Creed meets Athena

Creed

I did a little research on my wife after our parents married us together. The media popularly knew her as the Goddess of the streets.

I bet she was deep in the streets to earn that name, but that's none of my business. I am only going to use her family's resources to get what I want.

I arrived at the hospital as soon as my dad ordered me. I will forever detest him for all he has done to me.

Three months ago

"Your wife is six months pregnant," my assistant informed me in the quarters they locked in me, on my father's orders.

"How is she pregnant? She has been pregnant since when? Is my father aware?" I looked away from my old laptop I picked up on the streets when I was in middle school.

"The chairman has been aware since the doctors found out. Do you think it's yours?" He asked me. I am very close to my assistant, so we discuss personal things.

"Yes," I squeezed the worn-out cargo pants I was wearing. For the past six months, memories of sex with my wife flooded my head.

I was a virgin. She was too because I can remember seeing bloodstains on the bed in the motel we had stayed in the next morning before the paramedics took the both of us to the hospital.

There is no doubt that the kid is mine, but I still want to know her motive for leading me to that motel room and dragging me into this mess.

“Your brother got involved in a drug scandal, so the stocks dropped this morning.”

“Yeah, I saw that. I was able to get thirty percent of the company shares just this morning. Reign has lost more than half of the board.”

“Yes sir, you and your father now have equal amounts of shares. The financial advisor said you should start up a paper company and begin to show interest in investing in the company.”

“I’d like to speak to the advisor at the moment or later today.”

“Her subordinates said she is not available to talk for now. If there is nothing else, I’d like to take my leave, Mr. Kings.”

“Okay.” He left me alone with the bowl of chicken he got me.

***

The family chauffeur dropped me at the hospital. I didn't forget the VIP ward the nurses had wheeled her into the day we came here, and that was the last time I was allowed out.

I remembered how my stepmother kicked against the idea of the chauffeur bringing me. She wanted me to take a taxi so I won't stain the family car.

My father knew better than to listen to her. My brother's mess was enough for the press to talk about and he wouldn't want what happened when I was in college to repeat itself.

I dashed straight to the ward, and a woman sat alone in the ward. I took a very close look at her. It was Mrs. Allen, Athena's mom.

She sat alone, lost in her thoughts. I wondered where Athena was. Her mom noticed me and she got up to embrace me. I am glad my father sent me new clothes this morning. No one deserves to give in a hug in my usual tattered clothes.

''Hello Creed, how have you been? How was your trip? I heard from your dad that you traveled to the United Kingdom for business. How did things go? ''

She asked so many questions at a time.

I could not ignore the excitement on her face and tried my best not to show my dissatisfaction. My father lied. '' It was quite okay. I'm sorry for not being able to support my wife and the baby.''

"Oh, hun. I did that in place of you."

My stepmom would never have agreed with what I said. It's so nice to have someone who tries to understand you.

The door to the hospital room swung open. Athena, with a huge baby bump, came in, our eyes met and she ran out, she peeped and finally came in.

My eyes went to her bump. I don't know the reason she fell into a coma that day. I will check with the doctor after I leave here, her mom introduced us. She could not take her eyes off me. She must wonder how a thin, lanky guy with her nerdy haircut got to marry her. I didn’t ask you to sleep with me. She still didn't take her eyes off me.

I felt a little uncomfortable.

"I'd give you guys a moment." Her mum left us to talk. Athena had zoned out.

"Athena, " I called her to bring her back to reality.

"Ahem, yeah." I thought I heard her say yes, daddy.

I was hoping to discuss my plans for the two of us after we leave the hospital with her.

It didn't turn out well, we just argued, and she jumped onto her bed to lie down. She let out a loud groan that scared me.

I went over to her side and took a quick scan of her body. "Are you well?" I asked her so I could figure out where the pain came from.

I saw bloodstains on the bed. I could see more blood coming from the insides of her thigh. It frightened the living hell in me.

"Athena, you are bleeding," I informed her. My voice sounds shaky, but I got no response.

Immediately after I saw that she had passed out, I rang the doctor.

The team of the highest-ranking doctors and nurses filled the room right away. Her mother didn’t come in. Did she leave already?

The doctors looked at her.

"Your wife said she wanted a natural delivery. We can’t respect the wishes of your wife at this point. I'm afraid we have to conduct the Cesarean section so we can save both the mother and the child. We need your permission to go on, Mr. Kings. You are her first legal guardian and the only one available."

I didn’t know what to say. This was a huge decision for someone like me that had never made any decision on his own.