Page 12 of Royce
By the time I made it back to the car, the pain had yet to subside. I cried silently as I drove ten minutes to the ER. When I arrived, they saw me in distress and immediately got me to a room. The nurse was nice enough to take my information down as she got me comfortable and hooked up to monitors.
“How long have you been experiencing this pain?” she asked after pulling up my file.
“For the past twenty minutes. I got into a physical altercation with my child’s father,” I explained.
“Is there any bleeding and if there’s tightness, where is it located?”
“No, and on my right side.”
“Alright. Let me get an ultrasound to see if there’s anything we need to be on the lookout for. Your blood pressure is a little high but it’s not troubling. The baby’s heart is still beating strong so let’s see what has you at a discomfort.”
Nodding, she slid the monitor over and grabbed the gel from the side. A small amount was poured onto my stomach then with the wand in tow, she placed it on the lubrication. She was quiet during the entire process. She pecked on the keyboard as she navigated around.
“Is everything alright?” I questioned since she’d suddenly gone mute.
“So far, all I’m seeing is the fetus sleeping. The discomfort can very well be from you doing more than normal. Straining yourself basically. Physical altercations will need to cease if you don’t want premature labor but other than that, everything looks good. How is the pain since you’ve been here? Is it still sharp?”
“Not sharp, but I am very uncomfortable.”
“We can keep you here for another hour or two for observation if you’d like. I’m sure this must be scary for you and if being here makes you feel safer, then do that,” she suggested.
“Yes please. A lot just happened, and I don’t want to chance it.”
“That’s completely understandable. Would you like anything to drink while you wait?”
“Just water and some ice chips.”
“Will do. I’ll be right back.” She left out and I grabbed my phone from my purse.
Turning it on, I immediately phoned my cousin. One, I needed her to watch after CJ, two, I needed her to hear the bullshit about Cojak. I already knew what she was going to say. I was prepared for it.
She answered with, “Hey cousin. I was literally in this darn baby store getting ready to call you. How you feeling?”
“I’m in the hospital. Girl, Cojak is…”
“Hospital? Oh shit. Are you in labor?” she asked in a high-pitched tone.
“No, but I had this sharp pain in my stomach after I beat that nigga down. Everything on me hurts right now. He really played the fuck out of me, Seri.” Serinity was the only person I could vent to and not be judged.
“Beat him? What the hell Klarity? What the fuck happened?”
“So, my day started out good. I went to my interview, landed the job, and just vibed afterward. I was on a little high or whatever. It comes time for me to go see Cojak and I’m still in a bomb ass mood. So, boom. I get there and the CO’s looking at me sideways or whatnot. I questioned that shit. They said it was nothing and I could go in. I do so and bitch the entire fuckin’ room looks dead at me. Tell me why the fuck Cojak got some other bitch sitting in his muthafuckin’ face.”
“Bitch, what?”
“That ain’t even the fuckin’ kicker. The bitch is pregnant and sporting a big ass fuckin’ belly just like me. Serinity, I showed my entire ass in that damn place. You better believe I made him feel me today. I am so tired of that nigga disrespecting me, bro’.” I was still pissed about him toying with my emotions the way he did.
“You should’ve been done that. He been sliding for way too long. Shit, he better hope I don’t jump on him when he gets out. I can’t believe he did that shit to you.”
“The bitch asked me if he was paying my bills and shit, too. Seri, that right there made me flip that fuckin’ table because why the hell am I struggling but this bitch getting taken care of. Like, what the fuck did I do to that nigga for him to treat me like this?”
“Oh no. You are not about to question shit about you. You did everything you were supposed to. It’s him and his selfishness. Leave him the fuck alone, Klarity. I mean that shit.”
“Baby, I am done. That nigga won’t be able to—” My phone beeped with an incoming call. Looking at the screen, I laughed while shaking my head. “I know this nigga not calling me.”
“You better not answer that phone cousin. He literally just showed you what the fuck he been doing behind your back. Don’t give him no more of your time.”
“I said I was done and I am. I have to focus on my kids.” The door opened and in walked the nurse with two cups. “Cousin let me call you back. The nurse just walked back in.”
