Babel Novel
Chapter Seven: My Plight
“Where am I?” I opened my eyes gradually as the lights rested in them.
“You are at the hospital,” Mum held my hands as she smiled at me.
“Hospital?” Just as I tried to leave the bed, an agonising pain struck my head pulling me down.
“Relax, my dear.”
“My head hurt so much,” I groaned, “What happened?”
“You fainted.”
“Fainted? I guess the road walk has been entirely stressful on me.”
“We thought so too until the doctor confirmed that…” She paused and looked away.
“Confirmed what mum?”
“That you are pregnant.”
“Pregnant? Oh my God?! How did this happen?” Tears fell freely from my eyes.
“Is it Raymond’s?”
“Yes, I haven’t been with anyone else since Raymond. How could I not have known that I was pregnant? It’s hurt most that I am with the child of a man who just banished us from the only home that we know. How do I navigate through life holding this child all alone?”
“You are not alone Clara. This news might be a bit shocking to us but we are here for you all through the way.”
“Where do we go from here? We have no money and our insurance doesn’t cover this hospital bill,” Mum said.
“Then we have to leave.”
“Leave?”
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“But that would be…”
“Wrong?” Mum cut him off.
“We have nothing on us right now. We can’t risk being seen by anyone. We just need to get as far away from here as possible. If luck shines on us, we could get into a new pack.”
“Do you think we would be accepted?”
“Dad, mum is right. We need to leave and hopefully we would stumble on another pack who would be willing to take us in.”
“I have been the pack alpha for centuries and I know that taking a strange family into a pack is quite tacky. If we aren’t accepted, we could be killed.”
“And if we stay back here we would be killed as well. So whichever way, we have to leave here.”
“Good morning Clara, I see you are doing very well today.” The nurse said, smiling. I sneaked the keys from her pocket as soon as she got close enough.