"Momma? Come on get out of bed. Daddy made breakfast." Inez said poking her head in her mothers room. It had been 3 days since Maybelle's misscarrage and she wasn't showing any signs of getting better. She wouldn't eat. She wouldn't get out of the bed. She wouldn't speak a word. She just laid there, in her bed, crying. Inez stepped in the room and crouched down infront of Maybelle. Her eyes were open but she didn't move.
"Momma?" Inez ask. Inez went to speak again but she heard Alex start to cry. Maybelle's eyes filled with tears and her hand slowly went to her empty stomach. That could have been her baby crying. It could have been her and her husband standing in the nursery rocking it side to side. Inez took Maybelle's hand and placed it on her own face.
"It's okay momma." Inez said, kissing her mother's wrist. Seaweed came into the room looking for Inez, and motioned for her to come out into the hall. She kissed Maybelle's wrist one more and placed it back on the bed. She stepped out of the room and closed the door.
"Alex is hungry," Seaweed said motioning towards the nursery, "and hurry up because Jamal is on his way to get you for school, and I have to get Alex to G-mommy's so I can get back here to be with momma while daddy goes to work." Seaweed said all in one breath. Inez nodded her head and went to go feed Alex. Seaweed walked in the room and crouched down infont of Maybelle, who was still crying, and looked exausted.
"Hey, i'm staying with you today. It's gonna be me and you all day. Alex is goin to G-mommy's and Daddy is going to work and Inez is going to school. Is that Ok?" Seaweed explained and ask. Maybelle nodded slowly and wiped a tear.
"Seaweed! I'm going to school!" Inez yelled from the front door.
"I'll be back later okay?" Maybelle nodded agian as Seaweed stood up, giving Maybelle a kiss on the forehead and left. Soon after, Corny strolled in the room on his way to work.
"Hey i'm running late, so I have to leave. Seaweed should be back in about 20 minutes. Okay?" Corny said rubbing her side in comfort. Maybelle nodded and stretched out her head inviting Corny to give her a kiss. He did and was very proud of her. She was progressing.
"I love you." Corny said not really expecting an answer and he wasn't dissapointed when he didn't get one. He knew she loved him. She was just going through a tough time right now. He walked out of the room and shut the door behind her.
She lay there in an empty house thinking to herself. What good am I ? I lost my baby. I'm a co-host on a show with my husband but the show would be fine with one host. My daughter and son don't need me anymore. There's Corny, but he lived before me, he could certainly be fine after. My grandson is only 3 weeks old. It won't hurt him because he doesn't know me. Why stay?
Maybelle, for the first time in three days, got out of the bed, and walked to the kitchen. She opened the knife drawer and looked at all of the shiney knifes, seeing her reflection in them. The selected one and got a glass of water. She walked back to her room and made her way to the bathroom. She sat the knife amd water down and opened the medicine cabnet. The painkillers. She searched for them and found the ones she was looking for. She popped the cap and got 4 of them. She popped them in her mouth, and drank the glass of water helping them go down. She left the knife in the bathroom and walked back to her bed. She lied down once more and began to sob again, letting every emotion she was feeling wash over her body. She felt herself getting drowsy from the pain meds. It's now or never May. She thought to herself. She went back to the bathroom and picked up the knife. She ran bathwater and placed herself in it. Tears welled in her eyes from the pain caused by the sharp knife grazing across her skin. She took two swipes and dropped the knife in the tub. There she waited for her sweet relief to come. Everything was geting dark and her eyes closed.