Chapter 144
Nicol
We walked to were the two pregnant ladies where sitting Carol walked in front “Ladies this is Nicol; they are going to register a charity and they want us to be a benefactor.” “Oh, that’s nice.” Pregnant lady one said, she was young, pregnant lady two was much more reserved, older, you could see she came from money, clearly, she was running from her husband. Not like I’m judging. “Would you mind if I ask you a few questions?” I asked them. Pregnant lady number 2 said, “As long as it’s nothing private.” “Off course not, I want to know what you guys need here? When I make a list, I want to know what you as pregnant ladies need?” “Oh, off course.” The younger one said. “I would start by saying maybe a crib or camping cot or something we could put our babies in.” “Yes, that is important.” I wrote it down. The older one said “Basically everything, there is a few hand me down cloths in storage but we need bottles, dummies, cloths etc. etc.” She said waving her hand. “Yes, clearly, she came from money. “You know what anything you give will be appreciated.” The younger girl said looking at the older one. “I’ll see what I can do. The other thing I want to know is do you need any medical assistance; I’m a nurse practitioner and can help you with anything you need.” The younger pregnant girl got quiet, the older one said “No thank you I’ve been to see my OBGYN 2 months ago and everything is fine.” “Okay I’m happy to hear that and you?” I asked the younger one. “Well, if it’s not too much to ask, I haven’t felt my baby move in 2 days, I’m a little worried.” “Okay I have my nurse’s bag at home, I’ll run back home and come to check you out, I’ll even check your, blood pressure, sugar levels and oxygen levels and we can listen for the baby’s heartbeat.” “That would be awesome but isn’t it to much trouble.” “Nonsense nothing is too much trouble, especially not putting a mother-to-be mind at ease.” “Thank you so much.” The younger one said again. “Just one more question before I go.” Both of them looked at me “What are your cravings?” The younger one almost leaps out of her chair, “I would die for a Twinkie right about now.” “Any specific flavor?” “No just any Twinkie.” “And you?” I asked the older one “Chocolate ice cream, any kind of chocolate ice cream.” It’s the first smile I got from her. “Okay I’ll see you later.” “Thank you, Nicol.” Carol walked with me to the gate “Nicol, are you sure you can come back?” “Yes, Carol please don’t worry.” When I got outside, I whistle for a cab it was just easier to get a cab than to order an Uber.
The cab dropped me in front of the building. When I got upstairs, I ran to my old room looking for my nurse’s bag, Isabella came to my room “You okay Nicol?” “Yes, yes just looking for my nurses’ bag.” “Oh, I put it on the shelf.” I grab it and walk out of the room “Thank you Isabella, I’ll be back later.” She smiled behind me “See you later.” On my way down I ordered an Uber, when I got to the foyer the Uber was waiting for me. When I got in the car, I asked the Uber driver “Can you first stop at the grocery store please and wait for me.” “Yes mam.” We drove and on our way there I made notes in my book, about what the pregnant ladies would need, I made a note to make sure I get some formula, you never know if your milk will come in. It would be the worse if their milk didn’t come in and they had nothing to feed the baby. The Uber driver stopped at the grocery store I jumped out, I grabbed a few boxes of Twinkies making sure I get a few different flavors then I went to the fridge to get a few containers of chocolate ice cream. I paid got back in the Uber and we were of to the Women’s Shelter, I felt so good to be able to do something for others especially pregnant women. When we got to the shelter, I grab the bag as well as my nurse’s bag and got out. The Uber driver drove off, when I got to the gate a man in a suit was standing at the gate, knocking on the gate, or should I say banging on the gate “Let me in! I want to see my wife! Let me in!” He kept on saying over and over. I approached him very carefully.
“Sir can I help you?” I asked “Fuck off lady.” I immediately got angry. “Excused me.” “You heard me lady this has nothing to do with you leave me alone.” “You trespassing and making a scene is my problem.” He looked at the bags and asked “Do you work here?” “No.” “Well then fuck off.” “If you are not going to leave, I’m going to call the police.” Before I knew what happened he had me around my throat and against the gate. I tried to get away from him, but it didn’t work, I started to kick over and over I must have hit him on the right spot because he let go of me and was on his knees holding his groin. I took my phone and called 911 telling them someone just assaulted me and was making a scene outside the women shelter. The operator told me there was a vehicle in the vicinity and will be there in a few minutes. As I disconnected the call the man stood up approaching me again. “I’ll think about it if I was you.” I told him. He was still walking towards me. That was when the police stopped in front of us. “Thank God” I said silently “Mam you called 911?” “Yes, I did.” “How can we help you?” “This man is making a scene when I told him to leave, he strangled me if I didn’t kick him, he would have killed me.”