No More Room For Love – Episode 47

No More Room For Love Episode 47
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Nectar tossed up and down beside Kate. He kept checking his phone and deleting the calls he missed from Pearl in the past few hours before they went to bed though he couldn’t sleep.

‘Why won’t she just stop calling, for Christ’s sake, I was there just last night and it’s three in the morning?’

Pearl had a habit of calling Nectar at dawn. He was about to turn off his phone when it rang again. He hissed, raised himself off the bed and rushed to the washroom in order not to wake up Kate.

‘Pearl, what is it again, you keep flooding my phone with calls.’ Just then he heard the next news which threw him off balance.

He could barely say anything to Sly who just called with Pearls phone.

Nectar took another look at his wife who was fast asleep when he rushed out of the washroom. He walked closer, kissed her forehead and quickly rushed out after he located his car keys on the table downstairs.

Nectar drove on the top speed for the first time. He kept asking himself if Pearl matter to him that much.

‘Why i’m I so concerned about her now when she practically ruined my marriage twice. I know it’s not even love but I just don’t need another blood on my hand.’ Nectar assured himself loudly while skipping off the road a few times.

After a long drive, his mind has so much regrets and questions that he couldn’t just ignore.

‘Kate forgive me because this is an emergency and a life is involved so i can’t sit and watch her die. I hope you understand my action this evening.’ He murmured to himself while pulling up at his hospital premises where Pearl has been rushed to after she had no luck in reaching Nectar.

He forgot he was only in his pajamas; he didn’t care if all eyes were on him.

‘Glover, come in here.’ Sly pulled him to his office.

‘Easy with the push.’ Nectar told him.

‘What the hell is going on Glover? Who is she? And why are you in your pajamas?’ Sly asked all at once with a raised tone.

‘Sly not now! How is she?’ Nectar asked with a worried face.

‘Stable for now but we need to watch her for a while.’

‘Thank you, my friend.’ Nectar sighed.

‘So now let’s talk who is she?’

‘It’s not important right now.’

‘I have the right to know why a strange lady would be having my number in the first place claiming you asked her to contact me for antenatal.’

‘Sly, she’s stable and that’s all i need to focus on now.’

Doctor Sly examined Nectar and knew what he was hiding.

‘Glover, are you responsible for her pregnancy?’ Sly asked looking into his eyes for answers once more.

Nectar’s eyes were red and his face was pale.

‘I think you have already answered me but for your information, she lost it. And who the hell keep using poison around you.’

‘Are you saying she lost my baby with the same poison I suffered from?’ Nectar’s mind was sent back to his accident.

‘That’s exactly what I said and there is something else. You need to explain that to her yourself.’ Sly said handing him what seems like Pearl’s folder.

He fidgeted for a while before grabbing the folder. ‘I don’t know what i would have done without you Sly.’

‘I’m going back to bed but the night nurses would be here to take care of her so you can go home and dress properly.’ Sly said tapping him on the shoulder.

‘Sly, thank you so much! I want to be the one to tell my wife so i hope you can keep this between us for some time.’

‘Sure Glover!’ He replied.

‘And I would like to stick around so can I use your phone to call home? I left my home after I spoke with you.’ Nectar said grabbing a seat opposite the sad looking Doctor.

‘The same here, I rushed out when I heard her weak voice asking for help.’ Sly narrated.

‘Okay, do you have any extra attire.’ He asked.

‘Yeah, check the clock room but i will be going now. Let me know if anything comes up.’ Sly said and walked out.

Nectar laid his head on the table and couldn’t help but soiled the table with his tears.

*********

‘Wilson, are you okay! You have been in the same position since last night.’

Catherine asked when they woke up that morning.

‘Catherine, you don’t get it do you.’

‘Is this about Jane?’

‘That woman may not have given me life but she was there for the greater part of my life. Why then would she treat me this way?’

‘You always knew your mother has always been paranoid. Now she got what was coming to her.’ Catherine said holding his head in her palm.

‘I can’t help but worry if she’s faring well in jail.’

‘Let your last days be joyful, at least now I have accepted you want to die but don’t pass away carrying your mother’s burdens.

‘Thank you, Catherine, I’m glad you have accepted Stacy, meaning Claudia was wrong about you.’

‘I’m sure your mom fed her with lies about me because your wife always liked me, but Wilson can we not think about that right now. Let’s enjoy this moment while it last.’ Catherine said winking.

******

‘Matts have you seen your brother around. He wasn’t beside me when I woke up.’ Kate said munching on her omelet.

‘Why do you worry about him, he is a full-grown man Katie? Stop worrying about him and he might just realize his mistakes but for me, I’m done with saving his a$$ all the time.’ Matts said dropping her cutlery.

‘Matts, it seems you also can’t see what I feel. You are blind just like your brother.’ Kate said playing with her cutlery as well.

‘Katie, I know you love my brother in your own small way but the way you sound now it seems you have fallen finally.’

Kate paused for a while and smiled weakly.

‘You have no idea Matts and he just toys with it but that’s all gone now within a split second. Right now, I don’t even know what I feel.’ Kate said smiling again.

‘Katie your phone, is ringing.’ Matts drew her attention to her phone beside her.

She checked the caller id and didn’t recognize it so quickly answered it. Kate listened for a while and scared Matt’s.

‘What the hell?’ She yelled.

‘Gosh, take it easy.’ Matt’s couldn’t even ask what the problem was because she was more concerned about her health since the last time she met with Stacy.

‘Can you imagine this nonsense?’

‘No, i can’t imagine so now what is it Katie.’

‘A collect call from jail.’ Kate revealed while holding the phone off her ears.

‘You want to receive it or I should!’ Matts asked worried.

‘No that’s fine! It’s probably my Grams.’ Kate said and accepted the call. ‘Grams, I know it’s you so what do you want this time.’ Kate asked Jane over the phone.

‘You think you are smart.’ Jane blurted out from the other side of the phone which was now on speaker.

‘Grams, why did you treat me that way because you could have asked for anything and I would gladly give you but you chose to break me completely and I hope you rot in jail.’

‘Do you know why I even called you?’

Matts was waving her hands for Kate to hang up but she wouldn’t hear any of it.

‘No, i guess you want out of that filthy place.’

Jane laughed loudly. ‘Your stupid and rude attitudes have gotten your husband impregnate another woman.’

Kate just dropped to the floor before Matts could even get hold of her.

Matt’s tried to get hold of her on the floor but she was unconscious. She heard what Jane said and tried to wrap her head around it before getting help to put Kate in her car.

As they drove off, she tried to make a few calls and kept looking back as Kate

‘Katie!’ Matts kept yelling whiles driving Kate to the hospital. ‘Hold on Katie, we are almost there.’ He kept encouraging her friend.

When they got in, she quickly rushed out of the car. Matt’s spotted his brother pacing around with a worried face when he entered to inform the nurses she had brought a patient in labor.

She walked to the nurses and told them about Kate and they rushed out. Matt’s walked to her brother with a confused face on because she called him on their way to the hospital and he didn’t answer.

‘Nectar, what are you doing here?’ Matt’s asked his brother

‘I work here Matilda.’ He answered annoyingly.

‘If you care to know, your wife is in labor.’

‘What? Where’s she?’ His heart literally jumped into his stomach.

‘How could you even think of impregnating another woman when all your wife did was love you secretly. I bet you wouldn’t even know that, but that’s all over now.’

Nectar’s world fell apart when he found out Kate already knew about Pearl’s pregnancy.

Just then Kate was wheeled in and Nectar left angry Matts to herself, following his wife.

********

After long hours of tests and medications, Kate regained consciousness while Nectar was advised to stay out of her way.

He saw Sly coming out of Kate’s room and jumped to his feet to meet him.

‘Sylvester is she going to make it?’ Nectar held Syl’s white coat up to his neck almost choking him.

‘Saint.’ Matts called from afar. ‘Let him go because you did this to yourself and make sure nothing happens to Katie or this time I would make sure you pay for a crime you obviously didn’t commit intentionally.’

Nectar finally came to his senses. ‘Tell me Doctor to Doctor, how is she?’ Nectar asked Sly who was looking at him with guilt and pity.

‘Bad, her pressure is very high.’ Sly said quickly to avoid answering questions he wasn’t prepared for.

‘How many of that did you give her?’ Nectar asked pointing to the medicine in Doctor Syl’s hands.

‘Doctor Sly, she is awake.’ The nurse who helped earlier when Pearl woke up and Nectar had completely ignored her rushed towards them panting.

Nectar rushed in and froze at the door. Matts, walked pass him, glanced at him weirdly and hissed. ‘I thought you were rushing in earlier, what is holding you up there.’

She paused and looked at his brother who obviously had a regrettable face on. She walked away to Kate dismissing the thought of his brother ending up with Kate ever again.

‘Matt’s, call my mom please.’ Kate managed to say amidst tears and faintly.

‘Kate save your breath because I already did on our way here but stop talking for now.’

‘No, I have to do this Matt’s. Sorry I didn’t tell you about my diagnosis because i thought I had more time.’ Kate could barely talk without her heart racing like Usain bolt.

‘Katie, I already knew but why do you even have to keep that from me.’

‘I don’t know Matt’s.’

‘For your husband I understand, but not me Katie so don’t ever do that to me again.’

Matt’s said silently while Kate looked on. ‘But how? Did Sly tell you about it because i would ki*ll that Doctor before I die.’ She tried to say with strength but she could only choke on her words.

‘Easy Katie! We don’t have to do this now so keep your strength because you might need it for a new Kidney.’

‘Matt’s you know it’s rare and besides Sly said there’s just thirty-three percent chance of me surviving that transplant with these babies.’

‘What are you implying Katie?’

‘I chose my babies and I’m okay with that because i don’t have anything to live for any way.’

‘Don’t talk that way because you have a lot to live for.’

‘I lost my husband because of my own mistakes, then I thought I had made up for my mistakes just to wake up to this news and he can’t even show his face here, so I deal with that his cheating a$$.’

‘Relax Katie.’

‘Make sure Pearl pays for this if I don’t make it Matt’s.’

Matt’s kept ignoring her lamenting over Nectar.

‘Who said you are going anywhere? Don’t let Stacy’s struggle for the past two weeks to be in vain.’

‘Stacy?’ Kate asked curiously.

‘She went through hell to save you a kidney so the best you can do is stay alive and take that girl for a vacation.’

‘What are you talking about and where is that girl because i haven’t seen her in a while. Is she okay Matt’s?’ Kate asked rather worried.

‘She’s fine Kate! Why did you think I took her case, knowing very well she has hurt you a lot.’ Matt’s asked Kate who seems to be sleeping off.

‘I guess you fell in love with her.’ Kate tried to smile forgetting that wouldn’t reduce her pains.

‘Stacy contacted me about a report she found while cleaning your office. Don’t get angry with Sly, I had to force it out of him.

‘I’m listening Matt’s.’

‘Luckily Stacy was a match and she was free from what you and your dad inherited.’

‘Matt’s what did you do?’ Kate asked trying to wake up.

‘Stacy offered her kidney without any pressure. Katie believe me.’

She frowned for a while. ‘But that still doesn’t push me to seventy percent chance of survival Matt’s.

‘Katie let’s talk about it when you make it and besides your husband has been standing at the door since I came in.’

Which husband Matt’s?’

‘My brother.’ She replied her.

‘Was this even marriage?’

‘Depends on how you want to define it.’

‘Well do me a favor and ask him out because i don’t want to see his face around here.’ Kate said and closed her eyes.

Nectar who was still at the door eavesdropping was lost as to what Kate was blabbing about.

He turned to Sly who was about to go in through the door. ‘What diagnosis Sly?’ He asked furiously.

‘I’m sorry, but she is my patient and I owe her the doctor to patient secrecy.’

‘And she is my wife Sly?’

‘I know she is your wife so stop yelling on me.’

‘Now what is it Sly?’ Nectar asked giving him the face that suggest he had to start talking. Sly was about to talk when Wilson and Catherine came rushing in while they still stood at the door.

‘Baby, I’m sorry, I wasn’t there for you. I’m here now. Daddy is here too.’ Catherine said pulling a chair beside Kate’s bed while looking back to Wilson’s direction.

‘Save the children.’ She opened her eyes upon hearing her mother’s voice and cried out. ‘Mom this is the consent form.’ She said raising up the form.

‘What? No way? Please don’t do this to me Kate.’ Catherine said fighting to hold on to her tears.

Just at that moment Doctor Sly interrupted from afar while he walked closer shutting the door after Nectar who he advised to stay outside for the family to sort out themselves.

‘We are saving you both.’ Sly responded!

‘You can try but when it comes to it, save my kids.’ Kate pleaded innocently.

‘Can you stop talking that way?’ Her mom cautioned.

‘Matts, see make sure he does exactly that.’

‘Katie you are not going anywhere now and I’m not a doctor so you can’t give me that task.’

Kate feigned a smile and Matts could see life sucking her away.

‘Mom, promise me you will take care of them like your own.’

‘Don’t say that because you are coming back with your kids.

‘I don’t think I want to mom.’

‘Your husband would need you too.’ Catherine said and got a frown from both Matt’s and Kate. ‘Why do you both look like I just said something wrong. ‘

‘Nothing mom.’ Matt’s interjected.

‘And where is Nectar?’ Catherine looked around without luck. ‘Someone tell me what is going on here Matts.’

‘Everything is fine mom.’ Kate responded with pain registered on her face.

‘Matt’s! Sly! Kate!’ She mentioned and waited for a response. ‘You all don’t want to talk.’ Catherine exclaimed and watched from one corner of the room to another.

‘Mom, can we focus now!’ Kate spoke up faintly closing her eyes.

‘Anything for you at this moment.’ Catherine assured her.

‘Where is Dad?’ She asked.

‘I’m here!’ Wilson walked to Kate’s bed, stammering something.

For the first time Kate seem to have seen her Dad with a different expression on his face.

‘Do me a favor. I know you are the heartless one among them all so save my kids, when it comes to it.’

‘Kate, you……’ He was cut off before he could try to wriggle himself from that though situation.

‘Make that decision again, as you made twenty-seven and half years ago and promise me you will.’

Wilson nodded, took Catherine’s right hand into his, squeezed for a second and walked out and Doctor Sly followed.

‘Matts, I’m scared, I don’t want to die.’ She tried to say just then the monitors started giving out their loud beeps, and nurses rushing in.

Everyone rushed out sadly on the nurse’s request.

Matt’s saw Nectar from a far distance hitting his leg against a bed standing in the hospital hall way then he finally sat on the floor of the hospital while Katie was wheeled away breathless.

Catherine who couldn’t find Wilson earlier sighted Nectar sitting by himself on the floor while Matt’s stood at a corner sadly.

Nectar got startled by Catherine’s tap. ‘Mommy I’m sorry! I’ve ruined yet another woman.’

‘Nectar what did you do exactly since no one was ready to tell me anything earlier.’ Nectar who overheard Matt’s tell Sly, Jane had called Kate about Pearl’s pregnancy thought of hiding that fact from Catherine.

‘Please forgive me.’

‘Nectar, I believe you need help but if you don’t talk to me, how am I going to help you.’ He sighed heavily and his face fell to the ground.

‘Mom I cheated on her and the worse of it all is the woman got pregnant. She’s also lying without a womb in the next two wards after she got poisoned which I believed was the hand work of Jane.’

‘Okay, what else?’

‘Jane had to beat me to it even from jail when I had plans of telling her just after she delivers safely.’

Surprisingly, Catherine wasn’t angry. ‘Is this woman, Pearl the detective Kate mentioned the last time.’

Nectar raised up his head and stared at his mother in law. ‘Don’t worry, I’m old but smart. I knew something was wrong when I asked who she was and the girls were acting weird.’

‘I’m sorry mom.’

‘Nectar, I won’t judge you but whatever reason you had to do what you did should be enough to either hold on to her or let Kate go.’

‘I don’t know if she’ll take me back.’ He muttered.

‘Well I’m not going to tell you to fight for her either but the question is will it happen again, if you can answer that question then I think you have made a decision.

‘I still love her so much mommy.’

‘Love isn’t the only way to her heart. Kate is stubborn, rude and careless sometimes but if these attitudes put you off and you can’t help but take your manhood out of your matrimonial home, then I think you don’t deserve her.’

‘I tried to do well by her but I don’t know what happened.’

‘If you can’t understand why she behaves how she does then you met her at her worse time because my daughter wasn’t this way, it took men like you to break her completely. I’m not judging her attitudes or whatever wrong she might have done to earn your betrayal but you should know you have messed up and am highly disappointed in you.’

‘Please help me.’ He murmured slowly with tears.

‘And that poor woman you just ruined her chance of ever getting a child of her own, get your a$$ down there and apologize, it won’t solve her problem but she deserves respect from you.’

Nectar couldn’t stop the tears from flowing.

‘Glover!’ Sly called from afar. He stood up instantly and Catherine followed.

‘What happened?’ Nectar asked at once.

‘Put yourself together, because you know you are the only one who has done this procedure in this hospital and that is your wife so you obviously can’t go in there but you could guide us through.’ Sly said.

‘Wait, is it the procedure I did on your nephews wife last year?’ He asked confused.

Doctor Sly, nodded. ‘A little advanced but we would try our best.’

‘How did it come to this, Sly? You could have told me Kate was suffering from something like that so I know how to handle it.’

‘Glover it’s hereditary, obviously wasn’t detected early enough to cure it but unlike her Dad she got a kidney from Stacy in time.’

‘Then what’s the hold up again.

‘Because of the twins her chances are not encouraging.’

Catherine yelled from behind. ‘How is Stacy?’

‘Mrs. Santa, she is strong enough to have survived.’

Next time, you don’t risk someone else’s life at the expense of another.’

‘I’m sorry.’ Sly apologized.

‘Good so talk to me when it comes to my children. Do you understand me Sylvester?’ Catherine warned furiously.

He nodded and Nectar interrupted.

‘Sylvester, look at me. I can’t lose another wife on the theatre table.’

‘I know Glover and you can’t come in else you would lose your job.’

‘Alright Sly.’

‘Maybe you can just come in and support on the corridor of the theater.’ Sly replied again.

‘What’s the point watching from just so close when I can’t get in?’

‘I’m sorry, you know the rules.’ Sly chipped in.

‘It’s okay, I would watch in the auditorium, at least that’s better than the corridor.’ Catherine could see the fear in Nectars eyes when he said he would watch in the auditorium.

‘Then we would be counting on you not to give us so much pressure but your expertise.’ Another Doctor said while passing by hurriedly.

Nectar sighed wiping his eyes with the back of his hands.

Nectar and Catherine walked away to the small room which looked like the auditorium the two doctors talked about earlier.

Nectar saw Sly coming out after about fifteen minutes while Kate was lying helplessly on the table.

He rushed to meet him while Catherine followed.

‘Sylvester, what is going on and why is she not under anesthesia yet?’ Nectar suddenly asked Sly who came out of the theater sweating.

To be continued

 

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