Chapter 17: Shock

" Have you had dinner??" She asked as we got back to the reception

" No" I shook my head

" Let's grab a bite at least it will cook down your system" she stood up and pulled on my hand

I nodded

" Shouldn't we be talking about the elephant in the room??" I looked up from my burger and fries

" She dropped hers and took a full of her soda

"What elephant??" She looked at me

"Ehmmm... uncle James??" I looked at her closely as her countenance changed

"Was he the one that stabbed you??" I nodded slowly

" Why didn't you tell me??!"

" And he even had the nerve of following me to the hospital that day" she ran her hand through her shoulder length black natural hair

" I'm sorry I had to go through this and keep quiet about it because of me" a tear dropped from her eye

" You were so happy, I didn't want to spoil your happiness" she wiped her eye with the napkin and held my hand

"Thank you so much, now I see everything"

" Along with the regrets" I looked at her

" Regrets??" She shook her head

"It's nothing" she picked her burger up and took a bite

I looked at mine and picked up the soda

" Can I have this packed??" I called to a waiter

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" Who did you pack it for??" She asked as we walked back to the reception

"Jamal" I smiled

"That's so cute" the doctor walked out of a ward

" Doctor.... Nicole" I called after having a peep at her coat

" Is the surgery over??" She looked puzzled

" Who's surgery??"

" Jamal Murray" I crossed my fingers

" It was successful"

"There was no internal bleeding and after enough rest he should be able to walk" she smiled

" But there is one tiny problem"

"Which is??"

"There's a possibility of him having amnesia by the time he wakes up" I paused

" But he'll be fine, he's in ward 16" she walked past me

" I couldn't move, I felt a sharp pain in my chest" I made my way to ward 16 with Aunty Jane behind me

"K.C remember this is not your fault" she held my shoulder and tears began to run down my cheeks

I walked into the ward, looking at him breathing slowly and steadily, I broke down into tears as I walked to the bed

" K.C??"

"I'm fine, I'm fine" I wiped my tears with the back of my hand

"You should get some rest"

"I'll stay here"

" Are you sure??" She squeezed my shoulder as I nodded and started walking to the door

" I'll be back by tomorrow evening" she closed the door, I could hear the sound of her boots as she walked away from the ward

" Thank you" I held his hand and sat on the stool close to the bed

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Aunty Jane's POV

I drove into the prison yard, parked under a peach tree and walked into the building with my sunshades on

"Good day ma'am" a female officer said to me

" Good morning, I'd like to see Mr James Murray"

" I'll get him on the phone with you in a minute"

" Inmate 5403, you have a visitor" I took a seat in front of the glass barrier and picked up the phone on the side

"Jane??" I looked up at him, he took the seat in front of me and picked up the phone on the other end

" You look amazing" he smiled at me, I stared at him

" I know what I did is inexcusable but..." He put his head down

" I'm truly sorry, I tried to stop K.C from figuring out it was me because I didn't want to lose you" he raised his head

" But things got out of control and I'm sincerely sorry" I was holding back my tears

" I know you can never forget what I did but please forgive me" I raised my head to stop the tears from rolling down my cheek

" I'm sorry for everything" I pulled out the ring on my finger, dropped it on the table, hanged up the phone and walked away from the table as fast as I could despite my eyes being blurry because of the tears welling up in them

I finally got to the car and jumped in throwing my purse to the passenger seat and hitting my head countless times on the steering wheel

I burst into tears, loud and breathless sobs, I couldn't control it anymore....

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I decided to drive to the hospital to get my test results before checking on Jamal and K.C so I headed for the gynaecologist's office

"Have a seat Miss Jane" I sat in front of her

" The test results are out, they are positive"

" Congratulations, you're one month pregnant" the words "one month pregnant" replayed in my head over and over again

I'm what?????!!!!