Please Save Her!

“Olanrewaju!” K screamed. He pushed those who were holding him. He was able to free himself. Like a mad man, he started trying ways to bring Lanre out. She was covered in blood. He was crying while trying so hard to rescue his beloved.

Soon, the Lagos state emergency management agency arrived the scene. K was pulled away from the scene as those from LASEMA were allowed to do their job. Soon they were able to bring out the victims from the car. At that time, the ambulance was already there to take the victims. There was a faint pulse picked up in both victims.

K not trusting anyone, joined the ambulance Lanre was in. If at all she would die, he would make sure she was not killed twice.

They got to the hospital and Lanre was rushed into the theatre immediately. It was same for Tega. K wanted to enter the theatre as well, but he was restricted from getting in. So he had to wait patiently for the surgeons to do whatever they could. He had to wait doing nothing but fear. Hope was far from him. Even though he wanted to hope, he could not. Not after seeing the state of the car. Not after seeing Lanre covered in her own blood. Still he prayed for a miracle. The least thing that could come to his mind was that she was pregnant. It was not even his priority. At that critical moment, he only had Lanre in mind.

“Are you the one who came with the ambulance? Please follow me”. A nurse said to K. She had a file in her hand. They got to the reception. The nurse asked him to sign some papers when she confirmed that K was the lady’s fiancé. This was not a private hospital where he could just say anything and it won’t be question. So he just told them that he was her fiancé. He was sure the police will get involved.

Just then, one of the doctor’s approached K.

“Are you the fiancé?” The doctor asked K. K nodded his head in response.

“Then you must be aware that your fiancée is pregnant?” The doctor said. K told him he was aware.

“Well, I’m afraid we will have to abort the pregnancy if your fiancée must survive”. The doctor said. K didn’t think twice. He told the doctor to do anything to make sure Lanre survived it.

“We will be able to save the baby if the baby is still okay. We could put the baby in an incubator”. The doctor said.

“Save her first!” K seized the doctor by his collar. The nurses around and other doctors had to pull K away.

They tried to calm him down. He shrugged them off himself.

“Please save her at all cost!” K said to the doctor. He could barely even see the doctor’s face now because tears had welled up in his eyes.

Just then the phone in his pocket beeped. He checked it, it was a message from Lanre’s brother, Olamide.

“You should not come. The case has been cancelled. Mrs. Ada Okafor commited suicide last night in her cell”. This was the content of the message. K just fell on his knees. He broke into tears uncontrollably.

“She refused to listen to me”. K cried.