ENDLESS TEARS

THE MARK🤧

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I retired back to my room after eating and relaxed fully on the
bed with my „Every Woman‟ in hand. It has been a long day and all I
had in mind was a deep dreamless sleep. My eyes drifted close as I
read the book blindly and an exhausted yawn escaped my lips. I
yawned again and finally dropped the book, giving in to sleep.
I jumped and sleep vanished from my eyes when the door
suddenly opened. Tola was the person I saw when my eyes finally
settled. “What is going on Tola? You scared me” I asked in confusion.
Tola looked agitated and on the verge of tears. “Amara, you
need to save me please” she pleaded.
I jumped to my feet at once. “What are you talking about?” I
held her.
“I can‟t stay long. Lisa would suspect something. Tina would
be here soon”
“What do you mean? What would Lisa suspect?” before I could
get an answer, Tola struggled out of the door hastily and I stood,
staring at the door. I could not even understand what the hell just
happened. It was beyond strange. I paced the room slowly, trying to
come up with an explanation for the weird encounter but nothing
came to mind. I turned to go downstairs to confront Lisa. It was
certain that Lisa was doing something to Tola and I needed to know
what it was exactly.
Before I was able to open the door, the door opened again,
nearly hitting me directly in the face. “What is going on?” I nearly
yelled as I jumped out of the way.
Tina came in and quickly closed the door, just the way Tola did.
“Can you explain what is going on or do I need to find out myself?” I
asked sternly, folding my arms across my chest.
She swallowed. “You should be losing your child right now”

“What? God forbid! What is the meaning of this nonsense?”
Now my anger has grown sky high.
“Please listen to me Ama. Lisa gave Tola some drugs to replace
with yours. The drug is meant to abort the child speedily. According
to her, the drugs are very strong. Tola could not refuse because she
threatened to kill Tola if she did not comply.”
I paled and my legs shook uncontrollably. “W… What…What
are you saying?” I held my tummy firmly in protection. “Are you
trying to tell me that I… that I…”
“No” Tina quickly interjected. “Tola changed the drugs in her
presence and gave your own drugs to Miss Lisa as instructed but that
is not what you used. She later went back to change it to vitamin
tablets after she told me. What you used cannot have negative effects
on you” she declared and I sagged in relief. “But now, Tola is in
danger” she continued, looking frightened. “If Miss Lisa is capable of
trying to abort your child, I think she would also be capable of
getting Tola killed, she needs to have the feeling that what she did
worked.”
“What are you saying?” I asked in confusion.
“If Miss Lisa sees that you are in serious pain, she would
believe undoubtedly that you used her drugs and it would get Tola
out of harm‟s way.”
I nodded as I thought of it and hissed. “I am going to strangle
her neck when this is over, right before I hand her over to the police”
I said in anger. “So she wants a little drama?” I smiled. “Drama, she
would get” I turned to walk to the bed and froze.
“What is it Amara?” Tina asked, concerned.
“My… my tumm… ouch” I gasped as I bent over in pain. Tina
ran to help me but when she got halfway, she stopped and almost
started laughing. “Jesus! You almost fooled me also. You must be a
good drama queen” she grinned.

“Can‟t you see that I am in pain? Aaaarrrhhhh… this is not the
time to laugh. Shut up and… ouch… get into character” I ordered.
She bowed slightly. “Yes ma‟am” she answered with a grin. As
she straightened, the smile on her face was replaced by a deep frown.
Good girl, I thought. “Oh my God Amara, what is wrong with you?”
she asked with pitched voice, coming to my aid.
“My tummy… arrrhh… I can‟t breathe… the pain… aaaahhhh”
I streamed. “My tummy is on fire… Oh God! My baby… ah” we
bundled ourselves out of the door and started down the stairs with
me screaming and collapsing on the floor. Tina was also doing a
good job of being the help mate. “What did you put in the food
Tina… ooowww… I can‟t take it … Oh God…”
Tola and Lisa came running. “For God‟s sake, what is all the
commotion about?” Lisa squealed.
I really wished I could tear off her filthy hair from her head.
“Jesus! This is too much” water gathered in my eyes as I feigned the
look of extreme pain. “It is still months to my delivery, what is going
on? Aaarhhh” I whimpered. “Please be fine, baby…” I whispered to
my baby. “Mummy is here… You are going to be fine” I whispered
again. “Hospital… Take me to the hospital now” I stood from the
ground but did not stand straight, holding my stomach like a mother
hen. From my bent position, I saw the smug smile on Lisa‟s face as
she stared at me and I almost gave up the charade to beat the hell out
of her. Tola quickly joined Tina and they both managed to half-carry
my screaming form outside the house and into the car. The driver
sped off like a mad man, genuinely concerned and I was actually
sorry for the poor guy who knew nothing about the whole charade.
We arrived at the hospital I use for my antenatal within the
twinkling of an eye and Tina and Tola made a big scene of taking me
inside. Some nurses also came to our rescue, while I continued my
pretense of wreathing in undiluted pain. The nurses uttered words of
sympathy and encouragements which almost had me laughing out loud or crying in shame. I swallowed the laughter that was
threatening to erupt and carried on the pretense until I was safely
deposited in a room. Immediately the door closed, all my pretense
ceased and Tina, who could not hold it any longer, busted into an
uncontrollable laughter.
“Jesus… I never knew you could act so well. I almost believed
you were truly in pain” she laughed heartily.
Tola grinned and heaved a sigh of relief. “I owe you my life
Ama” she said, full of gratitude.
“My child and I would be forever grateful to you Tola, you
have nothing to thank me for” I returned.
The nurses looked at us in confusion. “Can someone explain
what is going on here? Amara?” one of the nurses asked.
I looked at them apologetically. “I am really sorry for the
trouble; it was a matter of life and death. Someone tried to terminate
my pregnancy. If I could only see the doctor, I would be eternally
grateful for the help” I said in a pleading tone.
They both looked at me in curiosity. They knew me to a certain
extent and they were certainly concerned about my welfare. “That
sounds pretty serious” the nurse I knew to be Nurse B, said and led
the three of us to the doctor‟s office. The lady doctor was with a male
friend and the nurse went to whisper into the doctor‟s ear. She
invited us inside fully and she smiled at me. “How are you Amara?
What is this that I am hearing?”
I felt awkward talking in front of the guy but since she was
willing to talk in his presence, I knew that he could be trusted. Tola
narrated the whole incident of how she was offered money and how
she was threatened and forced into going through with the plan. She
said so many things and all I could do most times was gap in
amazement. It was as annoying as it was unbelievable.
“Do you have the drugs?” The man asked suddenly, surprising
me.