CHAPTER FOUR

Talia arrived at the hospital in a jiffy. She immediately entered the hospital carrying Melody at her back and toured around the hospital till she saw a bunch of guards guarding a certain. She could recognize one of them. Talia immediately ran towards the ward but was stopped outside by one of the guards. She looked at them filled with lots of resentment.

She forcefully tried to enter but was stopped right way. The doctor immediately approached them. He looked famished though since he was slim and had cracked mouth.

‘My name is Talia Anita and I am here to see Mrs. Agatha Kadiri. I wonder I am not allowed to enter yet I am her only friend’ said Talia who seem sad.

‘Let her in. I am the one authorized that no one should see her. You owe me one’ said the doctor who pointed at Talia smiling. Talia smiled back at him as if they had known each other for a long period of time.

The guards nodded their head in agreement as they allowed Talia to enter paving way for her. Talia entered and immediately made Melody sit on the couch. She therefore went towards Agatha and pecked her on her cheeks. Agatha slowly opened her eyes and looked at Talia filled with lots of anger as she started breathing heavily.

‘Relax Agatha my love. I am here for you. I am with my friend’s child and I don’t want her to get scared or emotional. I am sorry’ Talia said in a pellucid voice as she held Talia’s arm.

Agatha immediately remained calm and looked at Talia innocently. Talia stroked her hair as she looked at her ambivalent.

Unfortunately, Melody began to cry. She was only two years old but was still breastfeeding. Talia promptly knew what she needed, she wanted to breastfed but it was absolutely impossible. Talia took a water bottle from her handbag and gave to Melody to drink. As much as she knew what she was doing was wrong, she felt it was the right thing at that time since Agatha was still hospitalized.

‘I…..think…I……I need to rest. I will soon be discharged’ said Agatha who turned on the other side of the bed and slept.

Talia kept stroking her hair till Agatha finally fell asleep. She slowly carried Melody once again at her back and left. She really wanted to see the doctor who was taking care of Agatha’s treatment to find out what the problem was but the doctor denied her the access to see him. Talia instead went to sit at the visitor’s room and wait for Agatha. It was then that she remembered she needed to breastfeed Melody. Talia breastfed as she quickly caught a glimpse everywhere to make sure that no one saw her. Melody breastfed till she finally fell asleep. Talia put her to sleep on the couch. She also fell asleep.

The next day, Talia woke up a little bit late. She carried Melody who was already awake and seemed to have been watching her sleep back to Agatha’s ward. Unluckily, there were no guards on the door anymore. It seemed that Agatha had already left. Talia still went to the ward to confirm but Agatha was nowhere to be found.

‘Excuse me Madam. Where has the patient in ward 202 gone to?’ asked Talia filled with lots of worries.

‘Who in ward 202?’ asked the hospital receptionist who immediately checked on her records. ‘ Sorry! She just got discharged a few hours ago. I think around eight in the morning. That’s like two hours ago’ said Talia.

Talia looked around filled with lots of worries not knowing what to do. She called her chauffer and immediately went to her home. As soon as she arrived, she held Melody’s arm and took her to the house in deep thoughts. She therefore went to the shower and had a bath as she started looking at herself seductively.

She suddenly remembered her past encounter with Agatha in the shower five years back. Agatha would passionately kiss her and stroke her hair as she romantically washed her and smiled. Talia would do the same to her though a bit scared since it was something she had never done before. Agatha in return would look at her in the eyes in order to give her the courage not to be scared.

On remembering this, Talia smiled and wiped herself as she had finished showering. She put on her clothes and immediately took her handbag ready to go to work. She was late but in her mind she knew that nothing would go on without the presence of the director and the main character in the film who happened to be Agatha. Therefore she took her precious time to do what she wanted to do for the rest of the day then went to the rehearsals.

As soon as she arrived, she was astonished to see Agatha’s car outside the film house. Talia quickly got out of the car and rushed to the house to see if it was indeed true that Agatha had showed up. She found Agatha seated on the couch but could hardly see anyone. Agatha looked at her and smiled.

‘Welcome to the sweet wife set. You happen to be the first one to arrive’ Agatha said as she took the script booklet and continued reading it.

Talia looked around in deep state of confusion. She could feel the fact that Agatha was still weak and sickling even though she pretended to be feeling well.

‘Are we probably going to wait for others?’ Talia asked filled with lots of curiosity.

‘That is if they will come’ Agatha replied softly.

Talia immediately sat on the couch and continued staring at Agatha astonished. Before she left town for her studies, she could understand Agatha even though they had dated for two good years. Now it was more harder for her to understand her even more.

‘I hate it when someone stares at me too much. You should be going over your script’ said Agatha in a commanding voice.

Talia quickly took her script from her handbag and began to read.

‘Once you are done, you and I can start the rehearsals before everybody arrives in order to build our character’ said Talia in a commanding voice.