Episode1 The Baby. The Baby

Running inside the unknown jungle, with thick bushes and tall trees, Mable relies on a painful sign, when she notices a car is not following her any more, " I think I lost them" she said to herself in pain.

Sitting on the ground and lean on a tree she was havely pregnant about to give birth, getting her chitenge material in her small bag she spreads it on the ground and pick some lives to put her back on, she prepared herself to deliveras, she had no choice but to use all her experience as a doctor to help herself.

The jungle was quiet, trees gave her fresher air, as if all the trees and plants were cheering for her.

Soon she put on a brave face determined to do anything.

Chikwa village👑

I work up early around 4:30 in the morning, the earth was still dark but it's a good time for me to go and fetch some firewood, because when the sun sets it's tiring to walk 'am old and almost 55 years soon I have no one to take care of me, so I need to be strong' Margaret thought to herself, stretching her back.

Chikwa village was forgy in the morning because the village was surrounded by a forest and some levers, round hats made with wood and made with dry glass on the roof's, Margaret walked in the dark but she knew her way around so it was easy.

Author's

Margaret was an old woman, she never had a child in her life even after 20 years of marriage with her husband who died 15 years ago. So, ever since she has been taking care of herself, she lives alone and people make fun of her calling her a witch, but she just ignores everyone and moves on with her life, waiting for death to get her to where it took her husband Melvin.

Mable

I slept on the pile of leaves on the ground and with a chitenge material, I made sure the baby was not going to fall on the ground after birth, the pain was increasing but I needed to be strong for my baby. The tree supported her and sent a little cold on her sweaty body.

She wanted to scream in pain but she stopped herself, and grand her teeth,

Besides, if I scream I can kiss the life of my baby goodbye. I'm sure I am not going to make it because I am poisoned but my baby is alive I can feel it' she thought.

Forcing herself she pushed had biting her lips to avoid screaming, she was swatting hard, she tried to push had several times but it was west of effort because she was week, she was drugged before she started running so the poison was about to spread she could see her body getting week and so she. She had no choice but to resort to a method she thought would save her baby , thank God she was prepared, getting a silingi full with liquid which looked like water she injected herself on the back, even if she was not looking she had done Anastasia so many times.

Seconds later she failed and the pain had stopped she drugged herself to the tree again and put her head up she could not see down, but she was a dare devil doctor, she could do anything to save others. Because she graduated as a surgical doctor a year ago, "God help me" she offered a quick prayer. Getting a brand new surgical blade she cut her stomach carefully making sure not to cut the baby only the upper body was walking, but she could move her hands and upper body without a problem.

The brave doctor's mission was to save the baby. She was not concerned about herself, because she new she was almost dead,with all her Strath she was left with, she managed to separate her abilicalcold from her baby cutting it carefully and Putting a pin on her, and put her in a cloth as she tried to cover her stomach, she new it was a girl she had done Scan in the far away city.

With all her straight she lay the baby done and wispad to her, "even if you don't manage to avenge me. There will still be someone in your lifetime who will find the truth and fight for justice, my baby Anna your new mama will give you a new name" she said weekly as she closed her eyes she had no Strath left to speak more.

On the other side Margarit walked slowly but covered a Distance, in the forest picking some folen firewood, when suddenly she heard a faint voice of the baby crying " it's too early for people to be here, who could it be?" Margaret thought curious and ran straight following the sound, she suddenly had a bad feeling, and behold a woman laying there covered in blood and wait she just cut open her stomach and got the baby out?she looked young and beautiful. She walked closer.

When people were talking from far away, all she could hear was, "let's go, she is probably dead by now with poison, and havely pregnant. How can she saviv?" one of the voices said, and the rest agreed.

Margaret looked at the woman, but before that she had put a finger in the baby's mouth to stop her from crying, so she was busy sucking the finger.

Suddenly she heard a faint voice "save my baby please run and don't look back until my baby is safe, those people may come back," she said tears flowing in her eyes and she closed them. As if she had used a bit of her straight which was left.

Margaret knew that this was murder, so she took the baby carefully and a small bag running as if she was being chest, living all her things.

People started gasping as soon as they saw Margaret, in the village called Chikwa, some even tried to stop her but Margaret did not stop or say any word.

" Look at that witch, did she kill a person?" A woman asked with a clayport of water on her head "look at her dress she is covered in blood" another woman commented , "I think something happened to this good heart witch and it's serious can't you see she has a baby in her hands?" the youngest woman said and the woman nodded like chicken eating glans of maize, "true true, I think she is going to the palace" an old lady said, looking in the direction of Margate. And everyone looked as they rushed home and put water before rushing to the palace.

Margaret was not stopping for anyone even if she was stopped, all she wanted was to get to the palace and report the issue to the king.

"Please allow me in ,I have to report to his majesty" she said with tears, and she was sweating badly, but the guards could not let her in,"no woman, no one is allowed to enter unless you have appointment" he said pushing her back he did not care about how she looked, covered in blood.

Margaret had no choice, she already came this far so " my queen help I want to see you it's a matter of life and death please!" She shouted desperately at the top of her voice.

"Woman shut up and get away, go get a bath you look like you have just killed someone" one of the guards said "why is that? Did you listen to her explanation? Can't you tell if something is an agent? The Queen asked. She was just picking flowers in the garden when she heard a woman screaming.

The guard looked at the queen and bowed his head. "My queen," this woman said, " she wants to see the king but she does not want to get inside the palace the way she looks. I think she just killed someone." A guard said but queen Marie just passed him "who are you to judge is that not a good reason to let her explain? Then arrest her?" The queen asked coldly. Making him keep quiet.

"Please mum come in, I suppose this is an agent matter?" she asked and Margaret nodded as she followed the queen .

The palace🛖

The place looked beautiful but Margaret had no time to look around as she was following the queen. She saw the savants respectfully bowing her head.

The queen is a kind person. She did not like talking alot, she had no child of her own but she was kind to the two wives of the king too, but they all had princesses in the house at no price to take the throne after the king passed away.

So the king kept marrying till the third wife she also had a baby girl.

"The queen is asking for permission to enter as she has a matter of life and death at hand!" One of the guards said to the king who was busy talking to his elders.

King chikwa stood up after looking at a woman carrying a baby in her hands. She looked daty, blood everywhere and she was in tears.

Margaret

The moment I saw the king I melted down in tears streaming down, and I was scared , but I had no time to lose.

"Am sorry my king to come in like, but it's agent this morning I went to fetch firewood in the forest but I found a woman who has just put to Birth by herself,and strange people were chasing her she told me to run with the baby so I rushed here" she said without stopping for a second.

The king understood so he did not ask more, and almost immediately he sent his guards to investigate the area that a won had mentioned, and told his wife to take good care of the woman and the baby.

"We can talk after you are done." The king said standing up and leaving the room, telling the elders that the king was incompetent. He hated violence so he went to the garden for a few minutes, for fresh air.

Author

When Margaret was taken care of she sat with the king and queen as she explained in details of how she found herself in the situation and the baby was with the royal doctor, checking him.

The king and queen where surprise how blave the mother of the child was, as they talked farther the Guard's come back soon with a dead woman, "my king we did not find anyone at the sin we just found her dead " one of the guards said revierig Mable's face, her body had turned black like night that when Margaret saw her she was surprised and started crying, "it's the poison that makes her like this" the doctor said even before he examined her.

The king did not say anything, he looked at the woman sadly and signaled the doctor to have her tested, as he left and went to the throne room with his elders.

The doctor

I looked at the woman sadly I examined her body carefully and saw her cut stomach then something draw my attention, a tattoo on the woman's body which was shaped like a heart, when he saw her operation, he took out a small recording device which was in the plastic hidden in her cut 'this is bad if I want to save that baby I need to hide this because just like her mother I have sin a same Mack on her baby,she has this love symbol too, and this recording it's my own secret, he said, putting it in the pocket.

Then he turned to the baby, but before he could hide her shoulder the queen came in and her mouth opened and closed as soon as she saw the tattoo. Thank God she did not see the recording, even though technology has not come to the village yet he knew, it was something important.