My mom and I sat in the waiting room, as we waited for the doctor to call out for me. We had gone to the hospital.
Lately I have been feeling dizzy and nauseous. My mom had suspected that I was pregnant, but I refused to believe that was the case.
Later on that day, the doctor had seen me and ran some tests on me. The results had finally come out.
Fear gripped my mind, my body felt really cold, getting pregnant was the last thing I needed.
My mom came with the test results on her hands, she looked very angry as she approached me
"what does the result say" I asked
"take!! " she said furiously handing over the paper to me.
I took the paper from her hand, opening it slowly.
"Allie I warned you" she yelled out
The tests showed that I was two months pregnant. My mind went blank after seen the results, i didn't know how to explain myself to my mom.
At this point I knew that I had disappointed her badly.
"meet me in the car " my mom said
She walked out of the hospital furiously.
My mom stayed silent refusing to speak to me all through our journey home.
When we arrived home she still bent hard on ignoring me.
"mom come on talk to me" I said out loud
"you're aborting that baby " she said
"mom no, i can't do that "
"if you want me to continue communicating with you then do that "
"mom I don't want to abort this child, please understand "
"young lady I don't care, as long as that child has something to do with Joel, then I don't want to have anything to do with it"
"mommy I'm sure you must know how the joy of having a child feels, I didn't expect this, but Joel and I always wanted to have a child, now it's here I can't just throw my chance of motherhood away, you should understand better"
My mom looks me in the eyes and furiously walks away. I felt so hurt that my mom didn't understand how I felt.
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Night had just approached, it was 10:30pm I was using my laptop to work, suddenly I received an anonymous email, I clicked on it to check it's content.
Good evening
I hope all is well, anyways I know all isn't well, if you would like to get a clue on who killed Joel come to the city cemetery by 12am today. You'll find something shocking, something Joel never told you about. Come alone, better don't inform the police about this or your mom will be next.
Anonymous.
I looked at my laptop screen in total confusion, I didn't understand what was going on.
Is the anonymous person the one who killed Joel or does he or she know who killed Joel, I wondered I kept doubting if I shouldn't inform the police.
Few minutes had passed by, i had finally made up my mind to meet the anonymous person at the cemetery it was quite risky, but I had to do this.
The case had gone cold, so I felt this would give it more light.
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It was 11:45pm I had just arrived at the cemetery gate, I stood outside Contemplating if I should take the risk or not.
I held my phone next to me, my phone screen lightened up, I had a new message.
Come in you're quite early, I like that, there's a file around the bush area, close to a very tall tree, it's in an envelope, that should help you out.
I was pretty scared but I had to do it, I entered into the cemetery going deep inside it, i located the place where the file was placed.
I see a large envelope on the floor, I rushed and picked it up, after I had successfully picked it up I started walking really fast.
All of a sudden I felt something sharp pierce into my skin, I heard a gun shut, then I realized I had just been shut in the back.
I fell to the ground as I bled, I held the envelope so close to my body, I cried out in pain, I felt like I was going to die, but I got to realise that I couldn't die without finding justice for Joel.
My phone had fell a bit far from me, I tried reaching out for it, but the pain in my back kept hurting more.
I squeezed the sand in my hand as I forcefully tried reaching out to my phone. I finally got a hold of it, making a 911 call.
Few minutes later the paramedics and police arrived at the cemetery.
I felt so wick I had lost so much blood in the process.
When the paramedics arrived I could see a very bright light, which reflected from the paramedic van and police cars.
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When I arrived at the hospital I was quickly rushed in for surgery, I felt like I was going to die.
At that moment all I wanted was to rush out of the hospital and head to the police department, but my life and that of my child was all that mattered.
As we got closer to the theater room I started screaming out, saying...
"My baby, please save my baby " I yelled out
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Close Enemy
Mystery / ThrillerAllie is twenty-five year old journalist, she lived a life of deceit without knowing her true identity, she only served as a bait to the one person she ever trusted which was her mother. All her life she always pleased her mother until she made one...
