Ivy’s Divine Revenge

Chapter Four

Ivy

My mind was whirling fast as I was faced with this unbelievable tableau, the woman with the scrubs kept speaking and none of the words registered with me, i did not understand what was happening here, my chest and throat still burned with the water that had been in my lungs when I was drowning in my car’s boot and as I frantically looked around the room trying to find something that made sense and could calm my running imagination because I sensed that if I asked the questions that I wanted to I would be wheeled to the psychiatric ward.

My eyes stopped roving when i saw a calendar mounted on the wall and i turned my bewildered face around to look at the kindly woman in scrubs and I interrupted all the medical jargons she was sprouting, “is iis that calendar, is it correct” I stuttered and shut my eyes trying to slow before opening them again and studying the woman with the chart, my racing heart while I feared the answer that I was about to get.

The woman looked at me a little worriedly and looked down at the chart in her hands which she studied for a minute.

As she looked at the almost hysterical young woman on the bed she wondered if this was the grief after loosing her baby that was making her act out or if the woman was just not okay, maybe she needed to keep her for observation for a couple of days, “yes ma’am, the date is correct...” I saw her eye me with some concern and I tried to maintain a sort of level headedness to reassure her and I even managed a smile, “...we need to find someone we can call on your behalf to come and pick you, a husband or boyfriend maybe?” At that Ivy’s head snapped up.

“No no, oh no there is no need for that...” i smiled nervously, there was no way I would call anyone before I did a thorough reconnaissance. “I can just take a cab home, there is no need to bother anyone moreover my husband is not around to come collect me, I would appreciate it if you could get a taxi to come pick me and could you please tell me how did I get here?”

“You passed out as you tried to get into your car in a parking lot ma’am, emergency services brought you here and it is not a problem, the hospital has a taxi service on standby, we will just find one not in use currently...” she studied the patient for a moment. “...are you sure you don’t need someone to come get you ma’am?”

I nodded, eager to reassure her, I did not want anyone to know, I needed to deal with this one my own first before I know what to do. “I am peachy, a cab is fine.” as I was too shell shocked to say more, I just needed the doctor to leave me alone so that I could face my feelings without any kind of spectator around to see me fall apart.

As I sat there i slowly started to put piece and piece together and remembered that this was exactly what had happened during my second miscarriage, i had gone out of town to pick up some medicine for the horses from the vet, on my way out of the premises while I went to my car to drive out i had suddenly felt faint and started bleeding then passed out, I had come to in this same hospital and when i had been asked I gave Sean as my emergency contact and he had rushed over to the hospital and had been distraught and inconsolable over the death of our second baby, I must be relieving my past, it seemed I had been given a second chance to reclaim my life, I had no idea why and if I was being very honest I did not see why I deserved it.

I cast my thoughts back to the incident that I had apparently escaped from and wondered why I had been chosen to survive such an ordeal, I wanted to dismiss it as my over imagination or a nightmare but it had felt too real, unlike a dream and I knew in my heart of hearts that that was a warning and if I did not heed it I would endanger the lives of my entire family and some other poor woman that would be Sean’s next victim, I have to be proactive now and decide how I am going to change the tide of time to get better results.

When a nurse came to inform me that a cab was ready for me before she helped me to get dressed and when I was done signing the release papers and payments she helped me to the elevator, all the way to the basement and to the cab that sat waiting for me where she left me with a quick warning to take things carefully and to meet with my doctor for a follow up check as soon as I could.

I directed the cab driver to a motel near where I had left my car and as we drove out of the hospital I could not help but remember how much concern Sean had shown me when we drove out and now that i knew that all of his concern had been all lies and he had played me for a fool bile grew in my throat and I promised myself that I would get even, i began to wonder about my mysterious miscarriages that did not feel natural after I had stumbled on him cheating on me with Charlene in the office.

In the dream Sean had not only insinuated that he had not wanted to have any children with me but also poisoned me so it had me wondering if it could it be possible that he had made sure that I could not carry my babies to term possibly by poisoning me?

I had gone to multiple specialists and they had pronounced me healthy and they had been unable to find any reason for my inability to stay pregnant. My eyes brimmed with tears that I angrily dashed away with the back of my hand and i felt a stabbing pain in my chest, it felt too real to be just a dream and the betrayal I felt was definitely real.

I could not believe that I had been so naive and I had possibly fallen in love with a conman who had no feelings towards me except greed and the urge to murder me and the people I held dear to me for some money, as I pondered everything I wondered who I could confide in, what was I supposed I tell them?

“Oh I found out that my loving charming husband is actually a psychopath and in a few months he is going to murder me then my family and all this came to me in a dream.”

I scoffed when I heard how ridiculous I sounded, nobody would believe me and I would probably be sent to a mental institution, I remembered how cautious my parents had initially been when I informed them of my Vegas wedding after such an extremely short courtship, my mother had been very vocal about her disappointment and I had been ecstatic when they met him and he won them over I could imagine my mother’s scorn if i told her that her charming son in law was a crook who wanted her entire family dead so that he could take over all of their possessions with his mistress, I would have to make a plan by myself and find a way to bring him down.

When I got to the motel and the clerk led me to a room I reluctantly called Sean, I did not want to speak to him but I had never been away from him without letting him know, I could not start now unless I wanted to rouse his suspicions, I stiffened and forced myself to sound natural when his voice came over the phone.

“Hey baby, it is Ivy.” I said sweetly.

“Where are you calling from? You have had me concerned are you not supposed to be back home? I was just about to call your parents right now before your call came in, where are you?” He asked, concern dripping from his voice.

I rolled my eyes with disgust at the act he was putting up but I answered him hiding my true feelings, if he could act then I would show him that I was an even better actor, I would beat him at his game.

“I felt faint honey and I decided against making the drive home tonight, I decided to spend the night at the hotel so that tomorrow morning I can drive down.” She heard silence over the phone and wondered what he was thinking of.

“Are you okay baby? Should I come and pick you up? Did you see a doctor?” He asked.

“It is really nothing baby you don’t need to come pick me up, if I don’t feel better by morning then I will ask you to come and pick me up, I was just tired and I decided it will be best if I skip the drive until I feel better.” I reassured him, I did not want him to come and see me right now while my emotions were still so raw , I needed to be able to collect my thoughts before I could face him.

“And how is my baby’s baby?” He asked.

I closed my eyes in pain and infused brightness to my voice, “we are both doing okay, I am just really tired and I need to sleep, I will call you tomorrow okay? Good night Sean.”

“Call me if you need me okay? Good night my angel.” He replied.

I dropped the phone and stared at it like a dangerous animal.

I went into the bathroom and got under the hot spray and just stood there allowing the water to mingle with my endless tears.

By the time I came out of the bathroom I was determined to do whatever it was to bring down Sean, all of the love I had felt for him had gone down the drain with my tears, I would not allow myself be the lastest in what I was sure was a long list of women that he had swindled and probably murdered, he thought I was an easy mark demure and in hopelessly love with him but he had just woken a beast in me and I felt the need for revenge stir in my belly, I would not be fooled and if I needed to do it on my own I would.