The heavy downpour of rain suddenly stopped, the sky became clearer as the rain stopped, the sun shone and the rainbow appeared thus making everywhere beautiful, this was March in DC beautiful . Suddenly, there was a loud scream from a bungalow, the innocent atmosphere changed into a dreadful one in that house.
It was Flora, a gang of thieves wearing masks broke in through the window. She was really scared, she bowed like a worshipper under the gun one of the theives was holding, he was shaking like someone in the snow, she was breathing fast, she was losing her strength. She wasn't really bothered about the bag of money that was inside, she was more concerned about herself. She prayed in her thoughts that she shouldn't be raped.
Unfortunately for her, the money was found and stolen and she was raped. After they left, Flora couldn't hold her tears.
"I'm finally doomed". She said to herself, she has lost her virginity to a thief. She said all sorts of bad words to herself and cursed at those thieves. Then she noticed blood was coming from inside of her, as she stood up to wash up, she heard a knock on the door, she almost fainted, she was afraid and eager to know who it was. After several knocks on the door, the person opened the door and d entered, it was her mum. Flora broke down in tears again, her mother saw Flora's body, wondered what could have happened.
"Flora, what happened to you?" she asked
"Mum, a gang of thieves broke in through the window not long ago and they took the bag of money you planned to keep in the bank tomorrow and I was raped by one of them". She breathed sobbingly.
Her mother started weeping, she wailed and lamented. This even triggered Flora to cry more. They both cried like babies without a mother to console them.
Flora was down in the dumps for weeks, she was right in one position and difficult for her to move on despite consolations from her mother. Her sister, Rose who was in school came around immediately her mother told her about it. She felt life has turned the bad side to her. She later realised that she has to embrace it that way and move on. But something came up, Flora felt nauseated for days. After self medication, she noticed nothing changed about her health then she went to the hospital to check what exactly is wrong with her. She was told to stay for a while for the test result, she was fidgeting and biting her nails while waiting. After some minutes, one of the noticed told her that her attention is needed at the doctor's office. She went straight to the doctor's office and took her seat. The doctor passed the result of the test to her, after going through it, she realized she was three weeks pregnant.
"I never wanted any of this" she said to herself
The doctor congratulated her but she only stood up to leave, she didn't want for anything else.
Immediately she got home, she gave the result to her mum, she wasn't really surprised because she saw the signs earlier.
"Mum, what is left for me to do now is to terminate this pregnancy, I can't keep it, I should get rid of it".
"No, you can't do that!"
"Mum, this is the only option for me, what do you expect me to do with this", pointing to her belly. "I still have many things to do and this pregnancy will only be an obstruction if I should keep it"
"Hey", she said softly holding Flora's hands. "Whatever will happen, I don't care, you are not terminating this pregnancy"
"Why!", she removed her hands
There was a knock on the door, the person entered, it was Rose, she saw her sister crying and her mum with a sober face.
"What is it mum" she asked.
"Your sister is pregnant and she wants to get rid of it"
" No sis, you can't do that", she moved closer to her. "We don't want to lose you sis, you might die during the operation.
"No, don't tell me that"
"I'm here for you sis, you know I should have gone back to school but I don't want to leave you this way"
"Flora, what will become of us if something bad happens you, you won't be able to achieve all your goals. Remember your father who wants you to become a great person before he passed away.
"Mum, I won't die , I promise"
"No one can tell Flora, and it's not your alone to decide.
Flora stood up, mumbled some words to herself and went to her room. There in her room, she buried her head into her hands, she couldn't stop crying, Her mother and Rose started knocking but Flora did not open the door
"Let me be, just leave me alone"
"This isn't the right thing to do Flora, don't harm yourself". Her mum shouted
"Oh really!. She exclaimed, is that what you think?, Do you even expect me to live this foetus growing inside me for nine full moons?, Can't you just think about the shame? Me having a baby of an unknown father, a thief. Why do you want to treat me like this mum?, I'm still wondering why you will tell me to keep this pregnancy.
"Flora, we don't want to lose you". said rose as she went sluggishly on her knees with tears rolling down on her cheeks, she hit the door again.
"Stop that" Flora shouted
"This isn't permanent, it's not a permanent problem" Flora's mum whined
"It can create a lasting issue for me mum"
"Just look on the bright side Flora, things can get worse if you follow your intentions"
"I'm so ashamed of myself right now, I am a mess now, nothing else. Oh!, I don't think I can get over this.
