Chapter 3
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"Did you have that dream again?"
It was like Megan could read her mind.
She nodded
Lately Abigail's dreams have been weird, she keeps dreaming about a particular child. At first it was fascinating, because the child was extremely adorable. The boy had her dark green eyes and her jet black hair, but the child didn't look exactly like her. The child lips were thinner and the child had big round eyes.
Megan huffed.
“We're going to the clinic after classes”
19 years old Abigail also had her doubts, but she took the pregnancy test and it was negative
“It's just a silly dream Megan, there's no need for the clinic”
“I know silly dreams….and this one is not it, my mum said she has a dream that I was waving at her and the next week she found out she was pregnant, so I'm not taking any chances”
Abigail's heart dropped to her stomach, she hoped she was not pregnant or her life would be over.
‘God please let me just be paranoid’
She whispered a prayer before entering the class.
……
The duo waited in the hospital room in panic, as every second seemed like years to them.
“Miss Abigail Owens..”
The doctor called out as he entered the room.
“That's me”
She said softly as she looked expectantly at the doctor.
“Congratulations, you're 2 months gone”
Her heart dropped as the whole room turned black
“Pregnant!!”
Megan screamed at the doctor….
“”Well something can be done right, she doesn't have to keep the baby”
She asked but the doctor sadly shook his head.
“She is a bit too far gone, but even if she weren't, the baby isn't placed correctly, having an abortion would mean losing her life, and even if she doesn't die she would lose her womb”
“Even now, she's still not out of danger, so she has to watch her diet…..”
She stopped hearing the world around her as she tried to understand what was going on. The news dropped like a bomb and Abigail immediately passed out.
Megan who was still arguing with the doctor quickly rushed to her side.
Her life was over.
It wasn't long Abigail returned home and broke the news to her parents.
“Should I go with you Abby, you know how your parents are”
Megan asked concerned, she truly didn't think she could hate anyone as much as she hated Abby's sorry excuses for parents.
Abby was an extremely beautiful and intelligent girl, if she was Megan's daughter, she would waste no opportunity to brag about her. But Abby's parents not only despise her, but they hate the mere sight of her, so they shipped her away to study in another state….now she's pregnant who knows what would happen to her.
Vivian looked in horror at her child's stomach while Henry couldn't believe his ears.
“What did you say Abigail…?”
She asked slowly, as the words rolled off her tongue.
She should have aborted this wench when she had the opportunity to, now she is facing the biggest disgrace of her life.
“I….I am preg…”
Abigail didn't complete her words as a sharp slap landed across her face.
Her cheeks turned bright red as the crimson taste of blood hit her tongue.
“I told you, I told you that your daughter would be nothing but a disgrace to us”
They've always hated the very existence of hers, so it was not a surprise the lingering disgust on their face.
“I'm sorry…”
She never got used to their faces of disgust, it always seemed to make her cry.
“You're leaving”
Her eyes opened wide when her step brother busted into the room.
“Felix is right, we'd become laughing stock if everyone finds out that our daughter is a w***e”
Henry chipped in, and just like that they began discussing her departure.
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“Ladies and Gentlemen…Welcome to New York City”
She snapped out of her daze as she felt her heart's rhythm increase.
“Are you scared, Raphael?”
A chubby 4 year old boy looked at her with his dark green eyes and shook his head a little.
Her smile dropped, she thought since he was moving to a new country and switching schools, he'd feel a little shaken…like her.
“Then…are you excited to meet your aunt Megan?”
Her eyes beamed in excitement as Raphael tilted his head to the side.
His mum has been talking about their travels to New York non stop, and now that they are near, she's acting nervous.
He gently took his chubby hands and placed them on hers while looking at his iPad to calm her down while Abigail quietly closed her eyes.
Sometimes she thinks that her 3 year old is more mature than her, other times she confirms that she had given birth to an old man.
Coming down from the plane, she saw Megan holding a sign over her head. Immediately Megan saw her best friend and her baby highlight from the plane, she immediately ran towards her and enveloped her in a big hug
When her parents decided to ship her to India four years ago, they did it so suddenly and quietly that Abigail had to go without saying goodbye.
Megan, teary eyed removed herself from the hug as she immediately scanned Abigail's body.
Abigail looked exactly how she did four years ago. It was like she hadn't even given birth. She had received many compliments from Indian women on how well she retained her shape, they told her she was blessed by Vishnu himself.
“You've not changed…”
Megan muttered in awe, if anything she looked so much more beautiful.
“I grew my hair though”
She was given lots of herbs for hair growth from the very nice women, so she had no problem keeping her hair long.
“And this must be Raphael”
She said as she bent down to his height
“You look like an angel….oh my aren't you the cutest boy in the world”
At such a young age, Raphael was a show stopper, he looked so pretty.
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