" 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?????!!!!