(2) Born with a gift 2

 " 3 years have passed doc, but my baby hasn't said a word," Debbie complains, looking straight into the doctor's eyes, the white doctor with his thick round glasses and a pointed nose, Gasp, he clears his throat"Can I see the child please?" Debbie nods and calls out Precious

"Precious, please can you come in here?"  a little girl carrying a big teddy with beautiful long dark brown hair with blue eyes walks in nervously, she meets her mum who sits her on her lap

"This is your child Mrs. Debbie? " The doctor asks as he examines the child with his eyes

"Yes she is"

"Adopted? " Debbie took the question quite offensive, but she decided not to react in any way, she is already used to it.

"No, please do you know what's wrong with her? " the doctor removes his glasses, then rubs the back of his head

"Doctor, you don't think she's mute, do you? "

"Well, by this age she's supposed to at least start saying some words by now

"So what do you think?"

"I think you should bring her again tomorrow, so I can run some tests with her"

"Oh thank you doc"

 Debbie stands up and shakes the doctor before she leaves his office

______ "So what did the doctor say?" John asks with his eyes focused on his newspaper

"He said I should bring her again tomorrow,  to run through some tests" Debbie replied handling the vacuum "You don't think she'd be mute right? "

He shakes his head "No no, she's a pretty smart kid, I'm sure her speech is taking time because she developed the others pretty early" he turns a page

Debbie lets out a frustrating sigh"You're right, I'm just overreacting I mean it's just been 3 years right," she shurgs after her sarcastic response.

She looks out the kitchen window, and she sees precious playing with building blocks but seems like she was playing it with someone. She stops the vacuum and storms to the backyard, she carries precious from the grass

 "Baby, who are you playing with? " The little girl points opposite where she sat "But there's nothing there," She observes the area but she sees no one "let's get you inside and clean you up"

______ "John, have you seen precious? I was about to get her ready for her bath when she suddenly left"

He shurgs "I don't know, why don't you check the backyard I think I saw her walking towards there " Debbie quickly rush to the backyard, but there was no sign of her

Debbie constantly calls out her name "Precious, Precious! " she looks around but no sign of her, she walks around the house. Johns's house was pretty big, she reaches the pool area, she looks around but no sight of Precious, she hesitated to look inside the pool, with just a peek she sees precious deep inside, she puts her hand on top of her head and screams so loud that John hears it and immediately starts to run. without thinking twice, she jumps inside the pool, she dives in, she sees precious who looked unconscious, she quickly grabs her and pulls her out, she breathes heavily, John suddenly arrives.

John asks concerned "Is she okay?" still breathing heavily she replies"I don't know " she lays Precious on the ground, she put both hands on her chest and was about to push when precious opens her eyes and starts to laugh. Debbie and John share a look, then he grabs his phone "I'm calling Doc" she nods looking at Precious who was still laughing.

__________ A flashlight shines in one of Precious's eye Balls, it was the doctor, he checks the other eye then he turns it off

The doctor sighs "Nothing, are you sure about what you're telling me? because, with the test and all, your child appears fine "

Debbie speaks up "I am very sure, John was even there" she looks at John

"Yes I was "

The doctor walks to his table picking up a note pad "And Is John your husband?" the doctor asks writing things down.

"Yes, he is" moving to the US with John in other for Debbie to get a green card she had to get married to him,=. she hesitated for a while but she made up her mind after hearing that Daniel was married 3 days after she was banished, to her friend, who uncovered the truth about her working secretly for John.

"Look, you guys seem like a nice couple, but either you guys dreamt it happened or you both need psychological help" the doctor turns around to leave and he mutters under his breath "I am sure is weed"

"Well that was certainly a waste of time," John complains staring at the doctor from behind "what are we going to do?"

"We just have to watch her by ourselves," Debbie said Starring at Precious who was sitting on a table playing with her fingers. What's wrong with her?

****2 years later 7 am Thursday, John and Debbie tiptoed to Precious's room, Debbie was holding a cake, John was in a party hat with a party horn in his mouth, and they both gently walked to her bed, she was very sound asleep "Happy birthday!!! " they both exclaimed on top of their voices and John blows the party horn, she wakes up with a big smile on her face

"Now make a wish honey," Debbie said setting the cake in front of her, she closes her eyes, and then she blows out the candle. They all clapped

"What did you wish for?" John asks thinking she'd just smile as always, but to everyone's surprise, she replies

"I can't tell you that daddy, the wish wouldn't come true"

 Debbie and John gasp, they suddenly jump and scream out of excitement "Did you hear that? she called me daddy!" John said excitedly, Debbie nodded with a big smile on her face, John looks up and shouts "she called me Daddy!!! "

Debbie looks at her,'' What do you want for breakfast?'', she replies in her adorable voice "Pancakes mummy" Debbie was speechless at the moment, then she runs to the kitchen "Pancakes, she says she wants pancakes!!"

 Precious looks at John who was still very much surprised "Daddy? mummy forgot the cake" John quickly carries it from the bed

"Your mum is just very happy honey, that's why she's acting that way"

"Daddy, am I going to have a party?"

"Yes love"

"Can I invite all my friends?"

John nods "Sure honey, I'm sure I can call some of your friends from school too- "

 She stops him"No, not from school, they all laugh at me and my other friends"

John suddenly becomes confused "So which other friends do you wanna invite?" Precious smiles

______ "so honey, when will your other friends come"

 Debbie asks as she sets the table

Precious replies with a big smile "Oh mummy, they're already here" Debbie becomes confused and a bit scared at the same time

"Where are they then?" John walks into the dining room and sees Precious who was dressed in a pretty red gown and her hair in a ponytail and a tiara on top of it.

"My My My, my baby looks beautiful," he said as he was about to sit on one of the chairs

Precious suddenly stops him "No daddy don't sit there Jackson is there"

 John pauses and slowly rises

"And mummy can you give Tommy cake he desperately needs some ". Debbie smiles at her and put a piece of cake on the empty plate next to her.

"Thanks, mum, now Tommy dig in"

Debbie walks towards John and whispers "can we talk?" he nods starring at his daughter talking to invisible people and they both quickly enter a room, Debbie turns to him "I think our daughter needs help"