Chapter three
Prudence kneeled beside Rose as she yelled again, her pretty face becoming distorted with the pain. She didn't know what to do, or what to say? How could she even talk to Rose? This silly girl who'd run away from everything sensible. Beside her Cora wailed, frightened and confused. "It's alright Cora," Rose managed to gasp, leaning over and grabbing her Childs hand. "It's alright, mummy's going to be okay, you be a brave girl for mummy." Cora nodded her head solemnly, but tears still continued to flow down her face. Rose started to sit up, much to Prudence's horror. "Sit down!" she said, trying to adopt a soothing voice "you need your rest." "I do not-arrghh!" Rose fell back, defeated as an even stronger contraction hit her. She felt like an idiot, lying there in dirt, with everyone staring at her. "jack!" she gasped, "jack, I want jack!" she tried to push herself up again, but this time she was so overcome with dizziness she gave up. What was going on? It had never been this bad with Cora, she was suddenly very frightened, and something was horribly wrong, very wrong.
Prudence watched in horror as Rose's condition got worse by the minute, she began to moan for jack, she wondered were the young girls husband was, typical of those sort of people to leave their loves ones when they needed them most, or so she thought. Suddenly Cal came towards her, with, much to her amazement-Rupert, their personal doctor. "is she alright doctor?" asked Prudence, still kneeling beside Rose, "she seems awfully bad." Rupert frowned, "we need to get her out of here," he said gruffly, "the drivers bringing the car around, he should be here any minute." And as if on cue, the doctors stylish car arrived, followed by Cal's own.
"here, help me get her into the car." Rupert helped a now almost unconscious Rose to her feet. Prudence rushed in to help, Cal merely stood and watched. "mummy! Mummy!" Cora began to wail loudly, as she was left behind. "Cal help her!" Prudence managed to shout as she helped Rose into the back seat of the doctor's car. Cal stepped reluctantly towards the frightened child, but before he could take her, she ran away, frightened and confused. "damn!" he swore bitterly, but the girl was no where to be seen, and he really couldn't care. He turned around to get in the car with his wife-but she was gone-with rose.
"is she okay?" Prudence half sat-half kneeled near Rose, who was laying on the backseat of the car, moaning. It had been rather a tight fir for her, Rose and the doctor to all fit in the back seat, but after seeing Cal scare away Rose's daughter, Prudence didn't want to be alone with him. The doctor frowned. "Something's wrong," he said, "we need to treat her as quickly as possible." Prudence frowned, "but the hospital miles away!" she thought for a few minutes, "take her to our manner," she said quickly, thinking of their small mansion they stayed in when on business trips in the area, "she should be okay there." Suddenly rose screamed, Prudence put a hand on her forehead. "She's burning up!" she exclaimed. Rose pulled away from her touch, moaning. "jack!" she gasped, "jack! I want jack!" the doctor raised his eyebrows. "her husband," said Prudence quickly, "I don't know were he is . . ." suddenly Rose flung her arm out, hand open, waiting for someone to grab it. "Cora," she cried, "where's Cora, Cora honey?" her hand opened and closed, waiting for her child to grab it. "it's alright rose dear," said Prudence quickly, "she's okay, don't worry . . ." but Rose continued to moan for her child and husband.
They pulled into the manner's driveway and parked next to the large expensive house. A nurse opened the door, and came rushing out, her face draining of colour when she was rose. "Help us Wendy!" prudence snapped. The nurse rushed inside, quickly preparing a bed and other things for the young lady. Carefully Rose was helped onto the bed, as the doctor hurried back to the car to get his medical equipment. Prudence tried to calm her down, but she pulled away from her touch, and continued to sob her husband and child.
"There, there Rose, calm down, everything will be okay, just calm down." Rose pulled away as best as she could from Prudence. She was in so much pain, and so confused. Where was jack? And where was Cora? She felt so frightened and alone, all she wanted was jack, to be safe in his loving arms, but where was he? She tried to pull herself together, to calm herself down, but she couldn't. Here she was, in one of Cal's houses, with his wife, and about to give birth, the situation couldn't have possibly gotten any worse or could it-but the look of the doctors face it had.