PREGNANT

Chapter 4

Pregnant

Two months had passed and Vangeline had not had her period. She sat there looking at the pregnancy test, not believing what she was seeing, when Stella burst into her room.

Vangeline quickly tried to hide it, but Stella had already seen it. Walking over to her sister, she snatched the test tube from her hand before pushing her down onto the chair.

“Well, well, what do we have here? So the little slut is now with child. One more thing to embarrass our family with. Hahaha, this should be a wonderful surprise... one more problem to upset our parents with.”

Vangeline was so upset that tears fell from her eyes, not of fear but of the hatred she had for her sister. She was incredibly beautiful... tall, lean body with hazel-brown wavy hair and grey eyes. She looked just like her mother and brother, who also had grey eyes and thick wavy hazel hair.

While Stella was a pretty girl with beautiful hazel-brown eyes and chestnut-brown hair like her mother, her attitude was rude and disrespectful. Being the youngest child, her parents spoiled her to no end, giving her the illusion she was better than her other siblings. She was good at blaming everything that happened on her siblings, one of the reasons her stepbrother Donovan had left to study in the States.

He couldn’t continue to watch this mad girl run over his father the way she and her mother had been doing since his own mother had passed away. He wanted his sister to come with him, but his father refused to let her go. Donovan told his sister that if she ever got into a tight spot, he would come at once and take her to the States with him.

It had been days, yet her father nor her stepmother had said one word to her about the baby. Stella stared at her every day, knowing that she was scared out of her mind, waiting for the moment she would tell their parents about her being pregnant. But for some reason, she hadn’t.

It was not until six months later, when it was very hard for them not to know if she was pregnant, that her stepmother came into her room. Before she knew it, she was slapping her and cursing at her, belittling her, letting her know that as soon as that baby was born, she was out of there and could take her bastard child with her.

Her father had to pretend he was so disappointed that he couldn’t even bring himself to talk to her. For the next three months, he never said a word to her — but he had no idea that her stepmother abused her, beat her, and cursed her every day after he had left for the office.

The day she went into labor, she called her brother. He promised her that he would be there. Stella and Wanda never told her father that she had gone into labor.

The two arrived at the hospital just as the first child was born. Coming towards them was the nurse they had paid off. It was a little girl.

The nurse brought the baby out and asked if they were the family of Vangeline. Playing the role of not knowing, Stella stood up. “I am.” She took the baby from the nurse. Reaching in her purse, she took out a credit card and handed it to the nurse.

“Three million. Keep your mouth shut.”

The nurse was in shock. She had never had that much money before in her life, and now all at once she had three million. She stood there looking at the two women, not knowing what to say.

“Well, what are you standing there for? Bye, go, scat. And remember... not one word.” Wanda was yelling at her as she watched the nurse starting to hurry off.

Before the nurse could say a word, Stella and her mother left with the child.

The nurse came out with the second child, which was another little girl. Yet no one was there. Donovan had just arrived when the third child was born... a boy and then another daughter and two boys came next.

The nurse never mentioned the daughter she had given to Stella. She was too afraid of losing her job. When she returned to Vangeline’s room, “Where is my daughter?” Vangeline asked her, even though she was still feeling the drugs that had been administered by the doctor.

The nurse knew she had to say something because she remembered showing her the baby. “Miss, I am so sorry. Your daughter did not make it. She was the firstborn and there were complications with her breathing, but we lost her.”

Vangeline burst into tears. The nurse quickly left the room. She did not want anyone to notice her.

At that moment, Donovan had just arrived from the nursery, watching the other nurses tagging the children’s feet. “Wow, sis, you must be so proud and excited to have given birth to such beautiful babies.”

She just laid there thinking about her daughter. She never responded to her brother’s comment. He just believed she was tired — after all, she had just given birth to five babies. He sat with her until she fell asleep, then went to check on the children once more.

The nurse allowed him to come in and hold each of his nieces and nephews. It was then he noticed the arrows on top of each of their chests. He was amazed to see the marks and curious who the father of the children could be.

Two days later, she was released from the hospital and left with her brother and children overseas.

The third day was when Stella put her plan into action. She and her mother lied and told their father the baby had passed away. Without even seeing his granddaughter, he just nodded and left for work.