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Sahira had just finished one of her ops, and she was already exhausted, even though it was only 10am. Darwin was quiet that day and not hectic as usual, Sahira also noticed that Jac was nowhere to be seen.
"If only Darwin was like this everyday! Speaking of which, where is Jac Naylor?" Sahira asked.
"She's down in maternity." Mo responded, sitting at the nurses' station.
"Yeah, it's just her last usual appointments; you know how it's like!" Mo explained. Of course Sahira knew, and was about to go through that all over again.
"Wow, how did you get Jac to tell you that?" Sahira asked surprised. Everyone knew how secretive Jac Naylor was, especially about her personal life.
"Well actually, it kind of slipped out of Jonny." Mo admitted that Jac wasn't the one to tell her about it. Sahira chuckled at the comment. She knew Mo was Jonny's best mate and he was a bit of a blabber mouth.
But during this little chat, Sahira's phone went off.
"Oh, excuse me for a minute" she said to Mo as she took her phone out of her pocket, and stepped away to answer it and continue the conversation privately.
"Hi, it's nice to hear from you… Glad you called, I was gonna call you actually…I have my break at 1pm, would you like to meet me at South Park? I need to talk to you about something….okay….great…see you there…" she trailed off. She didn't know how to do this, but the time has come. She just had to.
…
It was time for Sahira's break. She was so tired that day and felt relieved that she got to spend an hour of the day elsewhere. She changed into the clothes she had that morning, put on her killer heels, sunglasses in her hanging dark brown hair, and she was good to go. She always wanted to look at her best when she wasn't on duty.
She arrived at the park, parked her car, and waited impatiently on a nearby bench for her friend to see her from where she was sitting. She waited for 15 minutes. She had no time to lose. Just as she couldn't wait any longer and stood up to leave, she heard a familiar Irish voice calling her name.
She turned and the person she was waiting for had finally turned up.
"Greg! Thought you weren't coming!" she exclaimed as she turned facing him. "I was leaving actually. Both you and I have a short break and might not make it back on time. I didn't want to meet you at the hospital though."
"Why? What is it then? What did you want to tell me?" Greg still understand why Sahira wanted to meet up.
"Right…" Sahira began as they both sat down beside each other on the bench beneath the trees. "Rafi and I…. we're getting a divorce…"
"Really?...Is that what you wanted to tell me?" Greg didn't want to sound rude, but he couldn't understand why she was telling him this. He knew he had a thing going with Sahira but that was long gone, he didn't quite understand what this had to do with him.
"Well, no not exactly…" she didn't know how to continue telling him the news. "Um, I'm pregnant…" she uttered.
"Right…does Rafi know yet?" Greg was still confused how to respond to her.
"This doesn't concern Rafi…" Sahira tried to explain slowly.
"Well of course, it concerns him, if you're getting a…" Sahira couldn't take it any longer, she cut him off.
"Greg, you don't understand, It's not Rafi's, it's…" Sahira just couldn't admit the truth.
"Mine?" Greg asked surprised. He certainly wasn't expecting Sahira to tell him such news.
"Yes." Sahira didn't know what else to say.
"No offense but are you sure, that it's not Rafi's?" Greg asked.
"I'm 14 weeks Greg, it's impossible, Rafi and I haven't slept together in months. It's around the time he left, a few days after he saw you at our house…." Sahira couldn't help it anymore, she started sobbing. "Oh God! I shouldn't have replied to your texts! And I warned you over and over, that you should never come see me at home!"
"You had told me that Rafi was on call that evening" Greg tried to defend himself.
"Yes, I know but something popped up and he had to return!"
"I couldn't wait any longer, I hadn't seen you in days, if I hadn't seen you, I couldn't have gone to sleep that night." Greg explained.
"And look what it cost us!" Sahira replied still sobbing, not knowing what to do next.
"Sahira, I felt it from the start, the moment I saw you, I just knew, there was something about you that made me feel…I can't even explain it." Greg expressed his feelings, he truly loved her.
"Greg, stop, please…" Sahira was already confused about how she felt, she couldn't hear any more of this, it was making her confused even more.
"Sahira, I never forgot who it felt like…" Greg said as he pulled her closer to him and kissed her. The moment their lips touched again after months, Sahira knew she couldn't resist and deepened the kiss, making the moment more passionate. But she just realised that it couldn't go on.
She pulled away out of breath, "Stop…Look we must go…we have to get back…"
"But Sahira, where does this leave us?" Greg was concerned.
"We ought to get back, please, I need time to think Greg… but telling you about this made it a bit more easier for me, you do understand don't you? Just… we'll talk later, yeah? I'll meet you at the hospital…" she turned around without even saying goodbye, just as a warm teardrop fell heavily down her cheek.
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"Well, it seems like it turned to a transverse position.." the obstetrician informed her patient as she finished examining Jac's belly and wrote down notes in her file. "I told you…in two weeks, it had turned half way through, looks like it'll turn eventually." She added.
"So what should we do next?" Jac asked with Jonny by her bedside.
"Well, I think we could check again in two weeks, just to be sure and we'll proceed from there. Okay? Good day then."
"Thank you" Jac thanked her as the doctor left the room.
"See, there was nothing to worry about, there was no need for all the fuss" Jonny tried to cheer Jac up.
"I wasn't fussing, I was just concerned, still, it depends on how it'll be in two weeks."
"Yes, I know but lets looks on the bright side, see, it turned! Maybe in two weeks, it'll turn completely." Jonny tried to calm her down and stop her from worrying.
"We'll see." Jac still wasn't convinced.
…
Meanwhile tension was rising down at the nurses' station on Darwin. As Greg joined Sahira and sat by her side, Sahira was in no mood of talking to him.
"Hey are you okay? You haven't said a word today." Greg tried to build a conversation. Sahira hadn't talked to him all afternoon since their discussion at the park.
"I'm fine." Sahira only uttered a word.
But just as there was no time for more words, the BP machine of the patient in bay 8, started beeping. Both Sahira and Greg left rushing to the patient's bedside.
"Mr Green, can you hear me?" Sahira asked her patient.
"I…feel…" the patient tried to reply.
"I need you to keep calm for me okay? I'm gonna regulate the rhythm of your heart!" Sahira exclaimed as she started massaging the patient's neck with her fingers. But the blood pressure had hit the floor.
"Right, I need some help in here please! Crash trolley now!" Sahira shouted out at a nurse. Greg rushed to get the trolley and handed her the defibrillators.
"Charging to 360, clear!...Charge again!" … "Come on, come on…" Sahira whispered.
But still no output. The patient had suffered a cardiac arrest. There was nothing else Sahira could have done. "Right, time of death, 14.45…" she stated as she slammed the defibrillators back on the trolley and stormed out of the room.
"Sahira! Wait!" Greg shouted, as he continued walking up to her and pulled her into the nearby on-call room, determined to talk to her in private.
"What is up with you today? Have I done something wrong?" Greg asked confused.
"I'm not having it!" Sahira blurted out.
"What are you talking about?" Greg still couldn't understand.
"the baby…I'm not having it!" Sahira sounded like she had made her decision.
"Are you out of your bloody mind?! You can't! Sahira it's too risky! It's too late now!" Greg tried to talk her out of it.
"Greg, I can't do this!" Sahira replied as she started crying and sat down. "I'm already a mother of two and now a single mum. I can't handle it. Hansenn offered me a consultant's job and I couldn't accept it. I can't do this on my own!" she added in tears.
"Who said you'll do it on your own?" Greg said as he leaned closer to her.
"Greg I can't! I'm in the middle of getting a divorce; this is not the right time for us!"
"Don't tell me you still have feelings for Rafi?" Greg asked confused.
"No, of course not…well not exactly, I mean I don't love him as much as I used to, we've been in a downfall for months."
"Well what is it then?" Greg couldn't understand her feelings.
"I don't know! I don't know how I should feel right now! I mean at one time, I don't know how I feel about leaving Rafi and then you come along, and just seeing you again, the way you make me feel…" Sahira couldn't continue, she couldn't find the words.
"I can't do this, I'm sorry…" she said as she got up to leave.
"Sahira!..." Greg tried to reach out to her but she just continued walking off. He was scared at what she had told him, he was afraid she would do something drastic. He loved her, he truly loved her and he was not going to let her hurt herself.
But what will Sahira do? Will she make the right decision? Will she do what she thinks is best for her?
