Episode 10
I think this is the end, the doctor just pronounced my judgment. Just when I thought am free, just when I thought I can still be restored, just when I thought my sun will shine again, the doctor dropped the bomb, am 6 weeks pregnant. “preg…what?” my mum exclaimed “Doctor what did you just said, I think I didn’t hear you right, or there is a mistake with the result. Are you sure it is her name written on that result slip, because my baby girl can’t be pregnant.” She asked curiously “Yes ma, this result slip is for Adeleke Jasmine, and I believe that is your daughter’s name right?” the doctor replied “No No No, there must be a mistake somewhere, my daughter doesn’t even have a boyfriend yet, she never did, I trust her but I don’t trust this result. You need to conduct another one ASAP” she said “Why don’t you ask your daughter madam, I believe she is the best person to confirm this result” he said looking me straight in the eyes. This is just the right moment for rapture to take place, Jesus is coming back Jesus is coming back, I think this is the best time for him to come, “I can’t survive this” I said in my heart. I couldn’t control the tears, they were falling like a spring of water, I felt so hopeless and helpless.
“Jasmine! Is it true, are you really pregnant?” my mum asked facing me My tears could say it all, I couldn’t say a word, I just nodded to affirm it. “No that is not possible, say something don’t just nod your head. Who did this to you, who is that bastard that took advantage of you” she asked angrily “Answer me” she shouted “I was r@ped” I said sobbing “R@ped! When who, how?” she shouted “In school, by someone I thought was a friend” I replied reluctantly. My mum was silent for few minutes, only God knows what is running through her mind, she picked her phone and dialed a number, am sure she must be calling my dad. She doesn’t know how else to handle this matter. She told my dad to come straight to the hospital immediately. “Don’t panic dear, nothing serious but your attention is needed in the hospital” she said on the phone. “Doctor what do you think we can do, is there any medical advice you can give to us, because am so confused right now” she asked “She should have come to the hospital right away when she was r@ped, there is little or nothing we can do now, she can either keep the baby or abort it though” he answered “Why did you keep it to yourself, you didn’t even dim it fit to tell me your mother, I would have helped you, things wouldn’t have turned out this way” she said with tears in her eyes “Am so sorry mum, I was too ashamed of myself, I thought everything will be fine by keeping quiet, I never knew thing will turn out this way” I replied crying “Your dad will soon be here, because I have no idea what to do next,” she said patting my back.
My dad came in about 45minutes later looking curious and worried. He couldn’t believe his ears when my mum told him everything that just happened, he simply looked for a nearby seat to sit on, he looked so paled. It took him few minutes to process the whole story. “So what you are trying to tell me is that Jasmine, my beautiful precious flower was r@ped and now she is carrying a bastard in her tummy? Tell me I didn’t get you right…please” he said “I couldn’t believe it myself” my mum cuts in “Who is the b@stard that did this to you?” he asked facing me “Someone in my school” I replied “What is his damn name” he shouted “Samuel” I replied “That stupid boy is going to rot in jail for the rest of his life” he added We left the hospital after collecting the drug that was prescribed for malaria, I sat down quietly at the back, thinking about my life.
I remembered Kemi’s assumptions which I prayed against, my prayers was obviously not answered again. I can feel my mum and dads pain, they must be so shocked and disappointed in me, and this is exactly what I was avoiding. Everyone was quiet throughout the entire journey back home, we got home an hour later and sat at the sitting room. “Jasmine, tell me exactly what happened without mincing word, we need to know everything that happened” my dad said I narrated my story starting from how he proposed and how I was still praying about it, how he invited me to go out with him on his birthday and how I went to his room, and how I woke up only to discover that he had drugged me and raped me. I also narrated the way he had been blackmailing me with my nude pictures that he took, and how Kemi saved me from his shackles. “So you kept all this to yourself for this long. I am so disappointed in you, why can’t you tell us, we are supposed to be your family, your first stop when you are in trouble. That is why we are here, to guide and be with you in dark moments” my dad said feeling disappointed “Am sorry dad, I was just not in my right mind” I replied crying “Why did you go to his room in the first place, I thought it is the guy that usually comes to pick up the lady when they are going for a date or something?” my mum asked “How was I supposed to know he was a r@pist” I answered angrily “I have always told you not to trust people, not everyone have the kind heart that you have” she added “I thought he was a brother in Christ, I also wished I never trusted him” I said with tears in my eyes “Let her go inside, the deed is already done, putting blame on her would not change what have already happened” my dad said I went upstairs to my room, Joel my younger brother was just standing upstairs eavesdropping on our conversation.” What is happening” he asked. I didn’t even bother to answer, I just walked pass him to my room and locked myself in.
I sat on the floor and continued weeping, I cried so hard I wish the tears could wipe away my pains and anguish.” I wish I could go back in time to 6week ago” I thought. I would do things right then , I wouldn’t go alone to his room, wouldn’t drink anything in his room or I would ask him to come pick me up in my hostel, I wish I can get a second chance. I began to hear the voice of my mum and dad arguing downstairs, this is the first time they will be arguing this much. And to think it is because of me makes my heart aches even more. “What could they be arguing about, are they putting blames on each other” I thought. I went out to eavesdrop on their conversation. “The best thing is for her to abort that baby that baby is a bastard and he / she would end up resembling his father. I can’t have that bastard child in my home” my dad shouted “Abortion is dangerous and it is murder in disguise, it may even cause a worse situation than the one we have at hand” my mum replied “We will go to the best hospital, get the best doctor in town or Nigeria as the case may be, nothing will happen to her, and this type of abortion is not murder, it is rather saving a life” “Saving a life? Whose life?” my mum asked “Our daughters life of course. She is my priority right now, I don’t care about that thing growing inside of her. That baby should have never been conceived. God should have prevented it, and since God didn’t care to do that, we will send that child back to him” my dad explained “Don’t talk like that dear, we shouldn’t question God, and there is no justifiable excuse for abortion.” She added “There is an excuse for abortion, and that is the situation we are in right now. How do you want her to continue her life with that baby, do you want her to become a single mother at the age of 20 or what?” My dad asked My mum kept quiet when she heard that statement”single mother at the age of 20”. My parents have many great plans for me, and being a single mother is not even on the list. “What if she leaves Nigeria and starts over in Canada with my parent, I could even go with her until she delivers the baby” my mum said breaking the silence “Are you bent on destroying your only daughter’s life? whether she leaves Nigeria to Canada or even go to another planet, it would not change the reality” my dad said “But she will have a change of environment, that will help her a lot I thought” she said “Nothing will help her than for her to take that baby out and start over again, she can just ask God for forgiveness if you think it is a sin” he cuts in “But….” My mum was about to talk when my dad cuts in “But what Julie, what do you want to suggest again, just shut up if you don’t have any better thing to say” my dad shouted at my mum “Do you realize that your daughter will be a graduate in a year’s time, and you want her to start all over again, she is the best in her faculty last year and I believe she will graduate as the best too, are you not thinking about your daughters future atall” my dad added “I have heard enough, I think both of them have a point, what will I do now, should I just abort this bastard and move on or I should carry my cross and move on too” I thought. I can’t even imagine what carrying my cross will cost me, it will cost me my reputation, my pride and dignity.
How many people do I want to tell that it wasn’t se.x at will that got me pregnant but r@pe. I went back to my room laid on the floor and continued weeping………
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