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Chapter 23

  • The nurse came and said it was time for me to take medication. She also said that visiting time was over. Ray kissed me and said he would come back the next day. I was sedated and slept. In the middle of the night I woke up in a dark room. I started crying and wished that all that was a dream. I could touch my bed sheets and imagine the blood I had seen earlier that morning. The torture was too much to handle. I wished that Ray or mum was there by my side. I cried but the pain couldn’t go away. It became the darkest part of my life.
  • The next morning, Ray came to see me. He had to struggle with the watchmen to be allowed in, since the hospital did not allow visitors during morning hours. He came to my room, kissed me and said that he had to go. In the afternoon, he came back. He looked very tired and stressed. I could tell that he had not slept throughout the night. I understood his pain. It was his loss too. Mum also came together with the school principal. The principal had volunteered to house mum for the days that I would be admitted in hospital. They sat by my side and tried to cheer me up. The nurse came in shortly and told them to leave so that she could attend to me.
  • They left the room and stood outside. An argument arose amongst them. Ray was blaming the school for the miscarriage. If someone had found Steph in time, may be our baby could be saved. We tried our best to rush her to the hospital as soon as we found her. That is what I am saying, as soon as you found her. She stayed there bleeding for close to two hours. Where was the teacher on duty? Where were the prefects? Someone would have noticed that she wasn’t in class that morning. What if it was another student who is not a prefect, a student who would line up in the middle of the crowd, probably a student who is not known by name, who would have followed up on her absence? Raymond, calm down please. No. I cannot calm down. The school security system has some loop holes. If a student is not in class at the
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