Chapter 32: Chapter 32
Chapter 32 ~Brian’s punishment~
After grandma was interrogated by officials of the FBI and found not guilty Brian was detained for twenty four hours and was later released with the condition that he would provide a credible guarantor and also would do cleaning for two weeks at a hospital of choice. Grandma had provided herself as the credible guarantor and signed some documents with her lawyer for the release of Brian. Brian was released and taken home.
In few days Brian started the weekly punishment at a gynecology hospital. He did daily chores for free; cleaned the environment and even went on errands for a few patients. He knew he was supposed to be in jail if he had taken the shot. He wondered what inspired his decisions at that moment- maybe because grandma was involved – grandma had asked him severely if he actually wanted to shoot the FBI and he said he would have shot the agent if not for her last statement; even now he was carrying out his punishment he never regretted his action
On the last day of his punishment at the hospital he was fortunate to witness a woman in labor. He was in the OR ward when a certain pregnant woman was rolled in stretcher into the OR. Their intention was to perform CS on the heavily pregnant woman who lay helpless in the stretcher; he could over hear one of the gynecologists say it to his colleague, lamenting over the woman being anemic and running temperature which was going to risk her life. Brian knew the party of medical personal never took note of his presence otherwise they would have ordered him out and he would have missed out on this one. He tucked away at the corners and perched as a bird while the doctors performed the wonders. He had watched how prepared the personnel were – they had gathered round the woman, and before that they had washed their hands and the woman’s vagina area clean with soap and bucket of warm water handy. One of the doctors noticed the room was a bit cold because it was winter already. He closed the windows to make the room cozy, bringing the room up to a comfortable level. Brian suspected maybe the baby needed to be kept warm as soon as it was born. Brain watched closely as things took a new shape; the woman was back on track- she was not going to deliver by C S any more as the woman had gathered the instinctive urge to push.
“Oh no don’t push yet,” one of the doctors lamented and Brian wondered why he said so.
The woman was first made to stay calm as fast as possible. A clean shower curtain was used to keep the floor and the bed safe from the blood and fluids, and a clean folded towel was placed near his buttocks, which Brian perceived was for the safe landing of the baby – at least a soft padding below for its landing. One of them reached his hands down to the bottom to feel the baby’s head and instructed the woman to go on with contractions and not to push. Brian peered as he could see the baby’s head was out and the doctors watched closely – Brian wondered why they watched closely. Suddenly the woman gave a slight push and then placed their hands on the baby’s head, help slowing down the delivery and help guide it down during the next contraction. At a flash the baby was out; it appeared bluish and covered in blood and slipped amniotic fluid. The doctor having the baby has a towel in hand to secure it. The baby was dried using a clean towel to clean towel to keep it from gelling cold. That action prompted the baby to breathe and cry. The baby was wrapped up with a fresh blanket to keep it warm. The woman was advised to hold the baby skin to skin so as to help trigger contractions that would release the placenta. After about sixty minutes the placenta came out in a couple of contractions and the doctor detached it- accompanied with some blood the placenta was detached it. It was a frightening sight for Brian who shut his eyes and grinned hugely. He watched as the baby nuzzled against his mother, and the mother breast fed him.
At once a doctor caught sight of Brian, “Heh you what are you doing here?” he requested and Brian took to his heels. At the corridor he ran into a thick book on the floor. He paused and gazed upon it. It was entitled: Woman Labor and Safer Delivery Principles. He contemplated briefly and wondered it might be one of the doctors that owned it. He hissed and took it any ways and disappeared from the hospital.
When he got home he opened the book and started reading through it. he saw delightsome and wonderful topics that might interest Ella and her unborn baby and he vowed to gift her the book.
Kate had been ringing Tony and he had been ignoring her calls-even when she went into her studio to sing away her boredom it was rather uneasy for her to keep to a verves- all they had been through flashed in her head and she gave up on the singing and went back to her room and swiped to his photo on her phone; the ones they had together on the yacht at school in bed but never in the roll Royce- Brian? She never believed a time would come when Brian would be the reason for their fall out- except for the naked shower thing she had spent better part of her life with Tony- the flower of her pride and the womb of her heart had been sacrificed for Tony. She wouldn’t be judged for the questions she asked Tony which caused him to flame up.
There was a knock on the door. She asked, “Who is there?” and Mrs. Fanny’s voice came through. She ordered her to open the door so she could come in but Kate declined bluntly
“I want to be left alone, mom,” she demanded.
“Come on star girl, I am here to make it up to you. Whatever maybe your shortcomings lay them on my shoulders. You don’t have to lock yourself in the room all day. I know you have been passing through bad times but I want you to know we are in this together,” she said and wound down the handle on the door but to no avail.
Mrs. Fanny was done demanding to meet Kate. She let her be and returned to her room.
Kate remained in her room until late hour, when she got busy with her phone that a message buzzed in and when she looked, it was from Tony. She read it repeatedly and couldn’t believe her yes. Was that coming from Tony or someone was using his phone against her. She glared this way and that way; drawn into the ocean of confusion and hurt – that was the height of it- it was going to inspire her break down. What has come over Tony? She asked within herself. She saw it coming but never expected it to be soon – Tony had called it a quit.