Chapter 82: Chapter 82

Nancy went back to her quarters after the meal to relax a bit and once it was evening, she went on the stroll like she had promised Potts.

She went round and round the area but did not find any trace of Phoebe nor the guy she had seen with her that night.

She started feeling dizzy. She had had nothing much to eat and she felt hungry. She wished that she had brought some pickles with her.

She walked a little away from Phoebe's apartment. There was a side walk,she sat somewhere there trying to regain her equilibrium.

'Why am I even going through all these? For someone who does not even care for me?' she thought.

Then she bit her lips. He may not care in the way that she wanted him to care but at least, he had helped her in the past. That she was not starving and had a good roof over her head was all his doing. Then what was wrong of she helped him out of this little trouble?

She waited till it was late but did not see them. She knew that Phoebe must be inside with the guy but they seemed not to have come out for their stroll that night.

She started walking back home, she had gone past Phoebe's apartment when a cab stoped behind her, before Phoebe's house.

She hid to see if it was the person she had come to spy on and indeed it was.

She had come home but not with anybody. She had come home alone.

Nancy was disappointed because there was no way she would hear anything. Phoebe couldn't start soliloquizing.

She waited and Phoebe walked to her doorstep and the door was opened for her as though, the person inside had been waiting anxiously for her and the door shut behind them.

Nancy waited a little more but she knew that she was just not going to get anything that night. She walked back home.

Mrs. Potts was waiting for her. She was too tired to say much. As Mrs. Potts raised her eye brows questioningly, she just shook her head and carried her food to her quarters.

She ate and had a shower and then slept.

The next day was a Monday, if she had the strength,she would try again but if not,that was just that. Jason should be careful with his choices of sexual partners, she thought.

And a tiny voice asked in her head, 'Just like you have been careful with yours?'

She did not want to hear. She put an earphone on her ears and slept.

Monday was the start of another new day and she felt a bit weak. She did not know why and did not feel like going to the office. She had not felt that way before.

She felt heavy and restless. Christmas was fast approaching and she was expecting to have her baby by early May the coming year.

Nancy felt that she should go for a check up. She had not been absent from her office before since she started which was about three months ago and did not know what excuse to give her boss.

She walked into the main mansion and served Jason breakfast.

'Please Sir, I am not feeling too well today. I want to get to the hospital for a quick check up. I shall come as soon as I have been examined'. she told Jason.

'Really? How exactly are you feeling?' he was all concern.

'Heavy and restless. I have not felt this way before. I am also feeling some crams in my stomach. I just want to make sure everything is all right'.

'But of course. Do take the day off. After your trip to the hospital, come directly home. Do not bother coming to the office. We can go through today without you having to stress yourself. If you do not feel okay tomorrow, just have your rest. I shall have Anna take over your duties till you get back, okay?' he asked genuinely concerned.

'Thank you very much. I shall get going now'.

'No wait a minute. I shall ask the driver to take you and bring you back'.

'That will not be necessary!' she protested.

'Of course it is necessary. You ate not feeling well and you want to go looking or waiting for a cab? And when you are done, you will wait for a cab too? You have been stressing yourself too much lately, let Felix drive you' he said.

'But...'

'No buts!' he said and called Felix to give him instructions.

'Thank you very much sir. I am much obliged'

'Don't mention it. Just take care of yourself', he said.

Felix the chauffeur took Nancy to the clinic for the examination.

'Good morning doctor's, she greeted her doctor.

'Good morning, Nancy. How are you today?'

'I am not feeling too well. I have been having cramps in my stomach and feeling heavy and it isn't as though I eat too much'.

'Feeling bloated or heavy is one of the signs of pregnancy and concerning the cramps, you must have been stressing yourself lately and your body is protesting. But I shall still examine you to know how you are' the doctor assured Nancy.

After examining her,the doctor told her that she was okay.

But to be on the safe side, she told her that she would carry out a sonogram on her. Afterwards,

'There is nothing wrong with you or the baby. But you will have to take it easy from henceforth. Take a few days rest from work. Have a bed rest and then smile and laugh as much as possible for your baby. Because you know, when you are sad, the baby feels it and it affects it in some way. And one more thing, eat enough fruits and drink enough water and juice'.

Nancy nodded. It was just not the stress of work. That she could manage but the emotional stress was what was killing her. She had tried to ease things off her mind but she found that she could not. But for the sake of her baby, she would have to try a bit harder.

Felix drove her back home and Nancy had no complaint. She actually wanted to sleep a little. She was feeling really tired. One would think that she had not slept the previous night.