Her Cross
"Ring-ring!" The phone call woke Martin up from his deep slumber at the Local Delta Hospital. "Hello" he answered. "Is she ok" the person at the other end of the call asked. "The doctor said her case is complicated" he replied nervously. "If anything happens to her, I will bring everything down on you" the person at the other end of the call threatened. "I....." as Martin tried to reply, the call was disconnected. Martin knew the mysterious caller and was now extremely concerned about the present situation at the hospital. He looked at the frontdoor of the ICU unit hoping to see a nurse or a doctor to ask about the condition of the female patient inside but everyone looked pre-occupied.
"What's your confession" the priest at ST. Matthew church asked Mrs. Ruth, a woman who appeared to be in her late fifties who sat at the confession room of the church. "I don't trust my son-in-law" she began. "I feel he is using my daughter" she claimed. "And why do you feel this way?" The priest asked wanting to know more. "You see, I have a daughter, her name is jane, she is my only child and since the death of her father and my husband, she has carried his multi-million dollar business on her back and actually done well with it" Mrs. Martin told the priest with so much pride in her eyes.
"Jane is also very supportive and loving, but..." She stopped momentarily before going on "She's a little bit naive and unlucky when it comes to relationships with the opposite sex" she took a deep breath before going on with her confession. "Many promising suitors had broken her heart on several occasions, but none hurt her the most than her last relationship before she got married" The priest paid close attention as Mrs. Ruth continue to speak. "It was a guy named gray, gray was the perfect match for my daughter, he was handsome and good looking, my daughter loved him so much to the extent that she established a private business for him. Do you want to know how he repaid my daughter?" She asked the priest. "I would like to know" the priest replied. "After finding out that my daughter may have complications during childbirth, he left her and impregnated another lady, this destroyed my daughter" small drops of tear began to roll down the cheeks of Mrs Ruth. She decided to take a white handkerchief from her black designer bag to clean her tears. "I vowed that my daughter will never be In a relationship with any man again" she furiously stated. "But then, after several months of not hearing from jane, I suddenly heard the sound of my door bell"
"Ding Dong" Mrs. Ruth approached the front door with a hot cup of tea on her right hand. As she opened the front door, she exclaimed in surprise "jane! Long time". "Mum" she replied while giving her a warm hug. "Come inside, dear" Mrs Ruth said as she held her daughter by the wrist and led her into the three seater chair in the well furnished living room. "Would you like a cup of tea". "Yes mum" jane replied with a glowing smile on her face. "It has been eight months since I have seen or heard from you after the incident, I was so concerned about you jane" Mrs Ruth said as she brought the hot cup of tea to her daughter. "Mum am really sorry, I wanted to call, but I needed some space to clear my head. I have also been busy with several things relating to the company, so there wasn't really time to come see you. Am sorry again mum" jane apologized.
As they exchanged lively conversation, something on jane's fourth finger on her left hand caught the attention of Mrs Ruth as she sipped from her tea cup. "Are you engaged" Mrs. Ruth asked. Jane blushes before answering. "This is one of the reasons I came here today mum, I met another guy, he is an extremely wonderful person. I would have informed you about our engagement but everything happened so fast, we decided to make it a private stuff." Mrs Ruth with a worried look on her face. "Are you kidding me jane, you didn't even think of bringing him to me first. Have you forgotten how gray treated you?" Mrs Ruth tone was getting loud. "Mum, he is not like gray at all. I am assuring you mum, he is the right guy for me" Jane said in a low convincing voice. "I will not support this relationship with this unknown fellow at all." Mrs Ruth arose to her feet not willing to heed to her daughter's persuasion. "He is not unknown, his name is Martin, and I am pregnant for him" these words sent shockwaves to Mrs Ruth spine. "What? Does he know about your condition?" She curiously asked. Jane answered "yes he does." She came closer to jane and put her two hands on jane's shoulders. "Do you realize the risk of having this child. Remember that the doctor said you might experience serious complications during labour. Oh! I see what this Martin guy is up to now. He brainwashed you into having this child so that if you die, he gets to take over the company. Don't you see what he is trying to do." Her eyes trying to plead with jane to understand. "Enough mum, Enough. I have had enough of this nonsense. I'm going to get married to martin with or without your support" jane angrily said before storming out of her mum's house.
"So what did you do next" the priest asked Mrs. Ruth. "After jane stormed out of my house, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I was not ready to see my daughter being heartbroken again or losing everything her and her dad has worked for to a nobody." Mrs Ruth made this statement with so much impunity within her. "I traced martin to his home warning him to stay away from my daughter or else there would be dire consequences but he didn't heed to my warnings. So I planned to assassinate him." This confession shocked the priest. "I planned to assassinate him because a mother will go to any length to protect her children and I was willing to do that for my daughter. But all my attempts to kill martin kept failing. Whether it was food poisoning or removing the brakes of his car, he just kept on surviving" The priest face still in bewilderment as she kept on confessing. "Now my daughter faces a tough battle at the hospital. She is about to conceive. I want my daughter to survive because she's my whole world, If she dies I don't know what I will do next, priest. I want GOD's mercy but I also want him to understand I acted according to the natural instincts of a mother" she emotionally said. The priest held her hand and said "The lord forgives you. if I may advice you. I think you took the wrong step by trying to kill your son-in-law, you should have tried to have a proper conversation with him, telling him about your fears and worries. Am sure he will understand. Let's pray together" After advising and praying for her, Mrs Ruth gave the priest some money before heading out of the church were a black sedan car was waiting.
As the car was about to drive off, she received a message from martin. The message state "mom, I'm so sorry. I have some very bad news. Pls come as soon as you can." She brokedown in silent tears and told the driver to take her to the Pristine hotel the biggest hotel in Louisville. When she arrived at the hotel, she sat down on the rocking chair in her room opened a packet of cigarettes and started smoking. She also drank several bottles of whiskey before sleeping off.
The next morning, Her plane arrived at delta regional airport as she prepared to go to the local Delta Hospital to confirm her daughter's death. Throughout her journey to the hospital, Mrs Ruth felt a sick churning in her stomach. She wasn't prepared for the outcome of her visit to the hospital.
When she arrived at the hospital, she was led by a nurse into the ward were her daughter laid. She summoned little courage to open the door of the ward but as she opened the door, she was met by a loud celebratory noise. "Surprise!!! it is a girl"
At first, Mrs Ruth looked extremely confused, trying to take in the events at the ward before her attention turned to martin who was standing by the side of jane as she laid on the bed with her new born child. Mrs Ruth angrily approached martin but before she could act or say anything, jane said. "Mum, I know you are about to confront Martin concerning that message. But I was the one who instructed him to send it. I wanted you to quickly come to the hospital to take a look at your beautiful grand child." Jane handed over the baby to her mum. As soon as Mrs Ruth received the baby her heart melted and her anger towards Martin vanished. "Let me go and get my camera" Martin informed jane before stepping out of the ward. Mrs Ruth gave the baby back to jane and immediately went after Martin. "Martin, Martin" she called out from the hospital hallway. Martin turned back and saw Mrs. Ruth moving quickly towards him, he thought she was about to cause another scene in the hospital again but the first words from her mouth settled his nerves. "Am deeply sorry Martin, for all the difficulties I have caused you and my daughter in your relationship, I was just like any other desperate mother looking out for her daughter. I was afraid that you would treat her badly or abandon her like other guys but now I see you are a great guy. Pls take care of my daughter" as she held Martin hand gently. Martin was so happy that Mrs. Ruth had finally gave her approval to his relationship with jane. "Mum, I promise you I will always be with jane through thick and thin so don't worry" he assured Mrs Ruth. "Let me go and get my camera"
As Martin head out of the hospital, Mrs. Ruth opened her phone and saw a message which reads "Already at the hospital" she exclaimed "oh no!" She remembered the previous night. In her drunken state, she had made a phone call to one of her contracted assassins to eliminate Martin. The assassin was in a black hoodie on top of a high storey building opposite the hospital with a sniper in hand. His target locked on Martin who was busy looking for his camera in his car.
Martin steeped out of his car with his camera in hand, the assassin pulled the trigger. The bullet hit Mrs. Ruth who had hurriedly made her way in front of Martin. The assassin quickly evicted the scene, as Mrs Ruth crumble to the ground. Martin immediately carry her body which was now covered in blood into the hospital. As the nurses rushed to attend to the situation, she held the hand of Martin and was not willing to let go. "Take care of my daughter" she said as they took her to the ICU.
Few moments later the doctor confirmed Mrs. Ruth death as a result of serious loss of blood.
"Ring-ring!" The phone call woke Martin up from his deep slumber at the Local Delta Hospital. "Hello" he answered. "Is she ok" the person at the other end of the call asked. "The doctor said her case is complicated" he replied nervously. "If anything happens to her, I will bring everything down on you" the person at the other end of the call threatened. "I....." as Martin tried to reply, the call was disconnected. Martin knew the mysterious caller and was now extremely concerned about the present situation at the hospital. He looked at the frontdoor of the ICU unit hoping to see a nurse or a doctor to ask about the condition of the female patient inside but everyone looked pre-occupied.
"What's your confession" the priest at ST. Matthew church asked Mrs. Ruth, a woman who appeared to be in her late fifties who sat at the confession room of the church. "I don't trust my son-in-law" she began. "I feel he is using my daughter" she claimed. "And why do you feel this way?" The priest asked wanting to know more. "You see, I have a daughter, her name is jane, she is my only child and since the death of her father and my husband, she has carried his multi-million dollar business on her back and actually done well with it" Mrs. Martin told the priest with so much pride in her eyes.
"Jane is also very supportive and loving, but..." She stopped momentarily before going on "She's a little bit naive and unlucky when it comes to relationships with the opposite sex" she took a deep breath before going on with her confession. "Many promising suitors had broken her heart on several occasions, but none hurt her the most than her last relationship before she got married" The priest paid close attention as Mrs. Ruth continue to speak. "It was a guy named gray, gray was the perfect match for my daughter, he was handsome and good looking, my daughter loved him so much to the extent that she established a private business for him. Do you want to know how he repaid my daughter?" She asked the priest. "I would like to know" the priest replied. "After finding out that my daughter may have complications during childbirth, he left her and impregnated another lady, this destroyed my daughter" small drops of tear began to roll down the cheeks of Mrs Ruth. She decided to take a white handkerchief from her black designer bag to clean her tears. "I vowed that my daughter will never be In a relationship with any man again" she furiously stated. "But then, after several months of not hearing from jane, I suddenly heard the sound of my door bell"
"Ding Dong" Mrs. Ruth approached the front door with a hot cup of tea on her right hand. As she opened the front door, she exclaimed in surprise "jane! Long time". "Mum" she replied while giving her a warm hug. "Come inside, dear" Mrs Ruth said as she held her daughter by the wrist and led her into the three seater chair in the well furnished living room. "Would you like a cup of tea". "Yes mum" jane replied with a glowing smile on her face. "It has been eight months since I have seen or heard from you after the incident, I was so concerned about you jane" Mrs Ruth said as she brought the hot cup of tea to her daughter. "Mum am really sorry, I wanted to call, but I needed some space to clear my head. I have also been busy with several things relating to the company, so there wasn't really time to come see you. Am sorry again mum" jane apologized.
As they exchanged lively conversation, something on jane's fourth finger on her left hand caught the attention of Mrs Ruth as she sipped from her tea cup. "Are you engaged" Mrs. Ruth asked. Jane blushes before answering. "This is one of the reasons I came here today mum, I met another guy, he is an extremely wonderful person. I would have informed you about our engagement but everything happened so fast, we decided to make it a private stuff." Mrs Ruth with a worried look on her face. "Are you kidding me jane, you didn't even think of bringing him to me first. Have you forgotten how gray treated you?" Mrs Ruth tone was getting loud. "Mum, he is not like gray at all. I am assuring you mum, he is the right guy for me" Jane said in a low convincing voice. "I will not support this relationship with this unknown fellow at all." Mrs Ruth arose to her feet not willing to heed to her daughter's persuasion. "He is not unknown, his name is Martin, and I am pregnant for him" these words sent shockwaves to Mrs Ruth spine. "What? Does he know about your condition?" She curiously asked. Jane answered "yes he does." She came closer to jane and put her two hands on jane's shoulders. "Do you realize the risk of having this child. Remember that the doctor said you might experience serious complications during labour. Oh! I see what this Martin guy is up to now. He brainwashed you into having this child so that if you die, he gets to take over the company. Don't you see what he is trying to do." Her eyes trying to plead with jane to understand. "Enough mum, Enough. I have had enough of this nonsense. I'm going to get married to martin with or without your support" jane angrily said before storming out of her mum's house.
"So what did you do next" the priest asked Mrs. Ruth. "After jane stormed out of my house, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I was not ready to see my daughter being heartbroken again or losing everything her and her dad has worked for to a nobody." Mrs Ruth made this statement with so much impunity within her. "I traced martin to his home warning him to stay away from my daughter or else there would be dire consequences but he didn't heed to my warnings. So I planned to assassinate him." This confession shocked the priest. "I planned to assassinate him because a mother will go to any length to protect her children and I was willing to do that for my daughter. But all my attempts to kill martin kept failing. Whether it was food poisoning or removing the brakes of his car, he just kept on surviving" The priest face still in bewilderment as she kept on confessing. "Now my daughter faces a tough battle at the hospital. She is about to conceive. I want my daughter to survive because she's my whole world, If she dies I don't know what I will do next, priest. I want GOD's mercy but I also want him to understand I acted according to the natural instincts of a mother" she emotionally said. The priest held her hand and said "The lord forgives you. if I may advice you. I think you took the wrong step by trying to kill your son-in-law, you should have tried to have a proper conversation with him, telling him about your fears and worries. Am sure he will understand. Let's pray together" After advising and praying for her, Mrs Ruth gave the priest some money before heading out of the church were a black sedan car was waiting.
As the car was about to drive off, she received a message from martin. The message state "mom, I'm so sorry. I have some very bad news. Pls come as soon as you can." She brokedown in silent tears and told the driver to take her to the Pristine hotel the biggest hotel in Louisville. When she arrived at the hotel, she sat down on the rocking chair in her room opened a packet of cigarettes and started smoking. She also drank several bottles of whiskey before sleeping off.
The next morning, Her plane arrived at delta regional airport as she prepared to go to the local Delta Hospital to confirm her daughter's death. Throughout her journey to the hospital, Mrs Ruth felt a sick churning in her stomach. She wasn't prepared for the outcome of her visit to the hospital.
When she arrived at the hospital, she was led by a nurse into the ward were her daughter laid. She summoned little courage to open the door of the ward but as she opened the door, she was met by a loud celebratory noise. "Surprise!!! it is a girl"
At first, Mrs Ruth looked extremely confused, trying to take in the events at the ward before her attention turned to martin who was standing by the side of jane as she laid on the bed with her new born child. Mrs Ruth angrily approached martin but before she could act or say anything, jane said. "Mum, I know you are about to confront Martin concerning that message. But I was the one who instructed him to send it. I wanted you to quickly come to the hospital to take a look at your beautiful grand child." Jane handed over the baby to her mum. As soon as Mrs Ruth received the baby her heart melted and her anger towards Martin vanished. "Let me go and get my camera" Martin informed jane before stepping out of the ward. Mrs Ruth gave the baby back to jane and immediately went after Martin. "Martin, Martin" she called out from the hospital hallway. Martin turned back and saw Mrs. Ruth moving quickly towards him, he thought she was about to cause another scene in the hospital again but the first words from her mouth settled his nerves. "Am deeply sorry Martin, for all the difficulties I have caused you and my daughter in your relationship, I was just like any other desperate mother looking out for her daughter. I was afraid that you would treat her badly or abandon her like other guys but now I see you are a great guy. Pls take care of my daughter" as she held Martin hand gently. Martin was so happy that Mrs. Ruth had finally gave her approval to his relationship with jane. "Mum, I promise you I will always be with jane through thick and thin so don't worry" he assured Mrs Ruth. "Let me go and get my camera"
As Martin head out of the hospital, Mrs. Ruth opened her phone and saw a message which reads "Already at the hospital" she exclaimed "oh no!" She remembered the previous night. In her drunken state, she had made a phone call to one of her contracted assassins to eliminate Martin. The assassin was in a black hoodie on top of a high storey building opposite the hospital with a sniper in hand. His target locked on Martin who was busy looking for his camera in his car.
Martin steeped out of his car with his camera in hand, the assassin pulled the trigger. The bullet hit Mrs. Ruth who had hurriedly made her way in front of Martin. The assassin quickly evicted the scene, as Mrs Ruth crumble to the ground. Martin immediately carry her body which was now covered in blood into the hospital. As the nurses rushed to attend to the situation, she held the hand of Martin and was not willing to let go. "Take care of my daughter" she said as they took her to the ICU.
Few moments later the doctor confirmed Mrs. Ruth death as a result of serious loss of blood.
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