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Meyer's POV
I tried to sit up on the bed but I felt a sharp pain down my abdomen. Then I remembered my mom. The money was complete. I need to get going. But as I grabbed my phone and checked what the time was, I saw missed calls.
It was from Miley.
The next missed calls were from Miss. Sherry.
My heart began to beat fast. So fast that I held my chest. As I was about to call her back, her call came in.
"Miss Sherry?"
"Where have you been?"
"I have been trying to call your phone."
"What is it?"
"It's your mother, Meyer."
"My mother?"
"What happened to my mother?"
I jumped out of bed ignoring the pains in my legs.
"I am sorry." Miss Sherry said over the phone.
No, she can't be sorry.
"What happened to my mother?" I screamed out loud that the Cal was disconnected.
"I am sorry, Meyer. The doctor did all he could but..."
"But what?" I asked raising my eyes to meet hers. I held Miss Sherry's hands.
"Nothing happened to her, right? I have the money now. I have the money for the surgery. It's complete now." I said trying to get her to talk.
Just then I heard the sound of the wheels of the stretcher. I turned in the direction of the sound. The nurses were the ones wheeling the stretcher. Then I saw the white clothes used to cover the person. Suddenly, the feet of the person lying on the stretcher popped out.
My heart dropped. It was my mother.
I could recognize her feet.
The whole world seemed to stop at the moment because I didn't even know what to do. The bag I was holding fell from my hand.
My mother can't be dead, right?
She can't just leave me like this. I rushed to the stretcher pushed the nurses away and pulled down the white clothes used to cover her. I wasn't wrong. It was my mom. Her hands and feet had become so cold and her face was pale. More tears rushed out. No, she can't just die like this.
"Mom," I called, tapping her hoping she would wake up.
"Mother!" I screamed out so loud.
The nurses grabbed me preventing me from moving closer to her the more.
I nodded my head negatively. I don't want to believe that she was gone. I don't ever want to believe it at all. How was I going to continue living now? I can't live! I can't! Maybe I should just kill myself.
Soon, Miley arrived.
She pulled me into a hug and to be honest, she was crying when she saw me crying too. She consoled me together with Miss. Sherry who was in uniform. She took the day off.
When I was calm, I turned to her and asked her a question.
"At what time? Did she pass away?" I asked.
"The moment you stepped your feet out of the hospital to look for the money."
What?
So she passed away even before I stripped last night.
"Why didn't you call me back? You know you should have called me back."
"Yes, I did. I ran out of the hospital to call you back but you already left. I tried calling your phone. It went through for a minute and the customer care said that you were on another call. I waited for some minutes. Then I called you again but you were not picking up. I tried calling you too, Miley. But you weren't picking up either."
Then I lost my virginity for nothing. I lost my dignity. I was with that man throughout. Had I known, I wouldn't have accepted that deal of sleeping with him. But now, I am screwed.
It's been a month since my mother died now and I have been alone. I missed her so much but there was nothing I could do. The deed has been done and she is gone now. She left me. Even though she never saw me as her child, I still love her. I still love her so much.
In the evening, I resumed back to work. Life goes on. I need to take care of myself and I have to pay bills too.
At work, just as I take customer's orders, I felt so weak and dizzy. I couldn't control it. My legs were weak too. I held the door for support as Miley walked up to me.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" She asked.
"Uhm.. yes, yes I am okay," I said and tried to take a step forward. I hadn't even taken the step when I slumped and shut my eyes into the darkness.
"Meyer!"
That was the last thing I could hear.
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"Congratulations, Ms. Gomez, you are one month gone." I heard the doctor's voice.
I turned to him. He knew I was already awake.
"Gone? What does that mean?" I asked.
"It means that you are a month pregnant."
Pregnant? What? For a while, I couldn't comprehend what he said. Pregnant? How could I get pregnant? That's not possible.
"Pregnant?" Miley chipped in.
"Yes, that's what the results say."
I smiled nervously. It was unbelievable. How could I get pregnant?
How?
"I can't get pregnant."
"Of course you are pregnant. The doctor wouldn't say so if you aren't." That was from Miley. Then she shit me a glare.
"Congratulations, once again Ms. Gomez." Said the doctor and he walked out with the nurses. Then I sat up and sobbed. How could I possibly get pregnant? It was then I remembered that night with Christian.
What we did that night had resulted in pregnancy. What am I going to do now?
"I only asked you to do a private service for that man. I didn't say you should offer yourself to him." Miley said worriedly.
I couldn't talk. I broke down in tears.
I can't even take care of myself financially, how was I going to care for a child? I just lost my mother a month ago and this is already happening? Oh God!
"Who was it?" Miley asked.
"The person who is responsible for it," Miley added.
"It's him. Christian." I muttered.
"Who is Christian?" She asked.
"The. Famous Christian we all know."