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THE HATRED OF AN OBGYNE DOCTOR

"Doc, why can't I have a child? What did you see to my results?" I stared at her.

I held the papers tightly on my right hand, while my left hand under my table was already clenching.

I calmed myself and took a deep breath.

"Ah, ma'am, do you have a past history na nagpalaglag ka ng bata?" I saw her hesitation because of my sudden question.

"Y-Yes Doc, but only once! A-and I'm still young that time so I don't—" I cut her off.

"I'm just asking, it's just a yes or no, you don't need to explain to me." I gritted my teeth and bit my lower lip to stop this urge to shout on her. How dare her, pumatay pa rin siya ng bata.

"But why can't I have a child Doc? Do something, you are a doctor! Pumunta ako sayo dahil sinasabi nilang magaling ka! Isang beses lang ako nagpalaglag!"

I stand up and didn't even think twice but tell her the truth.

"Yes! Isang beses mo ginawa, pero paulit-ulit mo nilaglag ang bata na iyon!" Her eyes grew bigger at what she heard from me.

"H-How did you know?"

"Paulit-ulit mong sinubukang patayin yung bata!" I shouted again and I just felt the pain to my left cheeks. She slapped me.

"You don't know my story!" she uttered and I saw her shaking.

I just felt my tears rolling down my cheeks. "I do!"

We stared at each other and I am the one who broke the silence. "Remember your bestfriend before? Her name is Arlyn."

"A-Arlyn..."

"Well, mommy Arlyn just received all the judgement before that you are afraid of just to have me. She received all the pain, she suffered... just to have me."

I saw her crying. She is Beatricie my biological mother, but I'll never see her as my mother. Never.

"Natatakot ka kasi bata ka pa noon?! Paulit-ulit mo akong pinatay! And thanks to mommy Arlyn 'coz she saved me from you. Nang kinuha niya ako sayo, hindi ka man lang nagdalawang isip na ibigay ako. She helped your journey carrying me. Then you will tell to my face that I didn't know anything?! Since day one, I know everything! Mommy Arlyn is just so kind that she didn't keep any secret to me."

I saw her shooking her head while tears are keeps on falling from her eyes. "A-Anak..."

I can't feel anything when I heard from her calling me 'anak' akala ko kailangan ko pa siyang hanapin to know all the truth but I think— I am contented now on what I have. 

"Don't call me that Ms. Beatricie Morgan. You are just my patient, seeking for the answer if you can have a child."

I just bitterly smiled at her.

"I'm sorry, Keisha anak..."

"Don't even call me by my name."

She stared at me. "I'm sorry."

"Well to tell you honestly Ms. Beatricie Morgan, I mean I am thankful because of you. I am not who I am today because of you. I became an Obgyne Doctor because of you. I want all the babies to come out in the world safe and sound— na siyang pinagkait mo sa akin noon."

I am going to turned my back on her, but I forgot something. "And oh by the way, according to all the result of your test, you will never have a child. I think it's your karma. Nice meeting you, Ms. Beatricie Morgan."

Then I walked out away from her smiling genuinely.

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