CHAPTER 215: PORRIDGE

Sammy continued sitting on the couch without interrupting their conversation. The thing that she shifted Ivana's attention from the baby to him, it's when he received a call. He stepped outside to talk to whoever was calling him.

"Sammy seems to be a very nice guy. He told me that he was the one who brought you here in the hospital," Mish said.

"I don't know if it was a coincidence or what, you know I had just gone for a walk in town. My water broke when I was at the mall's gate. Fortunately for me, he was driving in a d that's when he come to my rescue." Ivana narrated the incident.

"By the way Ivana is it painful while giving birth?" Mish asked.

Before Ivana could answer the door opened and Sammy walked in. He cleared his throat and said," Ivana I am sorry that I have to leave now. There is an errand that I am supposed to run."

"Oh thank you so much by the way, I do appreciate." Ivana replied.

"It's my pleasure by the way, you know it was my first time stepping in the labour room. So I guess I know what women goes through to being forth a life. Anyway Ivana, incase of anything call me, I have saved my contact in your cell phone," he said.

"Sure thing, thanks once again." Ivana said.

He opened the door then left. Immediately he closed the door behind him Mish said, by the way Ivana I can lie to you. I guess I am falling in love with Sammy. He is an ideal man I always dream off.

Ivana felt like a Sting on the heart when Mish said like that. She remembered that she have never talked to mishbanoit her former boyfriend. Mish first know that Sammy is her former boyfriend.

"Really? What about Mike Mish?" Ivana asked jokingly.

"He is just a friend Ivana, besides I don't know the patience I have will sustain me. Can you imagine waiting for five years for a man who have not confessed his feelings about me." Mish answered.

"Yeah I know, so what is the reason for you falling for Sammy? 

"He is just a cute guy and I think he have a good amount of money that can sustain my lifestyle." Mish said jokingly.

They have no idea that Sammy was standing at the door listening to their conversation. 

'No way Ivana, why can't you te her that we have a last Ivana and I still have a thing for you.' he cursed inwardly as he walked away from the door and left the hospital.

"I don't know why I am talking about him when my child is dead!" Ivana said as she changed the flow, the mood of the conversation.

"You want to mourn the baby? Then I will help you do that." Mish saudy. 

"I think I need to see the baby before I start mourning my baby," she answered.

"Ivana! Are you out of your mind? Do you know that in my culture you can't see the corpse of your baby if the other twin survived. Remember you are my cousin and that applies to you too," Mish explained.

Ivana was silent for sometimes with her head bowed then she asked, " Dies that mean that I won't burry my baby? I can't leave it's body here Mish," she enquired.

"The best thing ask Doctor Masika so that the body is given to you" Mish replied.

So Mish stayed in the hospital with Ivana, she cooked dinner for Ivana because Ivana didn't want to eat food cooked in the hospital. Mish left very early in the morning after cooking breakfast for Ivana. Ivana was still sleeping so she didn't want to wake her up. She had already told Ivana that she will be leaving very early the next morning. She went to their apartment took a shower and prepared herself for work.

After one hour of Mish leaving the hospital Sammy dropped by to check on Ivana. Fortunately for him Ivana was awake.

"Hey, good morning baby girl," he greeted when he entered.

"Good morning too, You didn't have to bother yourself. Mish stayed here , I guess she had just left some few minutes ago." Ivana said.

"Mish is Mish, I am Sammy, I had to drop by to bring you these porridge. It's fermented wheat porridge that will give you strength. You know carrying twins is not a joke. You lost much strength so you need to replace your energy by drinking this." Sammy said as he took the flask containing porridge to the table.

"Where did you learn that? Are you married? Ivana joked.

"Maybe one day I will," Sammy replied nonchalantly.

Ivana felt bad for asking although she was only joking. She knows that most likely Sammy have not moved on yet, he is still hoping for miracles to happen.

"How is the baby doing?" Sammy asked when he noticed Ivana feeling bad about asking him earlier.

"He is fine, just sulking my breast, crying and sleeping is his work now." Ivana replied.

"And what about you,how are you doing?" Sammy asked.

"I can say that, it's not that bad, although I am still pained by the death of my baby," she said as she sniffled.

"I do understand about that, you are the mother and no one understands the pain as the one who carried the pregnancy, went to labour to bring forth life," Sammy said.

Ivana just smiled at Sammy and tried not to compare Sammy to Paul. She doest remember a time that Paul talked to her in a nice way like that.

"By the way Ivana I don't mean to mendle in your affairs, but have you told your husband about one of the baby not surviving?" Sammy asked as he avoided her eye contact.

Ivana looked at him then smiled, a bitter smile. Onward she was thinking,'How can I tell you that I divorced him, and he doesn't even know that I was pregnant?'

"I know that you are late to work, it's a long story that I don't know if I am ready to share and I don't want to keep you here," she chuckled softly at the end.