THE FALSE TRUTH pt 3

The doctor nodded gravely, “to whom?” she asked in a strangled voice, “we were hoping you would help us with that, you have no clue at all?” he asked her again, she shook her head, both in disbelieve for what she hearing and in denial, “I know no such boy” she replied her mind in a blur.

“Can I see her, doctor?” she asked, still not believing that she was discussing her daughter, “she’s asleep and we’d rather not want her awakened” he replied, “oh no, I only want to see, just to make sure…”her voice trailed off.

He nodded, pitying her.

They both got up at the same time and headed for the door.

 Ada re-entered the reception and felt ashamed as if she had done something wrong, did all the orderlies know? She wondered as she passed a nurse who greeted her genially, they must all know and wonder what kind of mother I am, she thought again in disbelieve, the doctor opened the door down the hall and gestured for her to enter after touching his lips with his index finger, she nodded dumbly and hesitated, what if there was no mistake? And her daughter had actually attempted abortion? No one taught you how to deal with such problems when you became a mother, babies were the only things that came without manuals she thought distractedly.

She straightened her spine, her late mother would have said she was being spineless; the Da-silva women were strong and indestructible.

She entered the room and could barely make out the tiny form sleeping quietly on the hospital bed. She neared the bed and looked closely, it was really her daughter, smaller and a little pale, but her daughter nonetheless, sleeping on the hospital bed.

Ada felt hot tears coursing down her face before she realized she was weeping openly, her little girl had been violated and was trying to fix the problem, or was it consensual? She thought as anger and doubt bubbled together within her constricted chest, she shook her head forcefully, she knew Ivory, someone had forced themselves on her but why hadn’t she told me? Ada agonized.

She jumped when she felt the doctor’s hand on her shoulder, he motioned her to the door and she shook her head at him, she was not leaving this room until her daughter woke up. The doctor looked at her sympathetically, it was always so hard, he touched her elbow again, “let’s just discuss, you can come back” he said quietly, Ada turned and walked out of the room without struggle, her red eyes ablaze.

Immediately the door closed she turned towards the doctor, “someone will pay for this” she hissed through clenched teeth, the doctor nodded passively, he knew mothers always believed the best of their off-springs, “we have a police friend on ground if you want to talk to him, as you know, this is a serious matter” he said as Ada’s eyes grew bigger, it was painful for the doctor to see, “you already involved the police without my consent” she roared, “I will sue if this case embarrasses any member of my family” she thundered at the doctor, finally satisfied that she had an object to vent her anger on, “and to even insinuate that she brought this upon herself is both insulting and demeaning of my capabilities as a mother” she said, enunciating her words,

“Madam, I apologize for annoying you, but the police was called to protect the hospital, she was brought here profusely bleeding and unconscious, please let us sit and discuss this issue privately” he begged, his hospital was just beginning to gain recognition, he didn’t want any negative reports circulating the estate.

Ada glared at him and decided to do as he advised, they went back towards the dusty office, she paused as he opened the door, “I have to make some calls” she said and walked away abruptly in the opposite direction.

The doctor sighed heavily, shaking his head.

*

“…what are you saying?” the male voice asked tinged with worry and astonishment, it was so difficult hearing him talk like that, “I don’t have details yet but I thought you would want to know…” her thin voice trailed off, she was so fatigued, “we will know more by tomorrow, she’s sleeping now” she added to reassure him.

There was static and silence, “are you still there?” she asked raising her voice a little,

“I told you not to drag my children to that church of yours!” his tone was raw and vicious, she drew the phone away from her ear and stared at it before pressing it back to her ear, “honey this has nothing to do with church”

“How do you know?” came the quick reply, she closed her eyes and ran a paper dry hand over her face, her eyes itched and watered, “honey, let’s just wait till tomorrow, when she’s awake, I will get the truth from her” she waited when she heard a sniff from the other end, oh God, why was this happening now? She thought desperately, she sighed and stifled a sob of her own, “TJ?” she said hesitantly, he coughed then cleared his throat, “Just make sure you let me know the minute she’s awake, no matter the time, I want to talk to her” he ended the call before she could say anything back.

Slowly dropping the phone, she turned and walked back towards the doctor’s office, she squared her shoulders before knocking on the door, without waiting for a response, she opened the door and entered, it was going to be a long night, she thought when she saw the scrawny looking man that was seated on the seat she just vacated. TO BE CONTD...