I Know You Can't Speak

Part 9:

"Hurry up, we're losing her!" Was all I remembered before I woke up days later in a hospital bed. There were tubes attached to me all over and I felt weak. I could barely move and my voice was stuck to below a whisper. I couldn't lift my head at all. I looked around and saw no one, so I just laid there. Looking around at the get well balloons, I wondered how long I had been there. About 15 minutes later, a nurse came in and started jumping for joy when she saw my eyes open.

"Oh my goodness, she's woke!" She said as she ran out of the room. She came right back in with doctors and more nurses and right behind them was Mercedes.. and Vince.

"Jasmine baby!" Mercedes said as she ran over to me. She was tearing up. Vince walked to the other side of me and the doctors began to talk. They told me that I was a lucky woman because I had been stabbed in the neck and had it had been one inch closer I would have died.

"Would you two step out of the room, need to speak with Ms. Jefferson alone" one of the doctors said suddenly.

"I'll step out" Vince said as he walked to me, kissed me on my cheek then disappeared into the corridor.

"Ms. Jefferson is it okay if she stays in as well? We have to disclose private information to you" they asked me.

"Yeah she's my sister she can stay" I told her but I quickly wished I hadn't.

"Okay well, we're sorry to have to tell you but, the amount of blood you lost also caused you to miscarry."

I looked at them and then at Mercedes. Lost for words, the room was awkwardly silent for a few minutes before anyone spoke.

"Miscarry?" Was all I could say as if I didn't hear her the first time.

"Yes, you were about 3 months pregnant" she explained. "You weren't aware?" She asked me and I shook my head no.

"I'm so sorry. Hopefully you and dad can try again" she said as she rubbed my shoulder before walking out. Tears rolled down my face as I tried to process what she had told me.

"How long has this been going on?" Mercedes asked sounding concerned. I had never told her my secret but now I was about to tell her the truth about everything. I told her everything from the day it started all the way until the day she found out. When I was done, she was in tears.

"Jasmine why didn't you tell anyone? I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. I'm so glad you're okay! Your brother is a sick fucking pervert and he's gonna get his. That night... I thought I lost you" she was crying. She began to talk as a recollections from the night I got stabbed began to play in my head. Darryl, my mom taking up for him, the fight and then...

"Girl it was so much blood. So much. The EMT's got there and Darryl had left before the cops came. Nobody know where he at. I told Black and Vince what happened they gonna shoot his ass!" She said. "You're never going to have to deal with that again!" She was talking non stop as if she had word vomit. She walked out of the room into the hallway and seconds later, Vince came in. He walked up to my bed and placed his hand on mine.

"I'm here for you" was all he said as I managed to crack a smile. Mercedes came back in a few moments later and we all sat and laughed and talked until it was time for them to go home. When they released me from the hospital days later, Mercedes took me to her house.

"My mom and dad want to talk to you" she told me as we got out of the car. We walked in the house and through the foyer where her parents were seated in the dining room. Out of all the time I had known Mercedes, this was my first time formally meeting them. Her mom was very pretty and young looking. People probably would have mistaken her and Mercedes to be sisters. She reminded me of Halle Berry. Her dad was fine as hell. He reminded me of the dad from 'Love & Basketball'.