I HAVE DRUNK STRANGE WATERS - Episode 17

 

EPISODE 17

“Hello Kike”

“Femi, you have to come home now, something terrible happened” Kike said with a heart-rending sob.

“It’s okay baby, don’t cry, just calm down and tell me what happened”

“Femi, our baby is gone,” she said and burst into fresh tears.

“What are you talking about Kike, which Baby?” I asked in shock and before she could answer someone took the phone from her.

Hello Sir, can you come to Victory Hospital at Abule Egba now? Your wife is here with us” she said calmly.

“What are you talking about? What is my wife doing in a hospital” I shouted. I quickly dropped the phone and started packing my belongings; I had this feeling deep down in my heart that something bad has happened to Kike.

I rushed downstairs and Mr. Chris the supervisor met me at the staircase.

“Take care of this place, I have an emergency,” I said quickly and rushed to the car. I could see other staff staring at me as I opened the car and drove away; they had never seen me leaving my office that early before.

I didn’t know how I got to the hospital, I drove like a mad man that day as a thousand and one thought crossed my heart and none of them was pleasant.

“Excuse me, my name is Mr. Femi, someone called me that my wife is here,” I said to the Nurse at the reception. I was sweating profusely despite the fact that I just got down from a car with full AC.

“Her name please”

“Her name is Kike, she is dark in complexion and of average height”

“Oh! You are the husband of the woman that had a miscarriage?” the nurse asked looking surprised.

“Maybe you don’t know who I am talking about, my wife is not pregnant..” I was trying to explain when another nurse walked into the reception area.

“You are Mr. Femi?”

“Yes”

“I was the one that spoke with you some hours ago, your wife is in the doctor’s office,” she said calmly. I looked at her in apprehension and wondered how she can be calm as if my Kike wasn’t crying like a baby a few hours ago.

She asked me to follow her and I did, she knocked at the doctor’s office and entered. I saw Kike in front of the doctor with her hand on his table”

“Kike!” Immediately she saw me she burst into fresh tears, her eyes were swollen and bloodshot.

The doctor beckoned on me to sit beside her and I did, she clung to me and continued weeping.

“What happened Doctor?”

“Your wife just had a miscarriage,” he said staring at me calmly.

“I am not aware that she is pregnant,” I said looking surprised.

“Well, she was rushed here by a staff of AB Microfinance. Apparently, she went there to collect the loan she applied for and the process was strenuous, she already lost the baby before they brought her”

“My God! Kike you didn’t tell me anything” I said as I turned to her.

“This is not the time to question her, we wanted to give her sedative but she kept saying she didn’t want to miss work tomorrow. Take your wife home and take care of her” the doctor said.

“Are we owing your hospital?”

“Yes, we gave her treatment when she came here, you can pick up your bill at the reception area”

I didn’t say another word to Kike until several hours later when she had taken the tea and bread I prepared and had taken her bath.

“You never told me you were pregnant”

“I am sorry Femi. I wanted it to be a surprise, I didn’t know we are going to lose the baby” she said tearfully.

“Don’t worry, we can have another baby” I said wiping her tears. I allowed her to sleep and went into the sitting room to rest.

Myriads of thoughts went through my mind as I deliberated on what happened. “I have really wronged Kike, if she knew what happened with the money she will never forgive me. She had to lose our baby after all the pains she went through to get pregnant after 8 years”  

A message dropped on my phone and I quickly checked and it was from Cynthia. “We have to do something about this pregnancy before it is too late to abort it” the message read.

“What do I do about Cynthia? I am really in a big mess. She will have to abort the child, I can't do this to Kike” My phone rang breaking my thoughts, I thought it was from Cynthia but it turned out to be my mother.

I contemplated on not picking the call but I decided to pick when it rang the second time.

“Hello Femi”

“Hello Mama, good evening”
“Good evening, I asked you to see me yesterday”

“Mama, I can't come because of the nature of my job”

“What about this weekend? Should I be expecting you?”

“I am busy this weekend, maybe next week,” I said impatiently.

“So I cannot see my own son again? Your wife asked you not to come and see me again”

“Leave Kike out of this mother! Have you not tortured her enough?”

“You are talking to me like that Femi? You have forgotten that you sucked my two breasts? I warned you not to marry an Ijebu girl but you refused to listen, see what she has turned your life to”

“Mama if you have nothing else to say I want to hang up the call now” I said angrily.

“Femi? You want to hang up the call on me? You are a bastard! That girl has bewitched you abi? No wonder prophets keep telling me she is using your glory. They said you can't prosper if you are with her, she has eaten her womb…”

I didn’t allow mama to finish her words before ending the call; I was boiling with anger as I dropped the call. A call came in from my sister immediately.

“Hello Banke”

“Hello Brother mi”

“What happened?” I shouted angrily. I knew I shouldn’t transfer aggression on her but I was too tired to care.

“Maami said you and your wife disrespected her”

“She should leave Kike out of this” I shouted

“You shouldn’t have replied her, you just made a grave mistake”

 To be continued…

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