, made sure she's comfortable before checking her temperature and her labour statue.
"You're in labour, but your cervix hasn't dilated yet for child's birth" the chocolate complexed nurse known as "nurse Mira" said
"We don't understand" Samuel squinted his brows in confusion.
"No need to know much sir. She's just in phase one where as her posterior lobe of the pituitary produces the hormone oxytocin which causes the uterus to contract rhythmically " nurse Mira explained further.
Samuel just raised an eyebrow skeptically indicating he doesn't understand anything she has said.
"I'm mean she's just in labour" the nurse mused.
Immediately aunt Catherine bagged in.
"How is it going?" She inquired sweating profusely like she did a marathon.
"Nothing much I guess. Right ?....The nurse said her body or whatever she called it isn't ready for birth yet, that's all I know. So we have to wait " Samuel explained while aunt Catherine nodded in understanding.
"It's gonna be fine dear" aunt Catherine said to mary-jane patting her adorable.
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"What's happening nurse. These already 9:30am and her water bag hasn't broke? She hasn't even eaten" Samuel asked frustrated pacing back and forth. The nurses sighed as well, they're practically exhausted too.
It's way past labour time and the water bag hasn't broke not much of the baby coming out.
Mary-jane on the other side bit her lips painfully drawing out blood. The metallic taste going down her throats. Exhaustion, fear, quivering lips radiates through her body. She wants to give up already cuz the pain is unbearable.
"These frustrating. What's taking so long" Samuel inquired face-palming himself.
The nurses just sighed in frustration and exhaustion visible on their faces.
Even the head nurse who practically owns the hospital has been there for about 8:00am. The frustration more than visible on her face. She hasn't faced these kind of problem they're facing right now.
Nurse Mira's gaze drifted to mary-jane, her face already dried up from tears, her cheeks puffy and her eyes swollen and red.
She's the one suffering the most. The pain more than unbearable now. But she's trying all she could to hold it in.
Aunt Catherine who's at a corner looking with mischief. The happiness and tuanting smirk on her face like she won a lottery. Unbeknownst to her, nurse Mira caught her facial expressions.
"Is she really with them or against them" she whispered.
Aunt Catherine feeling a hot, intensive gaze on her, changed her expression immediately when she sighted it to be nurse Mira.
"That wench." Aunt Catherine muttered under her breath.
Mary-janes' all attention on her forthcoming baby.
' you will face alot in future but don't give up '
The advice of that mysterious man ringing through her thoughts.
"I can't give up now." She muttered dragging in an unhealthy amount of air greedily.
"Unless we could go for C.S" nurse Mira suggested
"And what's that?" Samuel asked " I know you're intelligent and all, but if you want to say some things now that I'm here and it's not all that I get to understand" he snapped.
"It's called cesarean section" the nurse answered in exasperation.
She knows his frustrated , she as well is same, but that doesn't warrant he put his frustration on her. You can never tell what's on the desperate uncle's mind.
"What?" Samuel jabbed "and where will I get the money for that?" He asked wide eyed.
"I will never do a C-s" mary-jane muttered weakly clear enough to their hearing.
"That's the only way to..."
"And I said no!!!!!" Mary-jane cut her off abruptly. The nurse tensed, giving up.
"Fine..... let's check your cervix again" nurse Mira said.
"And what's that?" Samuel asked in alarming rate "hope it isn't something harmful" he asked
"No it's not mister....we did that in the morning, just checking the dilation of her cervix" she said " to know if the baby's head could pass through" she added
"Samuel no need to disturb them. They know what they're doing. Just let them be" aunt Catherine chuckled lightly while nurse Mira rolled her eyes at her faked emotions.
"B*tch" nurse Mira whispered
"And stop asking too much questions" the second nurse there known as nurse Zara said with an amusing smirk.
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Time is slipping by, the expression on everyone faces is alarming at these rate. Mary-janes' condition is alarming.
But from further test and checkups, they kept their cool after knowing it's nothing to be bothered about.
Mary-jane refused to eat. Her strength slipping away from her. Her face and lips pale like an unripe guava.
Old lady Lucy, Henry, Mr. Zaki and Bella has arrived about two hours ago. They've been here watching over mary-jane, though to her, she doesn't need them. She was expecting Collins but to her disappointment, he didn't come.
She bit her lips, blinking her eyelids repeatedly to avoid her tears.
12:45pm already. The labour still persistent. Time flew, from seconds to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to night already.
Immediately it cloaked 5:45pm, her water bag broke..
"OMG" nurse Mira was the first to notice. All attention drifting to where her eyes were darting at.
Within seconds, all of them were already surrounding mary-jane.
🗣️ OMG her water has broke.
🗣️ Nurse immediately attend to her
🗣️ Ahhh finally, all praise to God, after all the stress.
🗣️ Nurse, where should we take her?
🗣️ Does she need anything nurse?
🗣️ Nurse immediately take her in
🗣️ Where should we help?
Questions all Caliber starts flying around. With the help of Samuel and other nurses there, mary-jane was laid properly on the hospital bed.
"Are you feeling the pressure" the nurse asked Mary-jane. Lost of strengths, mary-jane just nooded positively.
And the push and all started.
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FEW HOURS LATER
"How is going nurse?" Old lady Lucy was the first to ask immediately the head nurse came out.
"I don't really know Ma'am"
"What do you mean by that. What are you a nurse for? Henry fired
"That's not what I mean..."
"Then what, cuz as you can see I'm already loosing my sh*t" Samuel fired frustrated
"From the looks of things, her vagina isn't delitated enough to accommodate the coming out of the baby " the nurse explained.
"Then what could be done" Bella asked these time.
"We don't have any other option that to undergo an episiotomy on her"
"And what's that?" They all chorused except for Bella who already understand.
"OMG, is these family dumb?" The nurse thought inwardly.
"Well that's called "tears" like we call it here" Bella answered these time.
"What..."
"Anything to save her and the baby do it, money isn't the problem" old lady Lucy interrupted Samuel's word abruptly.
The nurse nooded, giving them some papers to sign before proceeding for the incision.
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HOURS LATER:
"Nnnhgwaaaahhhhh!!!!!"
The cry of the beautiful baby sounded throughout the whole hospital auditoriums. Everyone smiling and sighing softly in happiness. Old lady Lucy hugging everyone with jovialiity like she was the one that gave birth.
Samuel and aunt Catherine rushed into the ward immediately without asking or taking permission.
Samuel took the baby clothed in blood laying on the thermostat, her weight 3.5kg. "SO HUGE"
The baby's bloods staining Samuel in the process. Everyone smiling and bimming with smile that they cheeks might burst any minute from now.
Bella, Henry and Mr. Zaki itching to carry the baby. The nurses staring at them with happiness and relief washing over them. The practically faced alot to, while the family carried the baby, they helped and cleaned mary-jane up.
"I know it's already a baby girl. My golden baby girl" old lady Lucy bimmed with happiness with joyful tears in her face.
"OMG.....she's beautiful" Bella muttered.
"she has to, she has our blood anyway" Henry said, while they all laughed.
"After set and done. You finally came" Samuel said with watery eyes. The nurses staring at him adorably. Mary-jane who still laid on the bed, weak and exhausted.
She made it. On cue, Samuel phone ranged, "father" displaying on it. He handed the baby to old lady Lucy who stretched her desperate hands first.
"How's it going son. I know you said I should stay here, but I can feel the arrival of the baby from afar" their father said
"She made it dad. It's a girl" Samuel dropped the word, hearing a sigh of relief from his father.
"Thank God. Can I hear the baby cry?" He asked choking like his crying. Samuel nooded going for the baby, pitching her which erupted a loud cry from her.
"She's a blessing already, and I pray for her. She's a star, a brighting one. Her future family shall be proud to have her. Anything she says and anywhere she entered is marked for success. As your mother heard your cry, you shall the cry of your own children. Welcome to the world my angel" Mr. Emmanuel concluded, while everyone chorused "amen" to it, that baby's cry disrupting the prayers.
"Will be waiting. Congratulations Mary" he added, cutting the call.
"She's so beautiful" aunt Catherine chuckled, touching the baby, nurse Mira giving her a lecherous gaze.
Samuel gaze drifted off at his sister.
"You're now a mama" he muttered lovingly, while mary-jane just smiled.
🗣️ Congratulations Mary
🗣️ Congratulations daughter in-law
🗣️ Congratulations ma'am. You're a strong woman.
🗣️ Congratulations my dear.
Appreciation coming from every corner as Mary just smiled at them.
"Collins...he didn't come?" She asked to everyone hearing. The atmosphere tensed as everyone stared at themselves nervously and apologitically.
Mary-jane nooded slightly seeing their reaction.
"What's her name" the head nurse asked Lighting the mood.
"Cynthia" Samuel said
"Her name is CYNTHIA"
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It's a new beginning, a new reborn, a new life, a new atmosphere of both chilling and hot. Things changed whether in both good or bad. New things arised, either to prosper or conquer, rebuild or to destroy.
The weather in Mr. Emmanuel house is full of livelihood. People strolling in and out just to get glimpse of the new baby. A queen's replacement.
Little, adorable Cynthia, cuddled up in blanket inside the baby crib has her fingers stuck in her mouth like she's in need of breast milk.
Her chubby cheeks so plumpy that people couldn't help but touch at intervals. Her proclain white skin so charming, with her cheeks red from too much puffing of her fingers. She's huge.
Her eyes still very much closed. Mr. Emmanuel couldn't contain the joy of watching the baby and it's adorable features. He couldn't also believe that his now a grandfather.
Collins who's father disappointed, not only in absence on the labour day, but rejecting the baby immediately he was informed it was a female.
"I will never accept her. I was ready to reconsider, beg and accept you back if the baby turns out to be male, now I'm more than disappointed that it's a female" Collins hurtful words rang out after mary-jane called to inform him about his baby.
"No. I was the one at fault. I'm a fool, a big one at that. I called to let you know you're a father, to accept you back after everything you made me pass through, but still I made a fool out of myself in calling you. You're a disgrace Collins. Note these the last time you will ever hear from us" mary-jane flared with malice, her tears uncontrollable.
Their discussion that very day still replaying in Mr. Emmanuel's mind.
"Wished Lawrence was here. You look so much like him or maybe like Collins?" he whispered "looking at you, I'm only seeing Lawrence in you. Maybe he decided to recarnate" he added
"Back to us" he added.
He drifted his eye towards his sleeping daughter, who he restricted from feeding the child so she could rest. Collins family has informed them of their upcoming visit. They might be here any minutes from now. Just hoped that Collins won't come with them.
"After what he said? His not dumb" his subconscious told him.
"Cynthia" he whispered to the baby, on cue the baby's eyes opened staring intensely at him, while he smiled.
"Mars orbs, rare in my family" he whispered looking at the baby intrigued. His gaze drifted to Mary making sure she isn't awake.
"Never change your name, okay. Cynthia means alot. You're a goddess. Any man that calls you that loves you. But when he stops, leave him even though you love him like your second skin... you're not gonna die if you do. I know I might sound foolish but I have my reasons" he whispered, patting the baby's cheeks.
As if hearing what her grandfather was saying, she smiled. Her cheeks having a tint of pink. Mr. Emmanuel smiled back.
"Smart" he whispered. Unbeknownst to him, mary-jane was awake.
Has been eavesdropping when he mentioned "Mars orb".
"That's rare in my family, the only person that has that was....."
"Mary-jane?" Her father interrupted her thoughts.
"Yes?" She groaned faking to as been disrupted from sleep, her father staring at her suspiciously.
"Oh sorry, thought you were awake" the father said dismissively.
"Where's Samuel" she asked.
"Oh....he...I think he went to buy stuffs for you. I don't really now." He answered.
"Okay."
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COLLINS HOUSE.
"what kind of a human being are you Collins. That girl just gave birth to your child. At least all you could do is call and congratulate her, what did you do. You bluntly rejected her child " old lady Lucy flared.
Mr. Zaki staring at his son like a product of a mistake, of cuz he is, if not what was his position when he was screwing his wife to birth these riffraff as a son.
Bella who has visited cuz of the information her mother gave her of visiting Mary again today stared at Aurora like she's an unwanted specie. She couldn't hide the malice radiating from her eyes. She's hates Aurora and it's evident.
Henry on the other side sat near his father looking at the drama as it unfolds as mother and son stares at each other on their feets. Different thoughts running through their minds.
Lydia busy rolling her eyes at intervals.
"That's cuz I don't want the child" Collins replied
"Why? Give me one reason why you hate that child. I thought you hated only the mother, why the innocent child?" Old lady asked frustrated.
"That's left for me?" He answered bluntly
"No.....no.....no.... Collins you will answer me. You must tell me the reason why you hate that child. She's your child and you're the father!!!!!!" Old lady Lucy shouted.
"Mom.... please let me be" Collins replied
"No...you must answer me. At least let me know before hand so when the baby grows she would know her position" she said reluctantly standing so close to Collins almost confiscating his space.
"Mom..... please let him be. He has made his decision" Aurora said these time lowering her voice like a perfect daughter in-law.
"Mmh" old lady Lucy scoffed. " Please shut it" she flared at her."
"Desperate b*tch" Henry muttered. Collins made to reply him to the comments but his mother beat him to it.
"Don't even think of reprimanding him. That's her name" she warned.
"Mom that's my wife he called that" he seethed
"Thank God you said your wife, not our wife. She's only yours. Not ours to approve of." Bella said these time. Old lady Lucy smirking in satisfaction.
Seeing he has the upper hand, he stared at his mother.
"What do you want from me" he asked
"It's simple. I want you to accept that girl and her baby " she said. "If you want peace and harmony to reign " she added.
Collins sighed staring at everyone expectant faces. Henry and his father staring at him keenly, waiting for the next bomb to drop.
Aurora's face display "don't play with me" look.
"Mom these not necessarily" Collins said
"It's necessary. And you must give me the feed back now. No need to suffer that innocent baby in the future" she said
"We're not even married " he reasoned. Everyone of them scowled at his comments.
"Not married you said. You had the opportunity to marry her when she was here but you didn't, don't use that as a excuse " old lady Lucy warned
"Collins..." Mr. Zaki called. All eyes drifting to him.
"Answer your mother. Now!!!" He seethed.
" " Aurora who wanted to say something was cut off abruptly when Henry gave her a "shut your mouth" sign. She shut it immediately.
She's not a fool, no need to utter a word that will lead all her plans to ruin.
"Be patient" she muttered.
"From the looks of things, you want that child Collins, don't you" old lady Lucy inquired
"No. I don't. She's a female" he said
"And what's wrong with a female?" They chorused exemption of Lydia and Mr. Zaki.
"I have my reasons. I don't want a female child as my first child" he declared.
"Incase you haven't known Collins. That child is your heir. The first child of my grand children, even your sister Bella here hasn't given birth yet dispite being married. What does that show you?" Mr. Zaki asked
"It shows that the child will be the heir to our wealth. I am rich and you're rich, tho not enough to buy a private yet, but you should've known that my family is the first rich members in these community. No one is surpassing us" he explained further.
"And for reminder I'm in charge of everything, so I decided who to take over my wealth" he said.
"I can choose that child tomorrow" he said with finality. Aurora's eyes bulging out of their socket.
"What's the rate of all sufferings into marrying Collins if his riches will be willed to that child" she thought.
"Father I don't want a BASTARD as my child!!!!!!"