CHAPTER 19
We arrive at the hospital and proceed to the ob-gyne clinic. We entered the room and introduced ourselves to the doctor.
"How are you doing?" the doctor inquired.
"We're ok," I said, a tiny smile on my face.
"Did you follow the diet schedule I provided you?" she said and I nodded, she motioning me to lay down in the bed.
"Well, then," she assures me, "it won't be an issue."
I wanted to ask her about our activity we made last night, but it would be too embarrassing to ask her about that thing we did last night. She put some gel on my tummy, which made me bolt because it was very cold, and she scattered it, and I was overjoyed to see the baby on the monitor.My tummy is already 5 months old, therefore it's a little bigger.
"The infant appears to be in good health," she said, smiling broadly.
"But we still need to be careful since, as I mentioned, the baby's grip isn't that strong," she added, but I looked at Alessander, who looked at me as well, and we both stared at each other.
"I want it to be unexpected," I told him, and he nodded.
"Do you want to hear it's heart beat?" she said, and I looked at Alessander and nodded repeatedly, a broad smile on my face.
We heard the baby's heartbeat and I couldn't help but cry. When I saw Alessander, he was wiping tears away from his face, so I caressed and kissed him.
We returned home after the checkup, and later that day, his ex-wife and her children arrived, and Alessander summoned me to see the kids. I went outdoors and spotted some lovely kids, but I'm still too tired to interact with them.
"This is Achelous, my fiancé," Alessander says, introducing us to Safiya and her children.
"Hi, what's your name?" I ask the small girl as I squat.
"My name is Eliana, and I'm four years old," she added cheerfully.
"And you," I ask the small guy as I mess up her hair.
"I'm not a boy," he declared firmly, "uncle Alessander says I'm a man."
"Ok, my bad," I said, waving my hands in the air as if to surrender.
"My name is Alexandro, and I'm eight years old," he said, a little boosfully.
"You're no longer a boy," I remarked, laughing.
"Well, you look closed now," Safiya replied, her brows anchored. "We need to go since we don't want to be late."
I just smiled at them and Alessander kissed me on the lips before they left, but Safiya interrupted and kept whining, so they left and I was left with the kids, who I had no idea how to entertain.I sat down on the couch and inquired.
"Hey kids, what do you want to play?" I inquire, trying to seem cheerful.
Eliana explained, "I wanted to play doll house."
"No, I'd rather play with Legos," Alexandro said.
"No, doll house!" Eliana said, as they continued to argue.
I was stressed out because I could hear their voices in high pitch and how they were always squabbling and about to knock one other off. So I took a deep breath and exhaled deeply to calm them down.
"How about we paint?" I said, laughing.
"Yehey," Eliana exclaims, jumping in her seats, but Alexandro is less enthusiastic about my plan.
I approached him and smiled at him since he was cute. "Don't worry, after this, we'll build a lego," I assure him, but he is not convinced.
"I doubt it," he said, staring at Eliana with a sneer.
"Well, you can paint your dream, feelings, imagination, or even the Lego set you want to build," I encouraged him.
"All right," he says as he jumps into his seat and smiles broadly.
We went upstairs to the painting room that Alessander had provided for me to paint in. I arranged and placed the canvas, adjusting it so that it would reach the desired location, and I filled the palette with paint, and they began to paint, as did I. Later, I looked at their paintings
and they were both nice; Alexandro had drawn a human figure lego and Eliana had drawn a house and a girl, and I saw her so happy looking at her painting, and then I noticed Alexandro's feet pushing Eliana's feet, and she stood up and stumped her feet.
"Ugh, I don't want this any longer," Eliana exclaimed as she bolted from the room.
"Wait, Eliana," I yelled, hoping to stop her from walking away, but she bolted.
I didn't have the stamina to get to her, so I contacted Casper for assistance. He arrived quickly, and we began searching for Eliana. Alexandro began to cry, so I calmed him while Casper
searched for her.I sat on the couch with Alexandro and patted his back to stop him crying, and then I went to the kitchen to get some water, not realizing that he had phoned his mother, and when I returned to the living room and saw him sobbing, I heard her on the phone, and she was furious. As a result, I dashed towards Alexandro.
"Shhh, it'll be fine; don't worry, we'll find it," I reassure him.
Alexandro turned off the radio, so I couldn't hear Safiya screaming on the other side.I took out
my phone and dialed Casper's number; he was looking outside because I had locked the door, but it was open when Casper arrived, so we assume Eliana had gone out because she can grab the knob.
"Did you locate her, Casper?" I inquired, my heart racing.
I can hear him struggling for air and say, "No, not yet."
"Ok, when you find her, call me," I said as I hung up the phone.
Casper was troubled, and I felt bad because he was the only one looking for her, but my stomach hurt so much that I couldn't move. I stoop down and rotate my hands in my stomach.
He said, "How about we look for Elina in the garden, she might be there."
I get up and go slowly, and when we get there, he decides to split us up so we can find Eliana quickly. I searched the right side of the garden for Eliana, but he stopped me and said he should search there, and I just agreed. We looked for minutes before Alessandro discovered Eliana
inside the large jar in the garden, which I removed her from. I noticed Alexandro wink at Eliana as I was leaving her, and she kept squirming while I was leaving her, threatening to kick my stomach, so I dropped her and she cried.Before I could say anything, Safiya and Alessander arrived and she pushed me, not too hard, but hard enough to keep me from moving. Alessander asked Eliana if she was okay and she nodded, so he stopped Safiya and escorted her inside with the children. They came across Casper, who looked confused, and he walked towards me.
"Are you all right? Where did you discover her?" he inquires as he pats my shoulder.
"Yes," I replied quickly.
He led me inside, where we saw them in the living room, where Safiya was still cussing and Alessander was washing Eliana's knee wound.Safiya ran up to me and cursed and pushed me, while Casper stood between us.
"Stop it," Casper ordered, his voice hard but with a flince in it.
"No!" he yelled, pushing Casper away.
"You whore, you seduced Alessander and made impregnant by someone so you could blame him for everything, and now you almost murdered my child!" she slapped me.
Alessander drew her over, and I felt my face flush as a result of the hard slap. Alexandro and
Eliana sprint up to me and hug my thighs.
Alexandro yelled, "Mommy, stop!"
"I'm sorry," Eliana replied, raising her eyes to my face.
"Are you stupid?" she yelled at her children.
"You scumbags, what are you doing clinging to that slut?" Safiya yelled at them, and Alessander gave her a cold stare.
"Mom, you urged us to run away and blame it on her," Alexandro continued, and I comprehended what he meant.
They've been agitated and uneasy since they arrived, and when we're in the painting room and Eliana appears to be having fun, Alexandero kicks her feet to signal the sign, and while we're gazing at the garden, he keeps insisting on looking to the right since that's where Safiya is hiding.
"What does this mean?!" Alessander exclaimed at Safiya, and I pushed the kids' ears towards my thighs and covered the other ears, which they held in both legs.
Hearing Safiya wail and clutch to Alessander's arms while Alessander pushed her made me so stressed that I wanted to cry because it was so chaotic and noisy.
"Eww, what is this?!," Alexandro exclaimed, his bloodied arms spread in front of him.
"Whe-where is that from?" I inquire.
I heard silences as he said, "In your legs."
Alessander dashed towards me, but Casper grabbed my hands and sat me down on the couch while dialing 911. Alessander is as surprised as I am, and the kids keep asking questions that annoy my ears, including Safiya yanking Alessander away from me, and everything goes black.