Chapter two

Three days later, I was taking my bath before going to the workshop when my mom walked past in front of the bathroom and glanced at me and suddenly she stopped so she could have a good look at me.

_My mother: Aren't you pregnant? She asks with a very angry tone

_Me: ... (I remained silent and without moving, my heart was beating a thousand times per second)

_My mother: I'm asking you a question !! She said walking towards me. And she began to chain the questions: Who got you pregnant? You know him ? Where does he live? What is he doing in life?

I didn't know what to say anymore because she terrified me. Suddenly she calmed down and asked me the questions one by one.

_She: Who made you pregnant my daughter?

_Me: His name is Romeo

_She: are you sure it's him and you could recognize him?

_Me: Yes mom. [I was shaking like a fly when I answered the questions]

_She: Where does he live?

_Me: In the neighboring district

_She: hummm ... Ok. Quickly take a shower and continue the conversation.

No sooner did she leave than I got out of the shower and put on my uniform for the workshop. And she walked me down the road and asked me more questions more until we got to the workshop. The evening of my return home I see that my mother was not alone but she was with my aunt and my uncle. I approach them and I greet them

-My mother: Good evening, have a good arrival. Sit here. [And she gave me a small stool which I sat on]

- Uncle: Good evening my daughter how are you?

- Me: I'm fine, Uncle, thank you.

- My aunt: We learned from your mom that you got pregnant, is that the truth?

- Me: Yes my aunt

- My aunt: Do you know the young man?

- Me: Yes aunt I know him.

- My aunt: Does your mother say his name is Romeo?

- Me: Yes his name is Romeo.

- My aunt: Do you know his house?

- I do...

- My aunt: you can ...

- Uncle: Damn Helen, stop bombarding the girl with all your questions. [He said in a very serious tone]

My daughter tomorrow morning you will accompany us to his place ok? Good evening to you.

Helene is coming, let's go. See you tomorrow morning my sister.

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So my Uncle Gustav and Aunt Helene left. And again I found myself alone with my mother.

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My daughter don't worry. We're gonna fix this, okay? Said my mother.

I replied: Ok mom. But I fear my father-in-law. You know how he is.

Half an hour later my father-in-law came home and he was very angry. As soon as I saw him, I greeted him and he answered me with a slap. My mother did not want to let it go so she intervened my father-in-law said to her by shouting: this is what I was telling you here, here she got pregnant. You refuse to educate him well you see the consequences ?? In any case, she's not going to stay with me with this pregnancy, eh! That's enough !

That evening my mother and I couldn't sleep inside because he swore that if he sees our feet inside his house that evening he will kill us both.

Early in the morning, my aunt and uncle had already arrived and I lead the three of them to Romeo's house where he lived with his family. We offered our greetings to the whole family. And after saying why we were there, we ask according to Romeo and a small meeting has been organized. Romeo did not deny the fact that I was his girlfriend and that the pregnancy was not his. So the two families decided that I would live with him from now on.

Next week, I moved in with Romeo and we were living together but I didn't have to give up my apprenticeship because I only had three months left before the end of my apprenticeship. The three months passed quickly and I had my final apprenticeship diploma. My boss was very proud of me because I had mastered the work well.

A month later I wanted to open my own hairdressing salon but Romeo did not accept as a pretext that it would make me too much work and too much fatigue and it would be bad for our daughter. Oh yes the baby was a girl. So I would always stay at home and my mother would come by from time to time to visit us, but sometimes I also go to her place when my father-in-law was away of course.

One day in the evening I started to lose water. Romeo did not know how to run to my mother and she took me to the hospital. When I got to the hospital, the doctor said that there were a lot of complications because I was not followed by a doctor during my pregnancy, and it was true because I couldn't afford it and neither did Romeo. My mother on her side with the loads of my brothers on her shoulders. I was hospitalized and only gave birth to my daughter after three days of intense care. But my daughter was still and did not cry out. The doctor tells us that she was in critical condition but did not die. Doctors should treat her within the next four hours if we are still to keep her. So my mother gave the baby to Romeo and his aunt. Yes, he lived with his aunt because he is motherless. My mother left to seek help from my uncle because the prescription costs for drugs amounted to one hundred and forty thousand France CFA. My uncle had indeed found the sum she wanted and they went to the pharmacy to buy everything that was written on the prescription. Once at the hospital, they see the baby, my daughter at the front of the hospital abandoned by Romeo and her aunt who according to her the baby had no chance to live. My mother had become very angry, taking the baby in her hands she cried for help until she found the doctor who was taking care of me. The doctor got very angry knowing that the baby was abandoned. There is only one hour left to treat her so the doctor took my daughter to the operating room and operated on her because she was suffering from liver problems. The operation lasted more than two hours.

And finally the doctor left the operating room. And told us that the operation was a success but that we will have to wait 12 more hours to see how his body will react to the operation.

I waited impatiently for the 12 hours to pass to hear from my daughter. Ten hours have already passed and those 10 hours were like an eternity for me. My mother was always there because her children are so precious to her, she did not want to leave me. There were still two hours left.

How would the news reach me within two hours? Good or bad?