"Arrrghhh!" Jessica screamed.
"It's okay, it's okay," Terence said holding her hand and trying to comfort her, "I am here for you, okay? It'll be just like it happens in the movies, just say uhhhhhh, ahhhhh, uhhhh, ahhhh—"
"Which is 'uhhh ahhhh' again? Is she a monkey?" Henrietta comment with a grimace.
"Oh right, like you have a better idea? I thought as much," He hissed, "My dear be breathing uhhhhh, ahhhh, uhhh, ahhh, it's going to be okay, alright?" He smiled."I can't believe I'm doomed to be in the back of this van with this imbecile," Henrietta muttered.
Immediately after her water broke, Gillis and his friends had shoved her into a company van to send her to the hospital. Gillis and Clifford were piloting the vehicle while the trio sat at the back trying their best to soothe. Jessica lay on a clean cloth on the floor of the van with Henrietta kneeling at her left and Terence at her right directing her to be breathing 'uhhhh, ahhhh'.
They were on their way to the hospital when the car suddenly broke down. Gillis and Clifford took a cab to get a mechanic, the journey took them about 5 hours and now they returned, they were with the mechanic at the front of the vehicle fixing the car.
Gillis had left Henrietta and Terence to support his wife while he stood outside. Their job was to keep an eye on her and alert him in case of any emergencies.
Like these two goons knew jack about pregnancy.
"Say uhhhh, ahhhh," Terence repeated.
"You're not helping," Jessica said while panting. Her face was covered in sweat and tears and she was gripping tightly on the cloth while groaning and moaning in pain.
"Oh-ho! Shebi I told you," Henrietta retorted with a scoff.
"Oya nah, you come here and do it now, since you're the almighty obstetrician," he replied in annoyance.
"Eh, I am not an 'obse—whatever you called' but at least I'm better than you," she said crawling over to where he sat to replace him while he crawled away to her side.
She pulled out her phone from her pocket and reading out loud what she was doing she said, "How...to...manage...a...woman...in...labor..." After that She paused waiting on the browser to bring out results.
"Okay," she smiled as the answers came, she shot Terence a mocking grin, "Common sense is not common. Just dey fat for nothing, nah only coconut water wey full that your big head."
"Oh, because you just learnt how to use internet on that your packo phone, We will not hear word again," he replied, "Just respect yourself oh, now is not time to be disgracing your ancestors, just read what you see there Jhoor. Keep face like village masquerade."
"Tah! Get away there—"
"Please can you just read the damn thing," Jessica whispered softly.
"Okay, it's says congratulations now the baby is coming and...Bia, go straight to the point!" She hissed scrolling down the tab, "Errh, okay, they said should create room for ventilation." She looked down at Jessica and said, "Is true oh, you're sweating a lot oh."
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Three is a CROWD!
RomanceAfter so many years away from the country because of past experiences and also for educational reasons, Jessica Mark Ifeanyi returns back to Nigeria and as fate will have it, she falls in love and marries a certain Gillis Boms. Well, you know how l...