Our loss

Chapter 39

The pain, one second I was okay seated at a business lunch with my colleagues…the next thing I felt was a thud inside of me…blood, blood was all over the floor as I stood to massage the pain…I don’t remember much after that…I woke up in a white robe in the hospital. I had almost lost the baby they said, my heart broke at the idea of losing such a precious opportunity.

I sat there in the ward, a few of the flowers laid near me…the only bright colors in the room, Mutaq rushing in with Elham…for some reason, my face turned sour-looking towards the door and not finding Zafar there. He was at the theater that day, I can’t really blame him. I sat there explaining my condition to both of them…before asking them to give me some space…The doctors say that by me continuing such a risky pregnancy I might lose a lot more than just the baby...