CHAPTER THREE: TO FALL HEAD FIRST INTO REALITY.
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I stood over the ledge at the top of the St Mary's Hospital building and looked down. It was a long way down."I'm sure it will be painless," I said."No it will be, Mrs Naomi please come down.It's dangerous up there, I know that life has been difficult but trust me everything will work out." The head of the hospital security said in a soothing voice.Gone was my baby bump but I couldn't stop rubbing my stomach, I wanted to vent out and I found the right person."You know just a few days ago I was the happiest I could ever be, I had a loving husband, a baby on the way, and the closest best friend who was like the sister I never had.But all that came crashing down when I caught my husband naked with my best friend." I started my story."My God that must be terrible, why don't you come down so we can talk about it, if you want you can point out who your husband is and I will make sure to beat the living hell out of him.Trust me I will mess him up, so please just come down." The head of security urged me.But Ignored him and continued,"On the very same day, I collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, where I had to undergo surgery for both my sake and that of my baby.Do you know what I found out?My money was all gone, I have never had to worry about money for a very long time because of my parent's inheritance.But I trusted my husband enough that I put all my money into a shared account.As if that was not enough he hired a shark lawyer and sued me for divorce saying that I'm not carrying his child.""What a prick, no offense but he should be locked up in maximum security, I have some connections with the guards there who will make life fun for him," the head of security said as he started making his way towards me but I took one foot off the ledge making him stop."With so much shock I collapsed again and this time I lost the baby,Do you know how it feels to lose a baby when you have spent so much time with her and have so much more time to spend with her?It's like someone just ripped your heart out and shredded it, before using duck tape to put it back together and put it back in you.I have nothing else, no money, no husband, no child, no friends.Nothing, tell me..." "Samuel." The head of security offered his name."Samuel, what is there to live for? When your child dies before you do, what reason could there be for living." I continued."There is so much more to life than husbands, money, friends, and children.Have you ever eaten spicy meat pie after going hungry for a whole day?Have you ever sat down with vanilla ice cream chocolate chip cookies and binged Korean dramas before?Have you pushed yourself to be the best version of yourself and succeed?Have you pursued a cause that is greater than yourself with so much passion that nothing else could compare?Mrs Naomi please there is much more to life, and the greatest part of it is that we get to find out ourselves." Samuel roared as he extended his hands.His words gave me pause as I gave into the thought that he might be right.I turned around and realized that the foot I had raised had not landed on the ledge.With a scream, I fell.For a moment it felt like I was flying but as the ground came closer to me fear gripped me as a scream tore through my throat.And all went dark.*****I opened my eyes to find myself before a crossroads,"Where am I?" I asked out loud."The second stop off third of main," a voice answered me.I turned around and found myself surrounded by people."I'm dead?" I asked."Not sure what you mean but it feels like we when we have to wake up this early to get to work" the same voice replied."What?" I asked confused, before the green light came on and I followed the crowd to cross the road.I looked at my wrist out of habit and found a watch around it, I looked at the time and it read 7:45am."What is going on?" I asked myself as I looked around and decided to head back home.But not before touching my stomach as I felt squeezy.I hailed down a taxi and gave him the address to my house while trying to stop the bile from exiting through my mouth.Halfway there I heard a screech and felt the taxi I was in collide with another car.I screamed in pain while thinking that this was not my week."Are you okay?" a husky voice broke through my headache."Here I am in an accident, possibly bleeding and you ask me 'Am I okay?'And they call me dense." I snapped."Sorry, just wanted to make sure that you are alright. An ambulance is on the way please hold on." The husky voice spoke again from outside the taxi while I lay in the wreckage waiting for help."Hey, are you okay?" I asked the driver only to be met with silence."Hey! Say something, anything." I shouted but got no response."Help! Anyone, please help, someone is dying over here!" I shouted.I heard footsteps approaching the taxi wreckage and I intensified my efforts."The driver, someone checks on the driver.He is not responding." I screamed."Try the driver's side first, once he is secured we can help the woman out." I heard a female commanding voice.After a while of shouting and tearing of metal, a verdict was announced."He is dead!"
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