Episode 19
I had been trying on clothes for the past two
hours, my sister watched me from the bed, I had come to spend the weekend at home
âDo you think this is okay?â
âEmilia its fine, all your clothes are conservative, wonder why you botherâ she rolled on her tummy, had been twisting for the past one hour but when I asked she said she was on her periodâŠ
âBecause i want them to like meâI said
âThey not gonna like you based on your clothesâ
âBut its a factorâ
I had finally agreed to see Martins parents after he had kept nagging me on it, to avoid suspicion about not being serious about the relationship i had given in, i was gonna go on tuesday but i decided to try out clothes since i was home and my sister was around, but she wasnât helping and she seemed not to be interested in whatever i wore, not convinced by what she said, I pulled
offf the skirt and top and decided on a gown
âWhy you going to see the parents so soon?â
âHe says he wants me to..â
â Well theyâll like you, everybody doesâ Erica said, that was the nicest thing she had said to me ever, but I decided she just wanted me to be relaxed, I turned to her, she was trying not to writhe in pain, so I told her
â Thanksâ and zipped up my dress âwhat about my hair, do I need to pack it up.â
âShould be up, more decent..as for the
makeup..arhâ she winced, I rushed to her side
âAre you okay..?â
âYeah.. Yeah Iâm fineâ I wasnât convinced though
âYou sure you are..?â
Erica got up suddenly and dashed to the
bathroom, I was frozen for a second, i wanted to follow her when I looked down and saw the
bedsheets..I stared at it my heart constrictedâŠ
Erica came out cleaning her mouth, she saw my look and the bedsheets..
âDonât worry..I ll wash the sheetsâ
âErica..how could you..â
âIts just sheets..I ll wash itâshe went and took some pain reliever tablets, I just gaped at her still frozen, I finally found my voice
âDonât lie to me Erica, Iâm a medical student you canât loose that much blood.. unless..â
Erica just folded her body in in more pain
âUnless you had an abortionâ
Erica didnât deny it, she was silent, I glanced at the sheet again speechless, when I found my voice, I touched her
âWhy..what happenedâ
âI got pregnant OK..I couldnât tell Dad..I had to do it, a friend took me to a doctor, gave me some pills..â
âThat wasnât the best optionâ
âYou donât know anything about that..youâre a f—–g virgin, do you know how much I crave that..
Dad already hates me, he ll disown me
otherwise..i had to do itâ her arms were tightly crossed, she rocked back and forth âand donât go
preaching to me about how its a sin and all thatâ
When she had calmed down, I decided to speak
again
âWell..I wonât lie to you..its a big sin before Godâ
âWell Iâm no Christianâ she rubbed her stomach in pain, I began to cry
âGod why, why did you allow her to go this far, why?âI asked in agonyâŠ
Third Person pov
Erica had tears in her eyes too but she was
trying to be strong, she envied her sister a lot,
being able to keep herself but she had lost it a
long time ago by mistake and had just decided to continue in the act, when the baby entered, she knew she couldnât keep it or tell the father who would never marry her, they werenât in a serious
relationship and Joseph might hate her for it
thinking she was trying to trap him into marriage, it also was a big disgrace to her family, seeing her father was a renowned Man of God and she being the first daughter was supposed to be an example, when the doctor gave her the option of an abortion pill she decided to take it anyway,
she had no idea it would cause her so much
pain.
She knew she wasnât going to do it again but knew she needed help, glancing at her sister who was still crying like she was the one who had gotten pregnant and was in pain, Erica took her in her arms as Emilia hugged her tightly back
â please donât tell Dadâ Erica pleaded
Emilia shook her head and tried cleaning her
tears
âI wonât.. but I fear he has seen itâshe said, Erica sighed knowing about her fathers dreams especially as Emilia had told her her father had seen her crying in agony like now
â I wonât do it again..I promise, I ll break up with Joe..Iâm so sorryâshe bowed her head in tears
Emiliaâs pov
I stared at her for long then said
âYou canât do it on your own sis..you think Iâm stronger than you..no this could have happened to anyone..its because I have God inside of me, he helps meâ
âYou donât understand, Iâm far goneâshe said
âJesus died for you for this moment when you feel helpless, he can save you, forgive you for what you have done and give you a brand new lifeâ I was preaching but I couldnât hold it back,
If I had tried to talk more to her she wouldnât
have gone so far. Erica looked at me with tear
stained eyes then gave me her hand
ââPlease pray for meâShe said.
She feigned illness as she remained in the room, I was her alibi, I didnât go to see Martins parents and always came home to check on her, we bonded more during that period of two weeks till
she got better and the bleeding stoppedâŠ
I was glad it wasnât worse than that..I was happy God gave her a second chance.
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