Trae Stevenson (The SeQuel)

chapter eight : the hospital visit

now that you're all caught up... it's time to tell the story as is... now. I'm 23 years old, laying on this hospital bed fighting for my life while my baby, unborn, and sister in law are in the room crying their eyes out. how the fuck did i get myself BACK into this shit man...? but lemme take y'all to where Anastasia found out I was shot.

that night...
" Hello? Is this Anastasia? ", Mr. Charlie says before reporting the news. " Yes! This is her. Who is this? ", She says getting worried. " This is Mr. Charlie. I was your wife's other dad or mentor whatever you wanna call it when her and Yankee were in elementary school before he passed. Enough of that. She's been shot. I need you to gather some things, she told me you were pregnant so I can come pick you up and take you to the hospital with me. " he says. " WHAT ! OH MY GAHHHHD ! NOOOOOOOOO! I knew I should've went ! I knew it ! Something told me to go! FUCKKKK! Okay I'm getting ready. I actually need to call my sister and let her know. Just bring the phone with you and ima meet you there. ", she says hanging up the phone.

Leah, Anastasia's big sister, finally picked my baby up from the house and took her to the hospital to see me. if there was a way I could've been prepared for this, ion think I'd let them see me like this. cuz protecting my baby is the ultimate goal and... to be honest, I feel like I failed her. im already knowing- she probably feeling guilty about not making herself ride with me, or telling me to go in the first place. but it was either going to be then when it happened, or later on when we both were out. im glad it happened without her around because i know Leah and her family gone take care of her...

meanwhile at the hospital..

" Sit here for a minute. Ima check us in and shit. ", Leah said to Anastasia. " Hi, excuse me ma'am, im looking for my sister in law, Trae Stevenson? ", Leah said. " Yes ma'am, she's in room 123. Doctor Bronner will be in, in about fifteen minutes. She's the best, trust me, your sister in law is in good hands. ", the receptionist said to comfort them. " Yeah, you better hope so. " , Leah said with assertion.

" You wanna go see her right now siss? I really think you should wa— ", Leah asks before being interrupted. " YES! TAKE ME TO SEE MY BABY NOW ! ", Anastasia said eager to see how I'm doing. " Okay I'll take you. Come with me. But ima give you some time with her before i come in there. Just let me know if you need me. ", Leah says helping Anastasia up out the chair.

" Baby! Oh my gawddd! I should've been there omggg babyyy! ", Anastasia said trying to wake me up but was interrupted by Dr. Bronner. " Knock knock! How are you doing today? I am Dr. Bronner. Would you like a minute with her before I answer any possible questions that you may be inquiring? ", Dr. Bronner says somehow calming my baby down. " Nah, we good. Go ahead and tell me the news Doc. ", Anastasia said. " Alright. Only if you're sure. Well, Miss Stevenson is here due to a gunshot wound in her back. ", Dr. Bronner said holding back. " Excuse my language miss, but you do NOT have to sugar coat SHIT with me. Give it to me straight doc ! Keep it a buck! ", Anastasia said growing in frustration. " Alright. After careful observation, I noticed that a wound like this could honestly only cause spinal damage, but after looking at her some more, I was just recently told that she was experiencing whiplash on the way here which makes us think the perpetrator was definitely aiming to do more than to have spinal damage. Also ma'am, she has surgery in about two hours. Which is why she is in a restful state currently. We did give her a high dosage of naproxen to ease the pain. If you don't have any other questions, I'll give you two, well three, some time with Miss Stevenson. Okay? ", Dr. Bronner said. " So you mean to tell me... somebody planned to kill her? You have GOT to be fucking kidding me. All I know is... she better come back awake from this surgery. ", Anastasia said shoo'ing the doctor away.

after the door closes, Anastasia started praying or some shit. if ian believe God existed before that day... i knew it was time to probably start. something told me i was gone make it out this shit alive. i knew i shouldn't have even followed up Temper ass... FUCK !

six hours have gone by and I'm finally being brought out to another room, which is for patients in aftercare after being in the emergency room n shit.

" Mrs. Stevenson, could I have a word with you for a second in private? ", Dr. Bronner says. " Yeah. I am coming. ", Anastasia says.

after Dr. Bronner closed the door, Anastasia began panicking and also growing in frustration. she already knew what was up before Doc even said anything... she just wanted to hear it out of her mouth so she could sue the hospital outta everything they have. i jus know it.

" Mrs. Stevenson. We found another bullet in her brain, specifically the cerebral cortex which is in control of her language, memory, reasoning, thought, learning, decision-making, emotion, intelligence and personality. Now, everything went smooth sailing but... i am sorry to inform you of this, but if she does not wake up in the next ten to twenty hours, we are going to have to place her on life support. ", Dr. Bronner said.

now Anastasia normally would have lost it, but something in her told her to remain calm and just scream and cry later. she ended up telling Leah and decided to stay with me until the first check up with the nurses and Dr. Bronner in ten hours. Leah went home and got some rest so she could bring breakfast in the morning and make sure my baby was straight while i am in this fucked up position right now.

i know i gotta fight this shit... but i feel so much like a failure, i don't know if i should fight anymore. i mean, look at everything i put her through... FUCK MAN! im supposed to protect her, and now how in the fuck am I gonna do that?