Thankfully, she turned on the car heater while they were inside the car and she was glad that it helped to calm her temperature down.
Bella came inside the room and handed the water to her.
Mrs. Thomas quickly soaked the towel inside the water and placed it on Karen's forehead.
She did that at intervals, and after a while, she felt her temperature and saw that it warm completely.
She quickly scooped some warm soup into Karen's mouth whick Bella prepared a while ago.
After a while,, Bella looked at Mrs. Baker curiously and Mrs. Thomas smiled before giving her the permission to leave.
On her way out, she met Miguel coming out of his room and she greeted him before telling him their mom is back.
" My mom is back?" Miguel asked. Obviously he was surprised cos he wasn't expecting her to be back that night.
" Yea, and she brought one strange girl home" she informed
" What? A girl?" Miguel asked to be sure
" Yea" bella answered
He quickly entered the room he saw her coming from and true to her words,,, his mom was back. But not only his mom, he saw a strange girl lying on the bed.
Mrs. Thomas smiled on seeing him.
" Son, how are you?" She asked
" I'm fine. You said you weren't coming today.
" And who's she?" He asked gesturing to Karen
" I finished my work earlier than I expected" Mrs. Thomas said and explained everything to him.
" You mean you brought someone you don't even know home?" Miguel almost shouting.
Just then, Michael also entered the room and was shocked to see their mom back and also a strange girl laying on the bed.
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Sophia looked at her parents before looking at Mark and glumps down nothing.
" Why aren't you saying anything?" Mr. Baker asked.
" The thing is.... Er... I told my parents the baby is 3 weeks old cos I didn't know how to tell them I'm pregnant and it's in the sixth month now" she tried to explain
" But still,, you could have just told us the truth. We are your parents,, we aren't gonna kill you. So, what if it's the time to give birth to the baby,, how are you going to do it? Aren't we going to find out by then?" Mrs. Baker asked.
" I'm sorry mom. I wasn't thinking straight at that moment. I was so scared thinking you were gonna chase me out of the house" Sophia muttered.
" Then what about me? Why did you lied to me also? I'm the father of the child and I deserve to know everything about the baby" Mark butted in trying not to shout
" I'm sorry baby... I just did that cos I thought you were gonna deny the baby. How could I just face you and say it to your face that I'm six months pregnant? If I only I had found out sooner,, I wouldn't have lied to you"
" I understand what she's trying to say, Mark. She's still a young girl,,, you just have to embrace her and teach her the way of things" Mrs. Baker said softly
" Fine, I understand what you did. But don't you ever try that again. I deserve to know everything about the baby" Mark said
" Thank you so much for believing me" Sophia muttered softly as she smiled
" So mom, what about Karen? What did you do to her?" She added as she faced her mom
" Your father chased her away. She's no longer staying with us anymore" Mrs. Baker answered smiling satisfactory
" What!" Mark exclaimed almost yelling
" That's a good news. Can't believe she almost killed me and my baby. If I was given the chance, I'd have dealt with her myself" Sophia muttered smiling wickedly
" But why will you do that? That girl is still young. Where do you expect her to go by this late hour?" Mark asked obviously pissed at their way of judgement
" That doesn't concern me,, as long as she's out of our lives,,, then I'm fine with it" Ava muttered
" Mom, dad,,can I speak to Sophia alone?" Mark asked politely
" Sure. We'll excuse you" Mr. Baker said and they all went out of the room leaving Sophia and Mark alone.
" What was the meaning of what you did earlier? Tell me the truth,, did Karen really pushed you?" Mark asked facing her
" Of course. Do you think I'd lie to you. That girl pushed me down the stairs almost killing me! " Sophia whisper yell
" Sophia,, I know you. What did you do to that girl?" Mark asked
" Wasn't it all your fault? You were f*cking cheating on me with her!" She yelled
" What?" Mark chuckled
" Yes. I saw the both of you hugging each other by the street"
" Babe, that was just an harmless hug. Karen is like a younger sis to me. Don't you even trust me? Was that why you went ahead and ended up hurting the poor girl?" He asked bitterly
" I don't trust you! You could be dating her behind my back. Who knows if you are also f*cking her" Sophia muttered
That statement angered Mark and he landed a slap at her face before he could control himself.
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Mrs. Thomas looked over at Michael and smiled widely.
" Why aren't you guys sleeping by this time?" She asked facing both Miguel and Michael
" Wasn't feeling sleepy. Besides, I was going to have a drink downstairs when I heard voices inside" Michael explained
" By the way, who's she?" He asked
Mrs. Thomas explained everything to him and what he felt at that moment, he couldn't place his hands on it.
" Mom, you can't just bring someone into this house anyhow." Michael said
" That was what I was saying earlier. Have you told dad about it?" Miguel asked
" No, I haven't. I just came back not quite long. Besides, I had to take care of her first since she was burning up" Mrs. Thomas explained
" See,, you didn't even told your husband about it? What if she's a vampire? Or a ghost?" Miguel asked
He quickly faced Michael.
" What if she's a werewolf? Or an assassin?" He gasped loudly.
Michael looked at him as if he was crazy.
" Are you sure you're okay?" He asked feeling Miguel's temperature.
" Oh, my days in this house are numbered " Miguel ignored him as he wailed dramatically.
*****
All at once, sudden shock passed through Sophia's whole being that she thought she might pass out.
Mark just slapped her!
He fvcking slapped her!!
Mark looked at her with fury in his eyes.
" How could you accuse me of such a despicable act? Even if you don't trust and respect your sister,,, learn to respect me! " He said almost yelling.
" Did you just hit me? How dare you?!" She screamed forgetting about her condition.
" Don't make me regret ever dating you,, cos I'm wondering what I saw in you in the first place. I might have been blind then..." He muttered and shook his head before storming out of the ward.
Mark met Mr. & Mrs. Baker on his way out,,but he completely ignored them.
" Son, are you leaving now?" Mr. Baker asked him but he ignored him totally before exiting the hospital.
" Did he just ignore me?" Mr. Baker scoffed as he watch the exit of hospital.
" Did they had a fight?" Mrs. Baker wondered out loudly.
Sophia stared ahead of her as if in a trance. She couldn't believe Mark slapped her.
Because of Karen, Mark slapped her. Mere thinking about it,,, she couldn't help but to hate Karen more.
She screamed out loud and roughed her hair fuming in anger.
But her scream of anger suddenly turn to pain. Right at that moment, she felt like she was dying.
She clutched her stomach in pains and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Luckily for her, her parents walked in at that moment.
" Sophia!" Mrs. Baker screamed seeing her daughter clutching her stomach writhing in pains.
She rushed to her.
" What happen,,, are you okay? Are you feeling pain?" She rushed at once.
" Mom,,, I'm,,, in pain" Sophia stuttered out.
" My stomach is hurting me.... I'm dying" she added as she cried out.
" Derek,, call the doctor,, quick!" She shouted at her husband who immediately rushed out of the room.
She turned to Sophia, and caressed her cheeks.
" Everything will be fine, honey. You'll be okay" she cooed rubbing her cheeks soothingly
At that moment, the doctor came rushing in with some nurses and Mrs. Baker quickly rushed to him.
" Doctor, please do something. I can't bear seeing my daughter in pains" Mrs. Baker cried out.
The doctor walked over to Sophia and quickly brought out some tools to check her body.
After a while,, the doctor faced the nurses.
" Prepare a room for delivery, now! The baby is coming out more early than I expected" He ordered.
He turned his attention to Sophia who was groaning in pain before turning his attention to her parents.
" Your daughter is in labor. Like I said earlier,, the baby will be born prematurely. So, we should hope for the best" he said
All Mrs. Baker did was to weep in tears.
Few minutes later, two nurses rushed in and managed to take the weak Sophia into the delivery room.
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Mrs. Thomas bursted into laughter at Miguel's childish behavior.
" Then you'll be the one she'll devour first if she's a vampire" Michael said
" What,, me?? That should be you first,, you're the guy with the frowning face. You'll be the one to be devoured first.. As for me,, I'm sure she won't be able to resist this cute face of mine.." Miguel boasted.
" In your dreams. Cute my foot. You're the most ugly creature I've ever met in my life" Michael said.
" I wonder what girls see in you always wanting to kill theirself. I must say they're blind" he added.
" Just say you're jealous, dude. You're jealous cos no one wants to be around you " Miguel said and quickly shut his mouth seeing the look Michael was giving him.
" Right. No one want to be around me. Thanks for reminding me" Michael muttered
" Hey, I don't mean it that way. I was just.... Okay fine,,, I'm sorry" Miguel muttered slowly
Michael looked at him for a while before bursting into laughter.
Miguel looked at him for a moment confused as to why he was laughing that way.
Then it dawned on him that he tricked him. His eyes widened at the realization.
" You,, you,," he points his hand at him.
Mrs. Thomas looked at the both of them with a wide smile on her face.
The both of the may be like cat and dog sometimes,, but they're the best brothers one could ever find.
Slowly, she stood up and left the room quietly leaving them to continue bickering at each other.
" You're a dummy. How could you fall for something so easy as that?" Michael said as he kept mocking his brother.
" Hey, point of correction.. I didn't fall for that. I was just,,, whatever"
" That's good. You should accept defeat. I can't just wait for this girl to wake up so she can eat you up." Michael teased
" What! Me?? You should know that's not true. She can't do something as such to me. This hot face of mine can do the trick." He paused and looked over at Karen.
" She's cute though,, but she's not my type. She can't match my standards" Miguel boasted...
" Why do I feel like you'll end up eating your words?" Michael asked.
" You should know that's not true... I never go back on my words" Miguel replied.
A groan stop their little bickerings and their head snapped quickly towards Karen direction.
They slowly moved closer to her and that was when they discovered she was crying silently.
She tossed her head to the right,, and then the left. And that made them realize she was having a nightmare.
Michael moved closer to her and gently placed his hand on her arm trying to pacify her.
" No please! I didn't mean to do that. I never intended to kill her baby. It was just an harmless push..... Please,, I'm sorry" she begged as she tossed around the bed with tears streaming down her face.
He looked at her weirdly " just who the hell is she?" He muttered.
All of a sudden, she pulled him to the bed and snuggled into his arms.
" Please don't leave me" she whispered
Miguel looked at him before sticking his tongue at him.
" Good for you... As for me,, let's call it a goodnight" he said as he chuckled and went out of the room.
" That betrayal" Michael muttered between gritted teeth.
He looked at Karen who kept snuggling into his arms as if she wanna enter me and sighed.
He gently pushed her away from him but she moved more closer to him.
" Gosh!" He groaned frustratingly
" Promise me you won't leave me" Karen murmured slowly
He quickly looked at her face and discovered she was still sleeping.
Was she sleep talking or what? He thought inwardly.
" Promise me you won't" she said again.
Sighs " okay fine. I won't leave" he said.
Not like he gat a choice.
" Please don't leave me" she whispered and fell asleep right in his arms.
Michael looked at the sleeping girl and sighed.
Guess he will be sleeping here tonight!
SOME HOURS LATER****
Sophia was laying on the bed. She gave birth to her baby a while ago.
It was a baby girl.
She couldn't believe she was gonna give birth to her baby prematurely,, but luckily for her,, the baby will be placed in an incubator.
" How are you feeling now?" Ava asked her
" I'm fine, sis. Thanks" she muttered and smiled gently.
" You should go home, Ava. You should go prepare for school" Mr. Baker said.
" Okay, Dad. Since Sophia is fine already,, I should get going. Bye mom" she waved at her mom before leaving the hospital since it was morning already.
Sophia sighed heavily. Now, she was free of the baby bump.
Mark slowly entered the room and walked up to them.
It was Ava who called him to inform the news.
" You were moody yesterday, is everything okay?" Mrs. Baker asked
" Yea, I'm fine" he answered
He walked up to Sophia and sat down on the bed beside her.
Sophia eyed him before turning her back to him making her parents wondered what was wrong.
BRIGHT HIGH***
Jake was pacing around the class. His mind wasn't at rest.
He was thinking of Karen throughout last night and he already made up his mind to apologize to her.
He finally realized that he's in love with her and if possible,, he might ask her to be his girlfriend.
He breathe in relief when he saw Ava entering the class.
He was about to rush to her to ask if Karen when students began trooping in.
" F*ck! " He groaned frustratingly
Just then the teacher entered the class and he was forced to go to his seat.
He might just talk to Karen when she gets to school.
***
Immediately the teacher left the class, and it was time for lunch,,, Jake quickly stood up from his seat and walked up to Ava's seat who was chatting with her friend, Linda.
" Hey" he greeted
Shocked " er... Jake?" Ava muttered obviously surprised.
She wasn't expecting him to talk to her.
" I'm sorry but can I see you for a second" he asked.
At that moment, he felt like he was going crazy.
Karen didn't come to school and that alone drove him insane.
" Really? Yea... I mean,, of course" Ava said feeling happy.
She looked at Linda who smiled giving her the go ahead.
" Go enjoy yourself" Linda mouthed at her
She shook her head laughing as she followed Jake outside.
Jake turned to her immediately they got to the school hallway. He wasn't gonna beat around the bush.
" How's Karen? Why didn't she come to school today?" He asked
" Karen? Was that why you called me outside?" She scoffed
" Yea... She's fine right?"
Flings her hair to the back.
" Karen isn't coming to school and will never be coming again" she said
" What do you mean?" He asked confused at her reply.
" What I meant is that,, Karen is no longer here anymore. She left for good" she dropped the bombshell..
" What??" Jake asked shocked.
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