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Stolen Moments Chapter Two

I was shaking because I wanted this nightmare to end. I was not ready for more aggravation.

“We cannot see clearly in the scan but there is something wrong inside her Cerebellum. Although we can’t pinpoint it now because of the scar and the swelling, it showed slightly when we took a scan.”

“Swelling and scaring. What did you do to my child?”

I had never seen Joseph so angry it scared me. I was forced to explain to everyone what happened.

“For now we need to monitor her and see how this goes. We are not promising anything as the swelling is not showing any signs of subsiding now.”

“Can we at least see her?”

I looked at the doctor with pleading eyes and he assumed I was the mother.

“Yes but only you and the father.”

They all look at me as if they will consume me with the flames in their eyes. They all looked back at the doctor. Mr. Soko just brushed my shoulder apologetic as if he was the one who had wronged me.

“Why would she come in when I almost lost my daughter because of her? Please do not even think about coming near my child again.”

“I am sorry I just assumed that when she brought her she.....”

He never got to finish that when my husband interjected.

“Next time do not assume. May we go in now?”

“Of course follow me.”

The way he said it and did not even defend me or say something to assure me everything was fine, hurt me. I sighed and sank onto the chair. I just watched them going in the direction the doctor was leading them, without an apology or even looking at me. My father only agreed to this marriage because my mother begged him but he always reminded me from time to time that the marriage was doomed. He loved me regardless. The hurt I was feeling surpassed the hurt I felt when the child was born. I was feeling as if I was punished for disobeying my father. I was left with a strange look from my mother-in-law.

“So you are not ashamed that you cannot give my son children but you want to kill his only child that might be the only one till his dying day? I knew you were not good for him but he didn’t listen to me.”

“Mayi, mukudziwa zoti ndimamukonda mwana wangayu kwambiri. (Mama you know I love my daughter too much.”

I tried to be as humble as possible.

“Do not even say that she is your daughter.”

She was shouting and I was forced to just keep quiet. Mr. Soko felt awkward I could tell so I asked him to be excused.

“Thank you for bringing me here I will be fine. Please thank Mphatso for me and I will call her once my phone is charged.”

He didn’t dispute because I knew he was disgusted by their behaviour. I was not going to subject him to further humiliation so I let him be.

“Please make sure you will update her because I know she is so worried where she is. I will try to fill her in with what I know so far.”

“Thank you very much. I will update you. God bless you.”

He involuntarily hugged me and I hugged him back. I thanked him once more and sat back on that cold bench. I didn’t care anymore that my mother-in-law was looking at me weirdly. If she thought I was dating Mr. Soko then she was misguided as I loved him like a brother and I was not a cheating type worse with my friend’s husband.

I felt a chill after what she was thinking and I knew I was in trouble. When I was stressed I always got menstruation. I quickly stood up, which was done late because I had already messed myself up.

“This is a sign that you will not give my son a child.”

She was angry at my blood also as if I killed someone. I saw the nurse coming and I motioned her to get closer. She saw my begging eyes and never asked again. After explaining to her she helped me and asked the cleaner to help also. I refused and cleaned my blood myself. It was not much so I took the pads and rushed to the bathroom after cleaning the bench. I was so embarrassed, I always carried emergency pads but when I left home it was hastened.

When I got to the bathroom I got the time to reflect and cry. I was a strong person but sometimes strong people break at some point. I went back to the events and reflected on how I could have changed things but nothing came up. After breaking down I left the bathroom.

My husband was out waiting with his mother in the foyer.

“We are waiting for mama Asante then we will leave.”

He was not friendly at all I just nodded. When she got out we went to the car. Tawona rushed to the front and I wanted to see what they were going to say when I was fighting her. They did well by not entertaining her. I was tired and I wanted to see if they were ready for my fights as I was tired of their treatments.

“You know my wife sits here or my mother, so do not even think about it.”

I was glad he stood up for me on that one. Even his mother knew that when we travelled together I was the one allowed to sit in front.

When I got inside I charged my phone and switched it on. I let the data off. My boss called the moment I switched it on. I looked at my husband who pretended to ignore me. I let it ring. After some time it rang again.

“Just answer the stupid phone as it will continue to irritate us.”

The way he barked I almost jumped from the seat I was in, to the next car going the other direction.

“Hello.”

“Miss Nyirenda, are you okay?”

I saw my husband looking at me at the ‘Miss’ part. He was calling everyone like that even the married old women in the company.

“I will send the report tomorrow sir but my daughter had an accident and I am coming from the hospital.”

I was avoiding so many questions and he realised that.

“No problem I will make sure I will send the flowers to the little princess and the family. You can rest for this week and attend to the email we were talking about then. Thank you.”

“Thank you, sir.”

I dropped the call and closed my eyes as I was ready for one of them to talk.

“This phone call thing is not stopping as you almost killed my granddaughter because of it?”

My husband just shook his head. I knew that for this household to look intact it was because I was helping financially. His salary alone was not going to sustain us hence the reason I took the job in the first place.

He promised to provide but he was always complaining even about the little things bought in the house. My job was well paying and he was not complaining as I was the one buying most of the things. My job became demanding and he complained about eating late as I came late home.

I was about to quit when my boss came up with a plan for me to only come in when it was necessary. I think it was working as clients were also happy and I always got a fat bonus which he was glad on spending. I am glad the cheating incident only happened once and he had been faithful but his weakness was his mother, daughter, and baby mama. I would have loved it if I was his weakness at least at some point. Being strong is a disadvantage at some point as people expect you to always be strong.

The distance going back home seemed too long as I was listening to my mother-in-law talking to her ‘daughter-in-law’ about how she will take care of the child once she comes out of the hospital. She was even offering to visit frequently so that she can help. I was excluded from the plans and there I was worried for nothing as I was not the mother of the child.

“Please from now on stop calling my daughter your daughter telling people as if you gave birth to her. I am the mother; I was alone when I gave birth although I was with your ‘husband’ when making her. If you were a real mother you were not going to neglect her and hurt her. I am considering taking her from you two.”

I was shocked to answer but I knew she was not going to do that she was threatening only but my mother-in-law and husband bought it. When I was still in shock and awe, my phone rang startling me. It was my father.

“Adada (father),” I answered it. We were not Chewas my mother was Chewa but my dad was Tumbuka so we were speaking Tumbuka at home. Chichewa was the main language I was comfortable with it as well.

“How can I hear from your friend about your predicament?”

“I am so sorry, my battery died and I only charged it now when we were leaving the hospital.”

My mother-in-law and husband were afraid of my father so they were not going to comment while I was on the phone with him. Fortunately enough we had arrived I didn’t wait for them to say or do anything I just opened the car door and went inside the house. I was glad the phone had charged a little. There was still blood in the kitchen. I panicked again looking at a large amount of blood.

I cleaned while I was on the phone with my father. That way I knew no one was going to come to the kitchen.

“I know what you said Adada but I am trying and I love him. Today I was hurt because I didn’t do it deliberately but I take the blame as the child was under my care.”

“Accidents do happen, do not even blame yourself. Even if you were not alone in the house it might have happened.”

“Why do I feel like this is my fault?”

“You feel that way as people who were supposed to understand what happened only pushed the blame on you.”

“This accident opened my eyes. We will talk when I came home next month for the wedding.”

My little sister was getting married them moving away from Lilongwe so it was going to be a wedding and a farewell the following day.

“Alright, my love. We will talk when you are calm as I can hear from your voice that you are agitated.”

My father knew us very well and it was so amazing but a disadvantage at some point. I finished cleaning and switched on the stove to cook. I was surprised to hear the voice of the baby mama when I thought she went home. I quickly went for a shower after switching on the stove. I wanted to quickly clean up and cook before they complained again.

When I was done bathing my husband was sitting awkwardly on our bed.

“Please tell me this was not deliberate.”

I was beyond shocked as I didn’t expect this from him. I expected that from the other two in the sitting room.

“How can you even ask that?”

“Please come we need to talk.”

I nodded and quickly changed to more comfortable clothes. I was already bleeding so I had to look for the pads. He left me while I cleared the room.

When I entered the sitting room I was not expecting that, then boooommm.......

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