ISABELLA
I stared into my reflection in the mirror as I had been shocked from the result I was getting from the strip I held in the bathroom.
“No!!”
“This can’t be happening!” I shot at my reflection in the bathroom as I kept yelling and yelling.
“I can’t accept this!” I Yelled staring at my reflection in the mirror as I tried holding back the tears welling up in my eyes.
Questions on how any of this came about, kept ringing over and over in my head as I broke into tears.
I staggered my way out of the bathroom as fear gripped me.
“What was I to do?” I asked myself feeling so confused.
I tried pulling myself together as I sat back to the ground, with my body curled around my leg.
I broke into tears as I could no longer deprive myself from the tears that rolled down my cheeks.
I was in a big mess, and didn’t even know how I had gotten myself here in the process.
I thought about the night I had been out with the girls, as I tried to recall all that happened on that night.
I didn’t want to believe I had sex with a total stranger which had apparently led to this.
I’m having a baby?!!… I asked myself.
Shit!!!
This is so fucked up. I said to myself not knowing who to speak to about any of this.
I reached out to my drawer, as I pulled out my phone turning on the screen.
I scrolled over to the contact, in search of Arianna's but soon remembered she was out of town and now working elsewhere.
Shit!!..
And just I kept scrolling, I bumped into my Aunt's.
Mrs Anna Ricca, just the perfect lady to say this to.
I had her number dialed on the line as I ha the phone up to my ear.
It beeped for a few seconds and just after it did, she picked.
“Sweetheart!” she called out on her end.
I paused taking a deep breath, not wanting to tear up speaking to her.
“What's wrong?” she asked with so much worry in her tone as she spoke up.
“I…” I stuttered playing with my fingers.
“Go on dear” she said calmly as she stayed silent afterwards to listen to what I had to say.
“I'm pregnant” I finally voiced out to her as I broke into tears.
She was completely silent on her end as I spoke, and then cleared her throat as she had her voice lowered.
“Does Leonardo know yet?” she asked.
The mention of my Dad in all of this only made things worse.
“I just found out this morning!” I said as my fingers trembled as I tapped my feet in anxiety.
“Relax” she said trying to calm me down as she could tell from the sound of my voice that I was having a hard time pulling myself together.
“Go over to the family's hospital and do a proper check in yourself dear and get back to me on that” she said.
“I'm scared Aunty!” I said as I had my hand up to my face as I wiped mu eyes from my rolling tears.
“There’s nothing to be worried about as long as you know who the father is” she said sounding a lot convinced as she paued to hear wha I had to swy next after she had said that.
“I don't” I finally voiced Out after a couple of minutes of not knowin whether or not to be honest at this point.
“Oh my!!!” She called out on the phone as she stayed silent afterwards.
“Let me know when you hav the final results” she said.
“I have go get back to work now, take care honey” she said as she hung up.
I took a deep breath, knowing I was in big trouble.
I got out of the shower as I moved over to my closet, staring into my reflection.
In a couple of minutes, I was done and ready to head out.
As I did, memories from the other night at the club resurfaced in my head.
I held on to my steering feeling a bit scared but still tried pulling myself together.
I pulled over by the garage, as I got out of my car heading into the hospital.
The minute I got in, a lot of people had their attention on me the moment I walked into the hospital.
I had my hoodie thrown over my head as it was starting to feel awkward with them staring this long.
And just as I got up to the receptionist, wanting to ask for directions she had her head up smiling at me.
“Hello miss Dante” she called out smiling at me.
“How did you…?” I asked wondering she could recognize me here.
“I watch the business news a lot, so yeah” she said smiling as she responded, typing on her computer afterwards.
The minute she said that, I could feel my body suddenly becoming so hot.
I was getting tensed with everyone being able to recognize me.
“How may I help you ma'am?” she asked smiling at me.
I leaned forward to her desk as I whispered to her,
“I'm here for a pregnancy test” I finally voiced out after so many contemplations in my head.
“Oh!!” She said as she had her focuz back to her computer.
“A little hallway to the left, you would get attended to” she responded and this time, without her smile.
“Thanks!” I said walking away from her table as I had my hands tucked in to the sides of my pockets.
I walked into the ward, not wanting to make familiar eye glances with anyone around.
But I couldn’t avoid that.
As I walked down the hallway leading to the nurse's ward, I met eyes with an old lady who had her eyes locked in my direction as I walked in.
I had the hoodie pulled down to my face almost blocking the view.
A couple of minutes afterwards, I got into the ward and was headed in to the lab to get tested.
I jerked the moment the needle went straight into my skin.
“Relax!!” the nurse holding on to my arm said.
And after a couple of minutes they had me dismissed from the lab.
“You would have to come back for the results by weekend” the doctor said smiling at me.
“Oh great, I have to be here again!” I muttered to myself.
I gulped down on the lump that was slowly forming in my throat as I got up on my feet heading out if the hospital.
I exhaled the minute I got into my car, as I had my head to the steering wheel.
I needed to know what exactly had happened that night.
I pulled out my phone texting Aurora, who for some reason had started ghosting on me.
“She has a lot of answering to do” I said as I started off my engine speeding off on the road track leading to the house.
I got into the house, as I laid up in bed with my eyes closed.
I didn’t know how exactly to feel when the results actually do come out positive.
I had my clothes removed laying directly under the sheets of the duvet, trying not to worry too much about the whole situation.
“I wish you were here mom” I said silently as tears rolled down my cheeks.
I had lost her a long time ago, apparently leaving me under the care of my tycoon father.
And now I’m having a baby to an unknown man.
I wandered off in thoughts on what next to do as I had my eyes closed.
Soon afterwards I slept off.
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It was finally weekend and I have never been more tensed than I was right now.
I took a deep breath pulling into the garage of the hospital.
This time, I had a face cap on, and a black hoodie alongside my shades.
I walked into the ward, heading to the nurses for directions on how to get my results.
I moved over to the lab, waiting to be called upon by the doctor.
The minute he did, I knew this was it.
I cleared my throat as I settled in to the chair in front of him over the desk.
“How do you do miss Dante?” he said stretching forth his hands to me for a handshake.
I faked a smile staring at him as he had the result opened up gradually.
I tapped my feet to the ground in anxiety as I played with my sleeves.
I was getting too tensed to want to even hear it.
“Well, apparently we have found traces of a quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin in your blood,” he said leaning forward to me.
“So, congratulations miss you are two weeks pregnant” he added smiling at me.
I froze the minute he said that, like I was expecting what I suspected to not be true.
Eventually, it turned out to be true.
I’m pregnant!!..
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