Complicated Love

chapter 5

“Move faster!” She yelled as she continuously shook her lifeless child.

“Oh! God, what is this? What have I done to deserve this? My baby” she sobbed as the car made its way to the hospital.

A few minutes ago, her daughter had fainted and was quickly picked up to be taken to the hospital. Derek was not at home at the time so his driver drove her straight to the family hospital.

She became so worried because nothing of such had ever happened before. Her children are always healthy, lively, and agile.

When they got to the hospital, the nurses pushed the stretcher and immediately went to the emergency room. By that time, she had sent a text to Derek.

In case you get home and do not find me, I am in the hospital. My daughter fainted, and we rushed her down to the family hospital. Don't worry about me.

Nicole.

Immediately after Derek received the message, he headed for the hospital with his driver and personal assistant.

“Madam Edward, your child is suffering from severe anemia and will immediately need a blood transfusion”

“Doctor, you can take my blood; I am the mother of the child; I gave birth to her,” she immediately volunteered.

After the test, the doctor found out that she was battling typhoid at the time and as a result of that, she wouldn't be able to donate blood.

“Madam Edward, you currently have typhoid, and we won't be able to take your blood to give to the child,” the doctor said.

“Doctor, I know that I have typhoid but it shouldn't stop anything. See, I am the only one available to give the child blood right now; there is no other person. Please, just take the blood already.” She had stopped sobbing, she was now quietly crying.

“Madam Edward, it is not advisable to give your blood to the child, it will do more harm than good. We are trying to cure the child from one illness; adding another through blood transfusion might not end well,” the doctor explained.

“Oh! God, what have I gotten myself into? Okay doctor, what are we going to do now?

“Madam Edward, the only thing we can do now is to look for another person to donate the blood.”

“Doctor, it's like you are not listening to me, there is no other person. Is there any other wa..”

“I will donate the blood if it matches,” Derek interrupted her. He had just gotten to the hospital, he asked his driver, whom he met in the waiting room where his wife and the child were, and he was told that she was seeing the doctor, so he headed to his office.

“Okay, good day President Edward, come with me, let's check if you are eligible to donate blood to the child”

Derek's blood matched Daniella's and he donated the blood.

After resting for a while, both Derek and Nicole sat in the doctor's office.

“President Edward, madam Edward, your child's health will return to normal, she will be fine very soon. She needs to still stay in the hospital for more monitoring even after she gets better,” the doctor said with assurance in his voice.

“Thank you so much doctor, we appreciate it,” Nicole said, now relieved and no longer crying.

“I was afraid that something would happen to her”

“Thank you so much, doctor Nelson,” Derek said, looking at his wife, who now had swollen and red eyes.

“You are welcome. Thank God the father of the child came earlier.”

“What!” Derek exclaimed.

“The father of the child!”Nicole exclaimed.

The doctor was surprised by their reaction. Is he not the father of the child? Why are surprise and shock written all over their faces? Is he missing something?

“Yes, there were some biological traces in the test we did when we wanted to check for compatibility”

“There is a high probability that you are the father of the child,” the doctor explained.

“Okay doctor, is there a way we could check to be hundred percent sure of the child's paternity?” Derek asked, trying to calm down.

“Of course, all that is needed to confirm the child's paternity is a DNA test. Once a DNA test is conducted, you would know the father of the child” he said.

“Can we do it now or do we have to wait until she gets better?” He asked.

“We can conduct the DNA once the child is conscious,” she said.

“Okay doctor, when would that be?” Derek asked.

“She should be fully awake by tomorrow morning or afternoon,” the doctor said.

“Can we check her now?” Nicole finally spoke after a long moment of shock.

“Of course, you can,” he said.

They left the doctor's office to Daniella's private ward. They both sit on different chairs, each to their thoughts.

Nicole could not stop thinking about how she got pregnant in the first place.

Was he the one who took advantage of my drunkenness that night? Could it be that he is the father of my child and I did not know?

He would probably think that I knew he was their father, and I refused to let him know, and it's not even like that; I am as shocked as he is right now.

I can't wait for the DNA test to be conducted, I just pray the children are not his, or will I like it if they are his? Oh! God, I don't even know what to think right now.

Derek was staring at her, his blue eyes piercing through her skin; he felt heat gathering inside of him; he did not know what to feel about the information, and he was anxiously waiting for daybreak so that the DNA test could be conducted already.

He had always felt like there was a special liking and bond he had towards those children since he set his eyes on them, a bond that he could not explain.

He had always known that there was something about those children but he could not place his hands on what exactly that thing is. He loved them; he always found himself attached to them, he missed them when they were not around or when he was not around.

He also saw the resemblance between himself and the children but always brushed the thought aside every time thinking he was only hallucinating.

Am I truly the father of these children? But how? How is that even possible? I did not know, and I had not met this lady before we agreed to get married. How and when did I get her pregnant?

There were so many unanswered in his head begging for answers.

The next morning, the DNA test was conducted. The doctor came in and handed over the result to them, Derek collected the result first.

He opened it and he opened his mouth and eyes wide in shock.