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21st
November 2009
Whose is
it?
First
things first—break it off with Nelson.
Kaysie was sitting at the dining room table
alone, making a to do list. It was simple enough,
but she couldn’t seem to get past the
second item: Tell Ricky. She couldn’t
tell him. Not until she was sure it was his
or that she even wanted to keep it. Besides,
things had been so good lately since he got
back from his trip. It’d been like three
weeks of honeymoon bliss, although it was starting
to wane.
Kaysie crossed off the two items on the list
and started over. Visit doctor Rhenta, she wrote,
then double underlined. She would take it one
step at a time. Get that done today.
She made her way to the bathroom and got undressed.
The phone rang just as she stepped into the
shower. Kaysie paused, considering, then let
it ring. The machine would get it.
“Hello?” Ari’s voice came
on after the beep, just as she suspected. “Um,
hi. Kay, if you’re there, please pick
up.”
Kaysie closed the shower door and turned on
the water. She just needed to think. She really
didn’t need Ari’s know-it-all advice.
Besides, she was sure Ari’d heard all
she needed to from Maxine.
Boy, had she. Maxine had sped over to Ari’s
immediately after picking Kaysie up off the
bathroom floor, a sobbing quivering mass, and
put her to bed. As soon as Kaysie quieted down
she left.
She needed someone to talk to, and for once
she was secretly relived that it was something
other than the sordid details of her life that
would be the topic of conversation. It was comforting
to know she wasn’t the only one to make
a mess of things. Not that she didn’t
feel sorry for Kaysie, but Kaysie should have
really been more careful, considering her situation
and Ricky’s attitude.
Suffice it to say Ari was furious. Ricky was
scum. She didn’t think he had one good
bone in his body. On second thought, he didn’t
have any bones, he was spineless.
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“How
could she have been so stupid!” Ari blurted.
“Ricky? She wants to get trapped in a
relationship with Ricky! So what does she plan
to do, is she going to keep it? If I were her,
I’d run to the nearest clinic and have
it removed. “
Removal wasn’t an option for Kaysie, even
if that was her first instinct. She needed to
handle it the right way.
On the examination table in Dr Rhenta’s
office, under a thin white sheet and naked from
the waist down, Dr Rhenta was trying to get
her to relax.
“When’d you find out?” she
asked, squeezing cold blue gel out of a tube
onto Kaysie’s stomach, getting her ready
for an ultrasound.
“Yesterday.”
“Alright,” Dr Rhenta paused, “I
can’t see anything which means you’re
still pretty early. Judging from the start of
your cycle, I’d say you’re about
two weeks.”
Two weeks, Kayise made a mental note. She’d
been with Nelson recently, but had it been as
recent as two weeks?
“What’s wrong?” Dr Rhenta
cut in. “Have you not told the father?”
Kaysie forced a smile. “I’m okay
Doctor. I’ll call if anything.”
She left the office still calculating. The last
time she’d been with Nelson was . . .
just over two weeks, she thought. If she recalled
correctly, Ricky’d been back for about
three weeks now, and during that time she hadn’t
seen Nelson.
Kaysie’s spirits soared. The baby was
Ricky’s! Maybe that’s just what
they needed—a family. Maybe, just maybe,
a baby would make Ricky change for the better.
Discuss
Story
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