Six months later…
“Hi Michelle, I needed to talk with you about something… its not something that I can say over the phone so, just let me know when you will be free so that we can talk” the voicemail played again and she frowned then called her again but still wasn’t able to reach her.
“What is happening Pricilla? Where are you?” she muttered and tried her line again but it went to that voicemail that played over and over. “Maybe I should go to her home, she could be sick for all I know” she asked herself as she worry for her.
She had noticed that Pricilla had stopped coming in for checkups and when she called her to ask if everything was okay, Pricilla told her that she was good and that a good Samaritan was helping her with all her bills and everything she and her baby needed.
Pricilla didn’t sound like something was off, she sounded happy and that was what she was aiming at. Even though it might be a relief that she wouldn’t be paying her bills, Michelle was happy that she was able to find someone willing to take care of all her needs like she said.
She had asked for the person and whether she could meet with the person but Pricilla told her that the person preferred to remain anonymous but she assured her that the person was cool and didn’t seem harmful in anyway.
But the voicemail she received, Pricilla sounded distressed and she could hear the fear in her voice.
Michelle left the store room in the hospital then tried her number once more and if she didn’t get any response, after close from work she would leave to pay her a visit.
“Hello” Pricilla’s weak voice sounded from the other end of the line and Michelle released a breath of relief.
“Pricilla, where have you been? I have tried calling you but it wasn’t going through, what’s going on? I received your voicemail just now, is everything fine?” she asked all at once.
“Michelle, thank you for always looking out for me but I need to tell you something” she paused.
“Yeah, what’s that? I don’t get off work till late night and it almost evening, do you want to come over here?” she asked.
“Maybe, I’m just a bit scared”
“Of? What’s making you scared?” she asked then something went through her mind and her heart skipped a bit “Have you delivered your baby yet?”
“Yes, I have”
“Are you both okay?”
“I don’t know,” Pricilla answered “It’s a girl and I named her after me” Michelle could hear the smile in her voice.
“Congratulations but why don’t you think you both are okay? Is she sick? Are you sick?”
“She is not with me, she was taken from me by a woman… the woman that was helping me these past few months”
“What? Why did she take your baby?”
“She… her name is Daniella and she said since I took her money, she needed my baby because her fiancé found out that she was pregnant and… she wasn’t because she had forgotten to throw away the previous test, she had so he found out and she had been putting on a façade, lying to him about the pregnancy because he would get mad if he knew that she had been taking out the previous ones she had for him” she explained.
“Oh my GOD, she would have just come clean with him and they can talk about it. Poor man, so she took your baby from you because of that?”
“Yes, I am helpless Michelle”
“Why can’t you report her? That’s kidnapping, I will call a friend I know in the department and we can trace her then get your baby back”
“Wait, no, she would kill me” Pricilla sounded panicked as her voice rose a bit “She said that if I do such thing, she would kill me and my baby and I don’t want Pricilla to die, I don’t want her to die or be in the care of that crazy woman”
“Do you know where she lives?”
“She stays out of town, in the city I guess”
“Her full name?” Michelle took out a pen and book.
“I don’t want to risk my daughter’s life” she cried.
“She wouldn’t know that you told anybody, right? Now give me her full name and a description of her”
Pricilla seemed hesitant at first but after much persuasion, she gave in and told Michelle all she knew about the lady and her how she looked like.
“I will get to the root of this, we will bring your baby back and ensure you both safeties. You both shouldn’t be dragged in a mess you never created in the first place, she should face whatever is the repercussion of her actions”
“Thank you, Michelle, I really appreciate you going this far to make me happy, thank you”
“Its nothing, you are my friend so don’t mention. Pricilla, you will need to find a new place just in case she wants to come after you”
“If I leave, she’ll think I told someone and I don’t know how crazy she can be. I don’t want her to do something bad to my daughter”
“Nothing bad will happen to you or your daughter but staying there is still more danger for you” she tries to reason with her.
“I have to go now, just don’t make it known that I said anything bye” the line went dead and she frowned.
“This is nonsense, whoever that did this has to pay” she said to herself then walked to Dave’s office to ask permission to leave, once she was granted, she called her friend but couldn’t get to him so she heads for Cade’s apartment while trying her friend’s number with a hope that he answers.
…
“Is she going to be fine?” Dimitri asked once the doctor came into hospital room their daughter was kept.
About two weeks prior to this time, Daniella had told Dimitri that she needed to visit her step dad who was not feeling too well then, a week after she was away, she called him from a hospital that she gave birth to their daughter so he and his family came to see her and the baby but unfortunately the baby had seizures but was lucky to survive them.
The doctor called her a fighter and didn’t permit both mother and daughter to leave the hospital yet till she was sure to be okay. Dimitri and Daniella named their bundle of joy Pricilla and were so happy that he proposed to her there in the hospital.
When Pricilla was doing fine, the doctor said that he would discharge them and told them that a nurse would come in to check on the baby two times a week which they agreed to.
Daniella moved in with him fully and Dimitri started planning their marriage but Daniella told him to let them put it on hold for now and wait for their baby to grow a bit and be better which he reasoned with.
He was really happy that they had their child together until one late night, Pricilla had one of her seizures and was rushed to the hospital where she was being examined by the specialist doctor. They brought her into a room where she and her parents can be as they tried to discover what triggers her seizures.
“She would be, I do hope so… her seizures are getting out of hand and the one she had now is quite severe. I doubt she would be able to survive the next one” the doctor explained to them while looking at both of them with pity.
“Is there anything that you can do to save my child’s life? I don’t want to lose her” Dimitri asked as he came closer to the doctor.
The doctor sighed then looked at Daniella who was placing kisses on their baby’s head to Dimitri whose eyes held fear and worry for his daughter. He sighed and looked at his clipboard.
“There could be something that we can do but it will put her in a critical state” he said and Dimitri sighed as he tried to hold back the tears.
“How bad could it be?” he asked after a moment of thinking.
“When we observed the scan we took, we couldn’t explain the real cause of the seizures she had but we are placing it on her being epileptic so she might need to undergo a surgery then we can know if that could at least solve half of the problem.
Fear griped his entire body and he felt like crying because his child had to suffer this fate, he didn’t want to let the tears get out and make him breakdown. His child and fiancée needed him to be strong for them both and that is what he was going to do.
“How much chances do she has to survive this surgery?” he asked when he felt like the tears weren’t coming out.
“The chances are very slim Mr. Lorenzo, there is an eighty – twenty percent chances of her surviving if the operation goes as planned,” he explained.
“And when it doesn’t go as plan?” Dimitri asked in fear. He knew the answer but he just wanted confirmation.
“I’m sorry sir, we might not be able to do anything for her again” he tells Dimitri.
Dimitri looked away from the doctor to his fiancée and child and his heart raced as he thought of what could happen to his baby girl any moment from now. There was danger around for her whether or not she did the surgery, she was still in danger and he so wished that he could take such pain from her but he couldn’t.
“If we do nothing, the next seizure might kill her?” he asked him still looking at his baby.
“Yes sir” he told him and Dimitri looked at him.
“Well then, go ahead with the surgery, just please take care of my baby” he told him and the doctor nodded.
“Okay sir, come with me so that you can sign all necessary documents before she is being operated on” Dimitri looked back at his baby, went to kiss her forehead and told Daniella about the surgery she would be undergoing before leaving the room with the doctor.
After all the paper works were taken care of, their daughter was brought into the operating room to start the surgery, he and Daniella stayed in the waiting room and gave each other comfort.
He had called his parents earlier to explain things to them and saw a missed call from his brother but made a mental note to call him later when things had calmed down at least.
“She’ll be okay, she’s a fighter… our baby girl is a fighter” Dimitri said to Daniella as he rocked her.
“I hope so” she looked up at him and kissed his jaw.
“I am really scared… to be honest” he confessed his fears to her “She is our first baby and these happening to her keeps me on edge, I know I am supposed to offer the support as the man and be strong for us both but I just want my baby girl to be okay” he leaned back to look at her and she smiled.
Holding his face in her hand she rested her forehead against his and closed her eyes as Dimitri silently sobbed.
“She is a fighter so we have nothing to worry about, okay?” she asked and he nods then leaned away to clean the tears that fell.
“Thank you, baby,” he brought her closer and kissed her hair as he continued rocking her while waiting for the operation to end.
…
“That’s serious and psychotic, your friend hasn’t picked up yet?” he asked and she shook her head negative “I do know someone who can track anyone, he is good but he is back home and I think I can put a call through to him”
“Please do that, I am so worried about her” she sat beside him and explained what Pricilla explained to her then gave Cade the notes she wrote while speaking to her and she noticed how Cade’s demeanor changed as she talked about the lady in question.
He looked really pissed but confused and he stood up when she was done talking then hissed as he stared at the details of the lady who seemed connected to his family somehow.
“Daniella Copello, I know her. She’s the crazy girl I told you about” he hissed again and groaned in annoyance “What has really gotten into that girl? Is she that desperate? Why would she do something that grave? Risking a mother and her child’s life because of a mistake she doesn’t want to own up to” he paced in front of her.
“Could you maybe inform your family? Tell them who they are letting into their son’s life” she jumped to her feet and suggested.
“I’ll call my brother” he picked up his phone and dialed Dimitri’s phone but it wasn’t going through, he tried several times but still the same.
He looked at her then sighed.
“Maybe it’s time I went home” he said and she nods then wrapped her arms around his torso while his went around her body.
“Be careful, okay? And don’t act based on how you feel, just be calm and handle it carefully, let the police know” she told him.
“I will babe, I will. First, I will send this to him so he knows what he is getting himself into, I don’t want him ending up with that horrible woman”
“Okay Cade, I will pack your bags then” she leaned away from the hug and went upstairs with him trailing behind her. “When will you be leaving?”
“In two days,” he told her.
“Okay then, ensure you and your family safety then put her in her place” she tells him and he nods.
…
A doctor burst out of the operating room and walked towards them in quick steps. The man looked to be worried and Dimitri feared for what news the man has for them.
“We need a blood donor, we need more blood and her blood type is rare” he informed.
“Let me donate, I have the same blood type as she” Dimitri offered and the man gestured for him to come with him but Daniella held his arm as he was about to follow the doctor.
“What do you think you are doing?” she asked with wide opened eyes and Dimitri was quite confused by her reaction because he was sure she heard what the doctor said.
“You heard when the doctor said that our baby needs more blood, I have the same blood type as her so I am going in to donate, don’t worry about me, it wouldn’t take so much time” he kissed her forehead and was about to leave but she still kept her hold on his arm.
“Is it necessary? We can get some other donor” she suggests and he was starting to get irritated.
“We need the blood now so” the doctor said from behind him.
This wasn’t the time for her to start being paranoid and acting strangely so he shook her off his arm then turned around and followed the doctor.
“This is messy” she muttered as she walked to and fro in the waiting area. She stopped pacing and thought about something before picking her small purse and leaving the hospital.