149 149. The Pills


    Doctor Evans could only stare at her young patient who was sleeping weakly. She knew ra since childhood as a passionate child. A child who thought her life was perfect like a princess in a fairy tale.


    Not long after, the patient who had been asleep woke up with a pale face. “Doctor Andrea?” asked ra, calling Doctor Evans by her first name.


    “ra, are you awake?” asked Doctor Evans nervously. “I’m grateful! You’ve been unconscious for four hours. Patrick and Linda were really worried about how you were doing.”


    ra smiled weakly. “Is it true that my dad is worried about my condition?” ra asked curiously.


    Doctor Evans smiled and nodded. “Sure. He’s your father, right?”


    “I think it’s good to be sick,” ra joked lightly. “My dad is concerned about me,” ra added with a sincere smile.


    Doctor Evans forced a smile. If ra knew what she was going through, surely she would hate Patrick mercilessly.


    However, ra’s situation was not easy. She was still very young to be a mom. Not necessarily, continuing the pregnancy would not be easy for her without family support. Maybe she would lose confidence or even worse.


    “Where’s mom and dad?” ra asked then. “I would love to meet them.”


    .....


    “They were waiting for you to wake up. Patrick is picking up Linda. Your mother looked very tired. So, Patrick had told her to rest at home. I will immediately notify them so that theye soon,” exined Doctor Evans so that ra would not think negatively about their parents.


    Patrick didn’t want to know. He only wanted toe after Doctor Evans confirmed that ra had secretly performed an abortion.


    “Hmm, I’ll give you some medicine. I hope you get better soon after taking it,” said doctor Evans while handing ra two pills. It was the abortion pill. Once ra consumed it, she would terminate her pregnancy in less than twenty-four hours. She would not experience morning sickness anymore.


    ra then swallowed the medicine given by doctor Evans ording to the directions. Doctor Evans’ eyes filled with tears as ra swallowed the medicine. She looked away from her patient.


    “Rest well,” said the doctor when ra had finished swallowing her medicine. “You can ring the bell for help. Maybe, if you are getting your period or need some other help, let me know immediately.”


    “Okay!” ra replied, nodding slowly. “This month I’m a bit tense, maybe that’s why I didn’t get my period.”


    Doctor Evans nodded and smiled wryly. “Do you usually have cramps during your period?”


    “Yes. It hurts a lot.”


    “Okay. Ring the bell if there’s something. I am in the next room.”


    Doctor Evans knew, in a few more moments, ra would be bleeding and probably cramping for a few hours. Her chest felt tight as she did this. However, she had no other choice.


    “I’m sorry, ra!” whispered doctor Evans to herself after leaving ra’s room.


    ***


    A monthter, on campus, Abigail ran into ra who was reading a book in the library. The girl seemed no longer experiencing pain like some time ago. Of course, this was because the bean had been removed from her womb.


    “ra! Good thing I found you here!” Abigail almost yelled at the library.


    Of course, ra immediately put her index finger to her lips, giving a stern warning not to disturb the other library patrons.


    Abigail covered her mouth with her hand and quickly took a seat beside ra. “That’s bad! Are you menstruating regrly as usual?” Abigail’s eyes widened, wanting to get an answer from ra immediately.


    ra, who was confused by Abigail’s attitude, could only stare in awe at her best friend. “I got my period as usual.”


    Abigail’s face rxed for a moment. Her shoulders dropped, and she breathed a sigh of relief.


    “I’m grateful! I was so scared this morning,” muttered Abigail with a weak look. “Especially, when I remember that you’ve been sicktely. I thought you were pregnant.”


    “How could it be? I already took the pill,” ra answered casually. “At first I intended to buy the morning-after pill. However, I couldn’t do that with bodyguards watching me around. Besides, I guess there’s no problem if I already take your pill.”


    Abigail shook her head. She then took something out of her bag and showed it to ra. “Look, I just noticed that the pills have expired.”


    ra’s eyes widened, barely believing what she was seeing. She flipped through the medicine, hoping it was wrong.


    “This is so terrible!” ra said frantically.


    “Right! I got worried and even bought you pregnancy tests,” Abigail answered while picking out the two pregnancy tests she had bought at the pharmacy. “However, since you’re already menstruating, I think you are safe.”


    ra nodded slowly. She hesitated for some reason. “I guess I’ll still do a pregnancy test, just in case.”


    With hesitation, Abigail nodded as she held out two pregnancy tests in her hands. “It seems better to double-check.”


    ra immediately went to the toilet to take the pregnancy test. Meanwhile, Abigail waited impatiently.


    When ra came out of the toilet with a pale and worried face, she immediately rushed to her best friend and asked, “How did it go?”


    ra slowly shoved the two pregnancy tests with a gloomy and serious expression. Abigail epted the test kits with a pounding heart. It was impossible.


    “You … you said that you got your period as usual? But why?” Abigail’s heart skipped a beat. Her mistake led her best friend to a cruel reality.


    Abigail turned to check the test kits in her hands. When she only found one line on each pregnancy strip, raughed out loud because she managed to y a trick on her friend.


    “Damn! How dare you!” Abigail shouted as she threw a fist at her friend.


    ra ran from Abigail’s threats. Both of them had no idea what had happened. They did not know that a big lie was being covered up. A sad truth that would bring another storm into ra’s life.