No More Room For Love – Episode 49

NO MORE ROOM FOR LOVE EPISODE 49
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Catherine knocked gently on Pearl’s door.

‘Can I come in?’ She asked softly and avoided her gaze for a while, signaling the nurse who was with her to go.

‘I believe you know who I am already.’

Pearl nodded her head. ‘Can you talk because I’m furious right now and could slap you in the face right about now but I’m a woman and can’t hit another for mistakes she made out of love for another who didn’t belong to her in the first place.’

‘Sorry.’

‘Whatever reasons you had sleeping with a married man, I don’t want to know but tell me, would you have preferred another woman treat you the same way?’

Pearl nodded her head slightly.

‘I’m asking you a question, so open your mouth and talk to me.’

‘No!’ Pearl responded facing the other end of her bed.

‘Do you plan on doing that to my daughter again because next time I might commit murder and you are a detective so you should be able to tell if someone mean their threats but Kate is fine now so I would cut you some slack for just this onetime.’

‘Tha…nk you.’

‘Leave their marriage alone though my daughter as stubborn and rude as she always had a good heart but not to watch another woman ruin yet another relationship for her. Trust me she would have hurt you so bad but coming to think of it why would she sit back and watch her man sleep with another woman. Then she does nothing about it because that doesn’t sound like a woman who has been hurt severally by men.’ Catherine was asking herself loudly.

‘LOVE!’ Pearl responded.

‘What did you say?’ Catherine who was caught off guard asked.

‘I said love.’ Pearl answered honestly.

‘Well that’s not a bad attempt Pearl because I thought she was just tired of being single and probably did all that for her kids but thank you for reminding me there is something called love. I mean she’s capable of love after all.’ Catherine said with a happy tone.

‘Yes, she is.’ Pearl muttered.

‘What are your plans now?’ She asked again.

‘I would go back to where I started from and start all over again.’ Pearl answered stammering.

‘Anybody waiting for you home?’ Catherine asked curiously.

‘Yes, I have a family back home.’ She could barely look her in the eye.

‘Are they expecting you or you need help with that.’ She asked again.

‘They are not and i would appreciate your help with that because since I run off with Nectar, I cut all contacts.’

Pearl said shyly.

‘Children of today, they don’t want to grow up!’ Catherine exclaimed and stared at her for a while.

Then Pearl broke down in tears. Catherine, who was compelled to console her decided against it at the last minute.

‘I’m not sure anyone would accept me without a womb.’ She cried out.

She finally moved closer and enveloped her in her arms.

‘It’s okay, you will figure that out soon. Not everyone wants a child of their own so be true to yourself and anyone around you.’

Just then Wilson came in startling them. ‘Glover and the wife are here Catherine.’ She stood up and patted Pearl on the back.

‘I would ask Nectar for your number so we could talk about reaching your family.’ Catherine said and walked meeting confused Wilson at the door.

‘I’m sorry, kindly let Kate know that.’ Pearl blurted out to Catherine. She smiled back to Pearl seated on the bed still nervous and embarrassed.

****

Nectar sat beside her bedside, looked on as Sly checked her out. Kate who could barely talk or see clearly kept making gestures but nobody bothered to ask what she was referring to so she drifted to sleep.

‘Sly is she going to be alright.’ Nectar asked after a long while.

‘For now, yes but you can monitor her for the next few hours because you still have a few days to get an official letter revoking your license.’ Sly mentioned.

Kate though asleep but could hear everything around her.

She dropped a tear from her ducts upon hearing the two men talk, then she knew Nectar had to put his job on the line for her.

‘Sly I would really appreciate it if you could take care of this. I’m not sure she would want to see me after all that I did.’

‘Glover, at least she is still your wife for now.’

‘Not for long Sly!’ Nectar replied.

‘Are you giving up already?’ Sly asked.

‘What should I do then because I realized from the very onset I was just focused on fighting for the love I feel for her, I didn’t give her the chance to work on whatever she didn’t feel for me. She did all that alone and all I did was add to her problems.’ Nectar said with emotions.

‘So, you want to let go without finding out what she wants.’ Sly asked again.

‘I already know what she wants and I would give that to her without any hustle.’ Nectar said focusing on Kate’s movement.

‘Really?’

‘I was busy blaming her for what looks like her personality but she probably didn’t open up to me because she doesn’t trust me.’

‘Was that why you rushed off to Pearl?’ Sly asked.

‘Do we have to do this now Sylvester?’ He asked checking if Kate was awake.

‘Yes, we have to because you have destroyed her womb for Christ’s sake Glover and that’s not okay with me and she has been lying in there since i brought her in.’

‘What do you want me to do?’

‘She has no one Glover but she would love to hear from you because we spoke at length and she kept asking if you and your wife are okay. Honestly she loves you and ready to let go now.’

‘You told her about Kate?’ Nectar could only respond to the later part of his conversation with another annoying question.

‘Yes, what do you expect when you refused to see her and what kind of a man are you Glover? Pearl has been here since three in the morning and scared out of her mind while carrying the remains of your child which was eating her up.’

‘I can’t see her Sly?’

‘Give her that respect as a woman and talk to her because you both made a mistake and clean up your mess so you start afresh with whatever decisions you might make later.’

Doctor Sly couldn’t help but felt like smacking him in the face.

‘What should I be telling her then? Oh, Pearl I’m sorry you lost your womb and I can’t be with you anymore.’

‘Yes, exactly that.’

‘Come on Sly it’s not that easy.’ He said.

‘But it was easy sleeping with her when you had a wife at home who could give you all that you need outside.’ Sly retorted.

‘Don’t patronize me Sly! That wasn’t what happened.’

‘What happened then?’

‘Kate wasn’t there at all and I was just used to Pearl listening to my worries because aside the sex, she’s a good listener.’ Nectar said regretting he even said that in the first place.

‘So, you run to her because she listens to you better than your wife?’ And don’t you think she wasn’t there to satisfy your needs because you forced her to marry you?’

‘Kate was just being selfish from the beginning Sly.’

‘You are sick Glover! That’s not a reason to cheat on a woman as Kate.’

‘Wait until you find yourself in my shoes.’ Nectar announced.

‘I don’t need to find myself in your shoes because when I first saw your wife, I wondered what a sophisticated woman like her was doing with a broken man like you because then you were still hang up on your ex-wife.’

‘What’s that supposed to mean Sly?’

‘Kate was down to earth, in case you hadn’t noticed.’

‘And you know that how?’

‘We don’t only talk about the health of her kids and as a doctor I had to find ways of getting through to her if I was going to tell her she might not live long and luckily she was ready to open up and you should know how this works Glover. Most at times we end up talking about you and before you even knew you were the father of her kids, I was one step ahead of you.’

At that point Nectar flashed him a jealous eye.

‘Don’t look at me that way Glover, I needed to know the medical history of the children’s parents and she seems to have no idea but i saw her cry many times in here especially on the days you don’t make it to antenatal.’

‘Sorry, I was busy.’

‘Busy? Do you even know what she likes about you most! I bet you didn’t pay more attention to her groaning and rantings and you judged those attitudes as her weakness because i understand they can put you off but that’s the only way she could get through to you, dumb a$$.’

‘I guess i deserve that insult.’ Nectar interjected.

‘You ever wondered how she could be so soft at a point and the next feel like smacking you?’

‘Pride, i guess.’ Nectar replied.

‘Yes, she has pride but to make a conversation with you she could only rant her frustrations and it’s not every day, a woman as such marries a random guy from a bar.’

Nectar’s eyes popped out.

‘Oh come on Glover, I’m sure at this point I know your wife more than you do because we do this every day to help our patients and in your case you were a friend but don’t worry she kept the intimate stuffs to herself, though most of her rantings were genuinely because of her past experiences, sometimes instead of talking to you softly she just had to rant.’

‘Where are you going with all this?’

‘You remember the first time you complained to me and I told you to laugh it off. You were a new experience in her life, she thought wasn’t possible.’

Sly finally said getting flashes of tears from Nectar.

“What a waste Nectar? You are so dumb and still a child.” Kate thought with closed eyes then she hissed.

There was silence between them for a second and they thought they heard something.

That sound caught both doctors’ attention they looked to her direction just then Nectar’s parents came in taking their mind off that sound earlier.

‘Sly I have to go.’ Nectar quickly made to rush out when he got a heavy slap from his Dad.

‘You better have an explanation to why you chose to embarrass me this way again.’

He held his face while his mom fidgeted with her hands.

He gave another slap, just then Wilson and Catherine came in to his rescue.

‘Glover, that’s okay because my daughter is fine now and besides i should be reacting that way.’ Wilson said.

‘Wilson you don’t know what I had to go through for this shameless boy here, he calls himself a man but yet still a child who keeps repeating his mistakes.’

‘You slapping him won’t resolve the issue.’ Wilson responded.

‘I wasn’t against his marriage to Kate because of her rude attitudes but because I was afraid of yet another Keisha repeating itself but her mother thought it was a good idea Kate wasn’t timid so she could help tame this cheating bas***d but see where we are now.’ Mr. Glover said fuming while Nectar still clutched to his cheeks.

‘You can see he has regretted his actions and my daughter is sleeping so could we not make enough mess in here already.’ Wilson spoke up and held Nectar by the hand firmly.

‘Don’t ever do that to my daughter again. She deserves better and whatever your reasons were don’t let it repeat itself because you would hear from me as I’m not dead yet and I wasn’t any better than you either.’

‘Ok..ay S..ir.’ He muttered stuttering.

‘And you don’t want me reminding you that you didn’t work for this marriage as i did all the work for you so don’t let me regret it and learn from your mistakes to make this right but if you can’t handle Kate, return her back to me in one piece.’

Nectar’s face was down all along and as he was rushing off to escape the embarrassment he managed another response.

‘Thank you, Sir.’

‘Now don’t run away from your mess and wherever you are rushing to now, make sure you get back and fix whatever you broke.’ Wilson said and let go of his hands.

******

‘Mom.’ Kate spoke up and trying so hard to ignore her dad in the room.

‘Yes, my dear. Do you need anything?’

‘No!’ She said with much strength this time.

‘Are you expecting someone?’

‘No mom?’

‘You’ve been looking around and through the door for the past ten minutes. Are you looking for Nectar?’

Just then, Matt’s and Stacy walked in and Kate got a surprised grin on her face. Obviously expecting someone else to walk through that door.

‘Stacy, come here! Are you okay?’ She held her hands when Stacy walked over and squeezed it for a while.

‘I’m much better today.’

‘Good but i won’t thank you just yet and that’s your punishment.’ Kate said sternly.

‘Kate is that how you say thank you to your sister who just saved your life?’ Catherine asked glancing at Wilson to put her daughters on the right path but he barely blinked.

‘Mom don’t ask me to do that yet because this girl here, I mean my sister needs to be punished somehow.’

‘Punished?’ Matt’s asked.

‘Don’t you all think so?’ She asked and no one responded. ‘Unless I lost my brain during surgery.’ She said and looked back at Stacy who only smiled.

‘It’s okay because i deserve it.’ Stacy said sadly.

‘I’m glad you agree with me.’ Kate muttered and turned to her friend. ‘Matt’s, no one is telling me about my kids. Is everything alright with them because I asked you guys to save them and I’m still here.’

‘Save your breathe princess.’ Her mom interjected to save her from asking too much questions.

‘I also heard some busy body saved me. I hope he didn’t do that at the expense of my little ones.’

‘Katie relax, your sons are fine. Premature though but they would need time and you can see them once you are able to walk about.’ Matt’s said moving to her side.

‘Then why are you sad.’

‘You nearly made me run mad. Don’t ever do that to me again?’ Matt’s said running her hands through her hair.

Kate smiled back. ‘With this your love for me, I should fall sick more often so you can pamper me Matt’s.’

Kate teased faintly frowning with the pains she can’t obviously endure and focused her gaze on her Dad standing opposite her mom.

‘It’s not funny Katie.’

‘I know and thank you for being by my side through it all.’ Kate grinned and turned to her dad. ‘Dad, can I have my freedom now or I have to leave my children for him, since that was the agreement you two made.’

‘Kate don’t worry, I got that sorted out after you moved in with him so you can leave when you want to though I would love you to work this out but I won’t dictate for you anymore.’

‘Thank you.’ She said smiling.

‘Was that a smile I just got from you Kate?’ He asked stupidly.

‘You want me to take it back? Father of the year.’ She hissed again. And mom don’t say anything because I can hear you make noise.’

She muttered sarcastically and adjusted herself closing her eyes.

‘You heard right but take it easy with Wilson from now on.’

‘Why should I do that?’

‘Because I love him and you can’t hurt him without it getting to me, besides he’s still your father.’

Kate was quiet for a while and frowned in pain.

‘You two can take your love games out because I need to think now.’ Kate ignored her mom’s advice earlier.

They all left later on leaving Stacy behind. Kate wanted to be sure she could handle the office in her absence since she has given her half of the company shares.

They both kept talking until Kate slept off while Stacy covered her up and adjusted herself beside her sister.

**** *

Nectar walked to Pearl’s door. Stood there for a while. Pearl who was backing him but struggling to fix her drip saw him a few minutes ago but ignored.

‘Handsome, you either come in or step out.’ Pearl blurted out, raising herself off the bed.

‘Pearl, I’m sorry it ended this way.’ He managed to say while walking to her bed.

‘Sorry for what exactly, Saint because i lost a baby two times for you and to add up to it, i lost the only thing that would make me a mother. Is that what you are apologizing for?’

‘I don’t know Pearl.’ He said honestly.

‘Or you are apologizing for the fact that you can’t love me.’ She snarled and made a mental note. ‘Oh yes! You are probably apologizing for your refusal to answer my calls when I needed help.’

She said and started crying.

‘I apologize for both.’ He uttered with remorse.

‘It’s not your fault Saint, I brought all these on myself because of my association with Andy which i always knew would cause me something big but I didn’t think it would be this way.’

‘No, it’s my fault so you don’t have to blame yourself.

Pearl tried to make sense of what he said but she couldn’t at the end.

‘For a moment I thought you poisoned me.’

‘How would i have done that and why?’

‘Because you slept off at my place without me asking you to which I could have framed you for attempted murder and get away with it but my conscience wouldn’t allow me do that to you anymore.’

‘Why didn’t you then?’ He asked curiously.

She cleared her throat while wiping her face dry.

‘Though that was all I wanted to do when I couldn’t reach you after I ate the pizza i thought came from you, i remembered asking Andy for Pizza the very day you met him at my end and i knew he must have outsmarted me.’ Pearl said wiping off her tears.

‘I wasn’t capable of doing that to you Pearl.’

‘I know that so i’m releasing you now from the $eduction I had over you. You can go now.’ She finally said and rested herself gently on the bed.

‘Pearl, I thought the call was one of those……’ Nectar was about to say when she interrupted.

‘You thought it was me worrying you again with my numerous sweet words.’

‘Yes and i would have come if i kne…..’

‘I just said you can go so don’t let me change my mind.’ Pearl yelled which startled Nectar.

He stood for a while, stared at her and walked out of the door. He leaned against her door and murmured to himself, ‘Forgive me.’

To be continued

 

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