If
you were to look into the Villa Donna hotel on the island of
Kalokari, you would see a typical scene. People walking about,
the ever
busy Donna Sheridan constantly running errand after
errand. However
there was someone there that wasn't normally. One
of Donna's best
friends, Tanya. Tanya's presence wasn't the
unusual part, for her,
Rosie, Bill, and Harry had moved in the
month before. The state she was
in was. The look on Tanya's face
was that of a very troubled teenager.
She looked through the
papers in front of her once again. She groaned
and rubbed her
temples. She laid her head down on the table. Rosie, who
was
helping Donna at the time, saw Tanya and stopped. She put down the
dish that she was carrying and stepped towards Tanya. She could
tell
something was wrong.
"Tanya?"
she asked. Tanya looked up and took a deep breath. She took off her
glasses. She put her head back down. Rosie sat down next to Tanya.
She took the papers. "What are these?" she asked. Tanya
looked up
again.
"Adoption
papers." Tanya said finally.
"Adoption papers?"
Rosie asked tilting her head to one side. Tanya took another deep
breath. She looked at her.
"Rosie," she paused "I
just don't know what to anymore." she said
sobbing slightly.
Tanya started to cry a bit. Rosie went around and
hugged Tanya
from behind. She guided Tanya to her room upstairs.
"Stay here." Rosie told her. "I'll go get Donna"
Tanya nodded as she
continued to cry gently. Not long after Donna
arrived. She looked at
Tanya sympathetically. She sat next to
Tanya and Rosie took the other
side.
"Tell me
everything." Donna said to her friend.
"I
want one so bad." she said to Donna.
"Want
one what?" Rosie asked a tad bit confused. Tanya wiped her eyes
with the back of her hand.
"A baby." She
finally told them. Rosie and Donna looked at each other.
"A baby?" they said in unison. Both just as confused as
the other.
"Yes a baby." Tanya said composing
herself a bit. "I've always wanted to be a mother. I just
couldn't conceive." She paused. You could hear the pain in her
voice. The memories came flooding back to Tanya. The
disappointment
each time a test was negative, the endless nights of
trying and
trying, and the arguments that were had as a result of the
inability
to have a child. From time to time she could still hear the
angry
voices of her ex-husbands telling her she was a failure as a
woman.
Both Donna and Rosie knew of Tanya's past. They were there for
her
every time a test was negative or her husband yelled at her. However
they also knew that it was her husbands, not her, that were
sterile.
This Tanya refused to believe. She thought it impossible
that all three
of her husbands were unable to have children. It
was unlikely but
true. The best thing to do was just to be there
for Tanya. After
awhile Donna broke the silence.
"Did you find any good ones?" she asked referring to the
papers.
"They all call for two parents."
Tanya told Donna sadly.
"Well I'm sure there's one
out there for you. Have faith." Donna told
Tanya. Tanya
wanted to have faith but found it increasingly difficult.