A ROYAL SURPRISE

♠️Chapter 54♠️

That feeling you get when you have finally accomplished everything you have ever dreamt of, when you look ahead of you and all you see is your hard work finally paying off. That's how I feel today. Accomplished. Successful.

"And now let us invite one of our prestigious students, Miss Eufy-Loviette Johnson to give us all a wonderful speech" the Stanford medical school president says and I smile, getting up from my seat and walking upstage to give my speech.

"Thank you all so much for this wonderful opportunity, even though the phrase "wonderful speech" kind of scares me a little" I joke and everyone shares a laugh "To be honest, I don't have anything prepared" we all chuckle again "Getting into Stanford was a dream come true, I was finally one step ahead of achieving my dreams. But life can be funny sometimes, and I was hit with what was then the worst news of my life- I was pregnant. I felt like, damn, how am I going to battle all of this? My mother was also so disappointed in me, she didn't even want to look at me, but I pushed through, and here I am now. So today that is what I want to tell you, Push Through. We all have different fields here, and even then, we can all testify that Neuro Surgery is one of the craziest and hardest fields ever, but at eight months heavily pregnant I was still attending classes and again, here I am now, here we all are. It may not be easy, there will be difficult patients, saddening illnesses, painful losses and that feeling of helplessness where your degree and knowledge couldn't save someone's life, but at the end of the day, you have to Push Through. Just as you pushed through four years of medical studying here, push through the rest of the life ahead, easy or not. Congratulations Doctors, go out there and save lives!" I finish and everyone stands on their feet in applause. I clap along and give the Stanford president a handshake before taking my degree, and walking off stage.

"YESSSS GURL!" Monse screams, pulling me into a hug "You killed that speech"

"Thank you, It was because you gave me such great advice to be myself" I say and she chuckles

"Eufy" A voice calls from behind me, a voice I know all too well.

"I'll leave you for a while" Monse says and I nod, turning to face my mother.

"What are you doing here?"

"Dear I heard your speech, and I am so sorry. I should not have treated you like that, neither should I have left you on your own during the time you needed me the most. Your father told me and trusted me to take good care of both his girls and I failed. It's been four years of pure torture, and I took the opportunity immediately when I saw your graduation advertisement on T.V. Please forgive Eufy, please"

"It's okay" I say to her, wiping the tears from my eyes

"Really?" She asks, shock on her face

I shrug, "Everyone makes mistakes mother. I can't hold it against you forever"

"Thank you" she says, pulling me into a hug.

"Do you think we can spend sometime together?" She asks and I nod, knowing she truly wants to see Autry, is written all over her face.

"I don't mind. But please let me say goodbye to a few people first"

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When she saw him, she burst into tears, even though the surprise was evident on her face. The sheer surprise at how someone like me can give birth to someone like Autry. It was a mystery really. His ginger hair and grey eyes resemble nothing like mine, but resemble everything like someone I used to know, and it scares me every time. It scares me because I'm not stupid. I went to medical school, it may not be my field but I know that Ale's genes couldn't have been this strong even though we slept together too many times than I could keep count with at a point.