16/06/2025
STORY TITLE: BELLA THE POOR GIRL EPISODE 8
STORY BY: AUTHORESS KUTEYI MODUPE
"Jack what is happening to you, why are you behaving like this, when I got home yesterday all the house was in a mess, and this morning you have started drinking which you did not use to do before, what is happening?"
"Shut up you bitch, you are all the cause of this, if you have not decided to keep this baby, what will happen will never happen, idiot" snatching the bottle from me and drink
"Jack please stop insulting me and what has my baby has to do with what happens to you"
"Ok you want to hear, I will tell you bitch" He moves closer to me and grab me by my hair and push me to sit on the chair,
"Please don't hurt me, think of my baby," I said to him and he raises his hand to slap me again but he looks at me and lower his hand.
"I told you that I invested in some business or like want to invest in the business so I put all the money I have into the business but that was before you said you were pregnant but when you said you were pregnant, and you said you want to keep the baby so I borrow money from my boss and put it on the business since the baby is on the way and I told you to resign from your work, but I later know that we were scammed, the company we want to do business with was already bankrupt so they use our money to pay some of their debt in the bank and there is no evidence because the document they issued to us was fake. He said tears flowing from his eyes
"WE? How come you're WE? I don't understand"
"Not only me, me and my friend and we met some other people there that day," he said with tears
"I am really sorry about that but what has my baby has to do with the business?"
"If you do not decide to keep the baby, I won't borrow more money to invest, if you had listened to me, all this will not be happening, now my salary is not enough because I have some debt to pay with 60% of my salary and it will be for the debt I owe," he said
"Excuse me, Jack, I am really sorry about your loss but first you did not tell me anything about the business not until recently, second me and my baby did not have anything to do with you borrowing money, third it's your mistake,because you're supposed to find out about the business you wanted to do very well before investing on it, fourthly,don’t put your mistake or your fault on me and my baby, we …………….." He smashes the bottle on the floor and breaks into pieces
"Any more word from your mouth and you will regret it," he said and went out
I just stand there like a statue for about 10 minutes not knowing what to do. I stood up and clean up the broken bottles and sat at the living room and I started crying and thinking how my life turn out like this,
Soon my phone rang and it was my Mom calling and I picked up, she asked about my baby and I told her we are fine, she also told me that my brother will send me the pictures of the baby shower, I said ok and we talked more and then hung up. I did not mention to her how Jack treated me today because I don't want them to be worried about me.
I went to the kitchen to prepare dinner so that Jack will be able to eat when he comes back, I don't want to fight or argue with him because of my condition and the way he was angry now he can do anything if I make him angry and I don't want him to hurt me. After setting the table, he comes back and walks straight to our bedroom I greeted him and he just nods his and I told him that food is ready, he turns around and sat on the dining table and eat.
When he finished eating, he went to the bedroom and I followed him because I want to talk to him
"Jack please I want to talk to you" "What did you want?" he said not looking at me
"I want to tell you that Tuesday is my appointment with the doctor so I want to tell you that maybe you ……."
"No, I am not coming if that is what you wanted to say" he cut me off before I finish my statement
I just tested him because I knows that he will not follow me, the only time he follows me was when I first told him that I am pregnant and the time the doctor reveal the gender of our baby, since then he never follows me again if I call him, is either he said he is busy or he said he is tired even if the doctor appointment falls on a weekend and I came back home from the hospital, is either I met him sleeping or playing game or watching TV. I left him and went to sleep. At the midnight I felt that my stomach was paining me and I woke him up, but he shouted at me that can't I leave him to sleep or am I the one that will first get pregnant, I said I am sorry that I don't know how I was feeling, he said, is he the doctor? if am not feeling ok, I should go and see the doctor and I should never wake him up again when I have any complaints.
I stood up and moved around the room may be the pain will relief me because I don't know what to do and the time now is 3am, nowhere to go, the pain later relieved me and I went back to sleep.
"Good morning boss" I greeted my boss, I just resumed work this morning.
Bella, good morning, how are you doing?" he was looking at my belly because it was bigger than the last time he saw me "I am fine and good" I replied him.
I went to my office and starts my day well and everything went well, my friend Annie called me and we chatted alot after that I continued with my work, when I got home, I tried to prepare dinner and we ate. But he did not talk to me and to my surprise he did not sleep in our bedroom, he went to sleep in the guest room, I just left him and continued my food.
At midnight, while I was sleeping ,I felt stomach pains again, I have to stand up and move around. Sometimes, I drank water, I just don’t know what to do later the pain relieved me again, I decide to sleep again since tomorrow is my appointment with the doctor. I will tell her how am feeling.
In the morning when I woke up, I saw Jack taking some of his cloth to the guest room, I thought, he wants to sleep separately from me but no problem, I felt tears in my eyes, I just wipe them away and say my morning prayers,then decides to go to the bathroom and do my normal routine at the bathroom,when I finished bathing, I went to make breakfast but that was when I noticed that Jack has left for work, I just make my own breakfast and head to work.
Today at work, my brother send me the baby shower pictures and all the pictures are very nice. Later Annie calls me, now she calls me everyday to know how I am feeling and we talked and chatted.I sent the pictures to her and she said they were nice. I checked the time and I notice that soon it will be my appointment time, so I finished my work and leave.
When I got to the hospital, it was not yet my turn so I sat down in the waiting room, soon I heard the nurse called my name and I stood up and follow her to the doctor's office.
"Hi Bella, nice to see you today, how are you feeling?" The doctor said using her hand to tell me to lie down on the bed to check the baby
"Hello Doctor Emily I am fine" After checking the baby I sat on the chair in front of the doctor
"So did you have any complaint?" I replied her saying yes
"Most of the time I feel dizzy and tired but now for the past few days now I am feeling chest and stomach pain," I said
"Ok, we have to run some tests and see what is happening," I said ok and she said I should follow her, after some series of tests she said I should come back for the result and to see what next.
When I got home, I ate my food because I already bought takeout food when I was going home from the doctor's office while eating I chat with my friend because she told me that when I come back from the doctor's office, I should report back to her what the doctor said, she said I should not worry that everything will be alright. I thank God that at least I have someone to lean on which is my friend, she may not be with me but she's there for me whenever I needed someone to talk to. When I finished my food, that was when Jack enters, I greeted him and he went inside maybe he has eaten outside I don't know because I already send a message to him that I can't cook dinner this night. He doesn't bother to ask about what the doctor said but I am fine with it.
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