The One You Wanna See

Sign of the Times Indeed!

"Athena" I hear Prince calling out as I clutch my stomach in extreme pain. "Mell, Chuck!"

His bodyguard rushes in with Mel and Stacy in tow. Chuck lifts me up, and I hear Mell say to Prince:

"We will get her to the hospital right away. Boss."

"I will go with you," Prince said.

"Not wise boss she will be okay, we do not want any more press. Sir, knowing how private you are. She is in good hands." Mell said, stopping Prince from following us.

Reluctantly, Prince agreed and said 'Call me as soon as you get there. I will be in the studio."

"Yes, boss!"

Chuck took me through the back door into a waiting car. Mel got into the back seat, and Stacy said, and the passengers see in front, while Prince's personal driver Henry put the vehicle into drive and we proceeded towards the Chanhassen Hospital!

Mel kept on wiping my eyebrows as I writhed in pain.

"Tears streamed down my eyes, as I yelled in between screams:

" I did not want to lose this baby."

She held onto my hand assuringly and said:

"No you would not lose the baby, we're going to get you to the hospital."

Within minutes, although it seemed like an eternity, we finally got to the hospital's emergency ward.

"We need a doctor!" Mel yelled out as we soon as we arrived. The Emergency Personnel at the hospital worked quickly, rushing me into the theater and calling a doctor.

I heard the hospital staff ask:

"What is the patient's name?"

She quickly said "Athena."

Does she have a last name? They asked.

Mel began to say "Prin" but she caught herself and said. "Price." The hospital staff nodded. That was the last I heard of that conversation. Once I got wheeled into the theater, I listened to the male doctor who said to the nurses:

"she's going into labor we have to stop this. Do we have your permission Madam to use the medication to stop the labor, Can you hear me?"

" The father of the baby needs to know first, Mel can you call him please."

The doctor was quite stunned; He wondered why I needed permission at this point from the father of the child, so he asked: "are you, married madam?"

I began to shiver and could barely speak; I only nodded my head.

"Alright, Could someone get her husband on the phone?"

I heard Mel call Prince from her cell phone.

"But it's serious Sir; they said she's going into preterm labor. the doctor Dr. Paul Jefferson stated that they need to give her something to stop the labor right away."

I heard Prince respond:

"A male doctor, no way. Can I speak to her, let's get a second opinion. Take her to Memorial Hospital. Have Amy my personal doctor check on her."

"But Boss!" I heard Mel Protest. "Sure boss right away."

Mel then turns to the doctor "we are going to seek a different opinion from a different hospital." I heard her say.

The doctor turned to me in protest and asked if I agreed. I did not want to go against Prince's wishes so I said "Yes" and then I screamed out in pain once more. The doctor disagreed, but if that's what I wanted, he had no choice but to let me go and seek help elsewhere.