I was nervous when Kenny called me while I was sitting in the doctor's office. I hesitated to answer because the last time I seen him he hit me for not wanting to get an abortion. Was no telling how he was going to react if I answered and told him I was at my first check up. So, I ignored the call thinking he wouldn't call back but I was wrong. He called back at least three more times. I sighed and decided to answer being that he wasn't going to stop calling no time soon. "Hello?" I said answering the phone. "What you doing?" He asked me. I swallowed my spit and replied, "At the doctor's office." "You getting that abortion like I told you?" Something told me to lie but it was no point. I was keeping the baby regardless if it was Kenny's or Tyree's. I sighed and responded. I wish I would've followed my first instinct.
"No, I told you I wasn't going to get one, Kenny. This is my first check up." The phone went silent for a while so I checked to see if he was still on the phone and he most definitely was. "Kenny?" I said into the phone. He sighed before he finally responded. "Alright, cool." I raised my eyebrow out of confusion. As if he could see me. "Alright, cool what?" I asked him. "If you gonna keep the baby that's cool with me then." I was shocked. Was I talking to the same Kenny? Did he have a change of heart? Was he playing a trick on me. "You-you good with this?" I asked reassuring. "Yeah..." he dragged out. "I can't force you to get an abortion. I did hit you raw and it's still a chance that it could be your husband's baby and not mine. I guess that's why I really wanted you to do it." I was at a loss for words. "Molly Randall?" The nurse in navy blue scrubs called my name when she opened the door. "I'm about to get checked on." I told Kenny as I stood up out of my chair. "Alright, come see me when you're done." I said alright and I hung up the phone. The nurse checked my height and weight as she looked over my papers that I just filled out in the waiting room. She then told me to follow her down the hallway to the room that my doctor would see me in. She handed me a cup to take a sample of my urine and said, "Once you're done with your sample you can put it on the counter. After that I need you to strip and put this gown on and sit on the bed. Dr. Johnson should be with you shortly." Dr. Johnson? That wasn't my doctor's name. "What happened to Dr. Cambridge?" I asked her. "She'll be in after Dr. Johnson. He's just going to ask you a few questions for Dr. Cambridge but she'll do the actual exam and first ultrasound." She explained to me. I nodded my head and she left me alone in the room.
I gave them my urine sample and changed into my gown as instructed. Just as I had finished putting on my gown there was a knock at the door. "Come in." I said as I sat on the hospital bed. The doctor came in and I was in total shock who it was. It was Annah's daddy! I forgot that he was an OBGYN!
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(VICTOR JOHNSON IN THE MEDIA)
Out of all the doctors and of all the hospitals I just had to pick the one where Annah's daddy worked and he just had to be the doctor to question me about my pregnancy. If I had told Annah about me expecting I would be more than fine having Mr. Johnson question me about my pregnancy but since I didn't tell her I was the exact opposite of excited. I was mortified and didn't want to answer not one question. "Hey, Molly!" Mr. Johnson started. "When I saw your name on my clipboard I thought it was just a coincidence that one of my patients had the same name as my daughter's best friend but now I see that it actually is you." He said smiling. I laughed nervously as I said, "Hello, Mr. Johnson." He chuckled and said, "Well, first off, congratulations on the new addition. I had no idea that you and Tyree were expecting." "That's 'cause nobody knows that it might not be Tyree's" I thought to myself. "We just found out." I told him. He nodded. "You want a chance to enjoy it by yourself with your husband. Understandable, Annah's mother and I did the same with her and Nevaeh." I chuckled nervously. "Yeah, something like that." I said before trying to swallow the lump in my throat. I wished he would skip the small talk with me and get straight to the questions. He laughed as he took a seat at the computer that was in the room and pulled out his reading glasses from his lab coat pocket. "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." The most comforting feeling of relief waved over me as he said that.
