ANASTASIA

It's been weeks since the implant took place... weeks!

Oh God. The mere thought of it stressed me more than I should be.

The friendly doctor had said it would only take a few days, at most a week before we'd know if the procedure worked or not.

After the first week, I had gone to him, struggling to hold back my tears as I asked if anything might be wrong.

"You need not worry, ma'am," he had said with a compassionate smile. A week is the least. If it takes more than a couple of months, that's when there might be an issue."

I really hoped it wouldn't take months. I prayed that it wouldn't take up to a month but here I was, few days to a month, still waiting and hoping.

The doctor had stressed that I should not stress myself and to get enough rest but how could I do that when I constantly needed to be by my baby's side?

I stayed with Amie day and night. To elude the endless worry that came with the thought that were still waiting to see if the procedure worked, I threw myself into caring for Amie as I should. Dennis, when he sensed my worry and I finally opened up to him, had said, "Be hopeful, love. Be hopeful. I already see a mini version of you and Amie prancing around the house."

I decided to listen to him and believe. I then began to prepare for the new baby but the doubts never ceased to creep in.

I'd read stories of people like me who tried this method but it didn't work for them which led to the death of their loved one.

I would shake my head each time the thought sneaked in and replay Dennis's words in my head.

doubled as the hospital and care bills

never complained about paying the bills, I knew I had to

He works so hard only to pour all his earnings in paying her bills. It's unfair. There was only

knew he could not just be cool with it. There would be dark thoughts that

to take a maternity

had. I called my account manager and discussed with him. He told me the requirements for the withdrawal of my fixed deposits and

had spent the night with Amie.

body aches and all types of pain. At some point, she said she couldn't sleep, so I stayed up and kept her company. read to her and painted

sunlight peeked into her room,

took the opportunity and

I would need to return to

bank, I stood

as I gaped

Let

me. It felt like the longest queue I Kad ever seen. Eventually, rushed forward to join the line when a man who just

than a number

move from where I stood at the back. Sometimes, the move was fast and sometimes, it

my stomach started to grumble

on the kitchen counter before I went to retrieve my card but

on my tummy, hoping it would stop my stomach from

when return, I'd have

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