"Is that what you will say, girlfriend!" Lilian responded, feeling bad from the tone of her voice.
"Baby girl, make your choice, it's your decision that matters. I can only advise you about how I feel. I don't want a situation in which you will regret marrying him and later blame me for encouraging on." I retorted in irritation.
"But why are you sounding harsh? You know that I believe in you and desire to do the best thing for myself and my unborn child." She declared with emotion. Her voice became shaky as if she was about to sob.
"Okay baby sleep, you and your baby need good sleep. A pregnant woman must sleep at least eight hours at night. Rest my sweet lady. Hope you are smiling now.
What should I prepare for you during the day? Fresh pepper soup? What are your cravings, let me get them for you?" I asked to make her calm and feel loved.
"Okay now, you will give me my cravings, including a burnt yam, with oil, and, and em- em, Shrimp, and Samosa." She started to giggle to my satisfaction.
"You are not serious, a medical consultant will give you burnt food, you are kidding. I will get you fresh fruits and veggies. You can have shrimp sauce, no doubt, and a little rice or burgers."
"Yea, that's my doc".
" Make sure you go for your checkups and take your tablets, like folic acid, blood tablets."
"Yea doc." We both chuckled.
After her call, I became fatigued and slept off, only to discover it was seven in the morning. I had to prepare for my ward round. I was able to rush to the hospital to meet up.
As soon as I stepped in, a nurse called out, "Dr. Derin, we've been waiting for you, one of your patients, that man who loves you to attend to her has refused everyone. He wants you and only you."
"Oh, you mean the old man, Papa Jerry?"
"Sure ma'am. You know he loves to make things difficult for the nurses and doctors."
"Okay, go and tell him that I am on my way. Go ahead, I want to do a general ward round." I told her.
I was no longer facing the way, I must have been lost in thought when I suddenly bumped into a man who was carrying some files.
"Hey mister, look at where you are going?" I screamed at him.
"Ha, doctor, it's your fault" He exclaimed with his mouth open wide. He picked up his files and left, with a bewildered face, murmuring only God knows.
I hissed and was going when I bumped into him again.
"When did you become this insensitive to your environment? What is eating you up and making you lose all concentration? "
I froze looking at my first love, my only love, the man who takes my breath away. I quickly remove my gaze, unable to look at his face again. I became more disturbed.
He took my hand and led me to his office when I could not talk. This is the only man who understands my mood and knows how to calm me.
He held me by my shoulders and put me in his seat. He later sat opposite me gazing into my eyes. For the past week, he had not called me.
"Have you eaten this morning?"
"No, I've not," I replied to him and smiled.
He stood up, and made a hot tea for me, the way I love taking it.
"Here, take your tea. I have cracker biscuits here for you too."
"Are you still mad at me?" I furrowed my face with guilt written all over me.
He did not reply but pouted his lips.
"Please, forgive me, Isaac. Honestly, I.."
He raised his hand placing his index finger on my lips. I smirked. He picked up the teacup and placed it in my hand for me to gulp. I collected it with a smile and started to sip while he watched on. He brought out the crackers and gave me one to bite.
"Thank you very much, Isaac. You are the best thing that ever happened to me."
I was eating the crackers, and sipping my tea, under the supervision of my friend, lover, and my husband-to-be.
"When are we going to see the pastor?" Isaac jolted me to reality.
"Hmmm, whatever for?"
"We need to tell him about our plans to marry." He declared with a smile spread all over his handsome face.
Looking at him with widened eyes, and a mouth open, excitement was written all over me. I jumped up, while he stood up too as if we both planned it.
We were soon in each other arms, we clung to ourselves for a very long time. I felt like weeping for joy. When I thought that I'm almost losing my man, here he came for me. I groaned and he moaned too.
The door of his office flung open.
Not again, I thought to myself. What does she want again? I thought we'd gotten rid of this bitch?