A Very Sticky Situation (Completed)

49: BabyShopping

Ana's POV

Today is Saturday and thankfully I made it in one piece without being mobbed due to the skill I have in dodging journalists and other news hungry beings.

Looking back now to the past week I can swear I was born for this shit, because mehn, sneaking in and out for a week isn't a child's play.

I wonder how celebrities deal with this in their daily life thus I'm fed up and it has only been six days. I will like my life to return to normality thank you very much, hence the struggle is tough.

Finally having a breather after I've rinsed off and hanged my dirty clothes, I walk to the kitchen where the water I put to heat on the present available electricity is boiling.

I retrieve the electric jug from its stand and pour the liquid into an orange ceramic cup that's designed with white polka dots and stop when it's one third full.

Dropping back the object in its place I go to collect the jars of sugar, powdered milk and chocolate from their respective positions in a cupboard and saunter to the spot the cup is situated.

I open each of them and put six cubes of sugar, don't judge please I'm in love with anything sweet, also don't talk about how it affects my health, I'll cross that bridge when I get there but as for now I've got to enjoy while I can.

Plopping the cubes of crystals to melt in the hot water, I in turn put three spoons of the milk and a spoon of chocolate before stirring it to produce an inviting creamy color that awakens my taste buds. If you ask me, I'll say I can sense the baby in my womb do a happy leap at the nice drink we are going to have.

I close the glass containers afterward and stroll to their location, fetching a little of the clear liquid from the kitchen tap which I use to dilute my tea to a warm temperature so as not to cause more harm than good to my swollen gum and throbbing teeth that didn't let me have a nice meal since the previous day.

Yup, you heard correct, I came home and had a lunch of jollof rice that Oluchi had prepared, and about an hour later I had this pain that led me to discarding tears from my orbs, partly from the pain and hormones.

I called my mom and she suggested I take a warm tea to sustain me and take some pain meds. I did, as Oluchi helped to prepare the tea for me and swallowed one of the pain meds the company produces which I keep around for certain emergencies as this one.

Gratefully it worked and I was able to sleep peacefully and so I have to repeat the procedure this morning before I go on to have a breakfast of indomie noodles an hour or two later when the pain that has resurfaced this morning goes down to a dull pace.

Stirring the tea and tasting the temperature with a spoon, I nod as it's at the right level, and carry it in my palm to the living room space.

"Hm," I let out as I bend to station it on the only wooden table in the area beside the card of pain relievers and drop my weight in the cushion beside it.

Taking a sip I release a satisfactory sigh at the flavor and soothing impact it has on my gum and throat as I continue to down it before I shift it from my lips to exhale and smile, my eyes shut lightly in bliss.

A jeering noise startles me, such that some tea spill from the cup in my hand in reaction to the sound and sharp fear that runs through me.

The turmoil continues as I heed the pitch of rattling metal. This has me standing from my previous position and ambling stealthily to the the door, as I'm almost there the barrier is pushed hastily, the bullet and soundproof makeup missing me by an inch as a figure dashes into the room, and bangs it after.