CHAPTER.3
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ONE MONTH LATER“This pair would look so beautiful on you two, you are such a cute couple” Layla listened to her coworker say in a flattering tone to the Lovey dovey couple.The same couple who were supposed to be her customers.After selling and catering to the couple, the girl walked to the counter with a sweet smile on her face.“You are so lucky Marie, you just earned an extra tip for yourself,thank God you didn't let that good for nothing Missus take them away from you” Layla heard another of her co-worker say.She lowered her head and arranged the expensive bangles seriously and carefully, not wanting to break or scratch any of them since they cost more than the current she could afford.“Layla, there's someone here , go settle them” one of them called out.Layla was stuck between leaving the bangles she was arranging and going off to settle another customer.“ I'm busy, can you go attend to them?” Layla said with a pleading tone.“ Then leave that and go attend to them, I was the one who attended to the previous customers so now it should be your turn, or do you want to be reported for slacking off” Marie scoffed. “Marie you know very well that this was meant to be your work but I don't know why I'm doing your work for you and you still don't appreciate it” Layla asked in an aggrieved manner, feeling that it was unfair and she was being cheated on by her co worker “ You aren't doing this for anyone ok?, it's your work and you have been paid for it, now go and attend to the customer who is waiting for you before I report you to the manager right now” Marie said, she was gloating at Layla, knowing that once she put in the name of the manager, Layla would have no choice but to obey her immediately.Layla has no other choice but to keep the Bangles she was sorting and go attend to the customer who had just entered.“Good afternoon Ma and Sir, welcome to Belle’s Gold and Jewelry,in what way would I be of service to you?” Layla said in a polite tone to the couple who had been waiting patiently.The couples were about to list out their orders to her when Layla began to feel a little bit dizzy ,her eyes were spinning around and she felt like the world was about to cave in on her.The next thing she knew, she was falling towards the floor.“Layla ! Layla!!Are you okay?” The voices of her co-workers was the last thing she heard before she blacked out.Layla opened her eyes and was surprised to find herself in a room painted and decorated only in White .She knew instantly that she was in the hospital.Layla jumped off the bed wanting to leave because she knew that staying longer would make her bills to be much more expensive and she didn't have any extra money for that.“Calm down mam, you need all the rest you can get” the nurse said, trying to stop Layla from leaving but she was relentless, the little money she had was for eating and paying her soon due rent not to pay for hospital bills for probably just fainting due to not eating on time.“I can't believe that a pregnant woman like you could be So careless, aren't you even thinking of your unborn child?” The nurse chided harshly.Layla felt her world stop.“What did you just say? That I'm what?” She asked the nurse In shock.“Don't you know? You are pregnant, 1 month gone already” the nurse Informed Layla clutched the result paper tightly, her eyes staring at the word that was written boldly, a word that probably spelt her doom.“How can I be pregnant…it was just a one time thing, it isn't supposed to lead to this” she thought, walking around the road aimlessly.She had been given a two day leave by her manager and she didn't really appreciate the leave.“What should I do?” Layla thought, biting her lips in frustration.‘why don't you abort the child, you don't have the necessary things to take care of a child, it's just going to be another burden to you, you are already a broke heiress’ a voice advised her, Layla thought for some time before agreeing that the voice was correct.Even though she wanted to keep the child, she didn't have any means , having a child just meant bringing that kid into this messed up world to suffer.“Hey miss, be careful, there’s a sewer hole nearby, be careful not to fall in '' a voice said, jolting Layla away from her thoughts.Layla looked and indeed, there was an uncovered sewer hole and if it wasn't for the kind stranger who had just alerted her, she would have fallen into it.She smiled tiredly at him before changing route.© ©Layla wringed her fingers nervously, she was seated in the doctor's office, waiting for him to give her a death she would come for the abortion.The doctor walked into the office, holding a paper in his hands,there was a grimace on his face which meant that what he was bringing wasn't good news.The doctor sat down on the seat and handed over the papers to Layla, she opened them to read but what she saw was startling.“Doctor…what does the result mean by this?” Layla asked “I'm Sorry mam but you can't abort your baby, not now, not ever, your body is too frail to do that and if you eventually do it…you will lose your life on the operating table” the doctor said in a final tone.Layla stared intently at the phone, the string of numbers on the screen of her phone reminded her that she was about to go on a journey of no return.She dialed the number with a determined look on her face.Immediately the call was picked up, she put it on her ears.“Hello Mrs Adonis, it's miss Holloway on the line”
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