The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 100

After the hot slap landed on her rude colleague, she then turned to look at her manager. She wanted to see her response and how she’d handle the situation and whether she would be biased in solving it or turn a blind eye like she told Ciara to.

While the rude lady was rubbing her tingling cheek, Ciara’s manager shouted at her as she felt disrespected by her especially after she had clearly warned her not to lay a hand on her fellow work mate.

” Ciara Williams, how dare you? In my office, NOW!!!.”

It was clear in her voice that she was angry, but that did not scare Ciara one bit. She stood grounded where she was, she knew no one would dare raise a hand on her as she was pregnant and it was illegal to hit a pregnant woman as that could endanger the life of her unborn baby.

” Mananger if you have something to say, it’s ok to say it in front of everyone, we are colleagues after all.”

Everyone looked at her as if she was a fool, they thought she was being foolish by challenging her manager like that. Everyone feared the dragon lady but Ciara was bold enough to stand against her today.

Even though everyone was scared of the manager’s wrath, none of them cared enough to warn Ciara or try to stop her from digging her hole even deeper. They all sat and watched on as if they were at the movies and Ciara was the bad guy, forgetting that they started everything.

” I say apologies now to your colleague, or else you will suffer the consequences.”

” excuse me manager, why not turn a blind eye to this as well? Colleagues do fight and bicker quite often after all, don’t they?”

The manager was caught by surprise as Ciara threw her words back at her. But as the manager she needed to set an example and removing Ciara out of the equation wasn’t a bad thing either.

” As I said before, violence is not tolerated and is regarded as a dismissable offense. We all know that you need this job more than any of us here and you still need to take care of that growing fatherless child of yours and pay rent at whatever shack you live in, so hurry up and apologize. “

” I will never apologize for protecting or defending my family. As for the job, you can keep it. “

She then packed up her stuff and left while everyone looked at her in shock. Not only did she challenge the manager in front of everyone but she also quit her job.

‘ How foolish can she be?’

They all gossiped among themselves, they wondered how she was going to take care of herself after this.

” I bet she will go back to where ever city she comes from.”

” Hahaha don’t be funny, go home with what money when she didn’t even collect this month’s salary. You know what, I think she will come back with her tail tucked deep in her butt and will be begging for her job back. “

” Is she that shameless? Hehe he, either way I don’t care, I will be here watching the film go on. “

As everyone sat and gossiped about Ciara, the manager just turned and left for her office as she was uninterested about what they had to say about Ciara.

Time went by quite quickly as it was already 2pm,the time for Ciara’s appointment. As always she got there on time, after filling in her details and doing the pee hormone test she returned to the waiting room to wait for her turn.

Not long after that she was called in, they measured her weight and recorded it on Ciara’s maternity card.

“Hey mommy, we are growing quite well I see. Your weight gain is consistent and healthy. We are now at 26 weeks, Our fetus continues to mature and develop reserves of body fat. At this point, hearing is fully developed so you can talk to the baby more, it’s will be good if the baby could hear both your voices. The fetus changes position frequently and responds to stimuli, including sound, pain and light.”

When she said that the baby needed to hear both their voices, Donna shifted her eyes from Ciara to the top corner on the ceiling as if she was now talking to the wall above.

Ciara did not pay attention to this movement though, she was just amazed at how much her unborn child had grown.

” would you like to see the baby now?”

” yeah sure that would be great.”

They then walked out and headed to the ultrasound room where Liam got the front row view of everything, today was the day he was seeing his wife for the first time in more than 6 months and also seeing his child for the first time. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a bundle of mixed emotions.

He watched as Ciara removed her top and layed flat on the hospital bed in the room. Donna then applied a gel like liquid on Ciara’s belly and then started using a transducer, moving it around the area with the clear gel substance. They were able to hear the the heartbeat of the fetus, measure the circumference of the baby’s head, and track the development of the baby’s organs. Once they were done, Donna again printed out a few copies of the baby scan. She also printed another set for Liam when Ciara wasn’t watching.

They then returned to the consultation room as soon as Ciara was done with wiping herself clean.

Donna scribbled on the maternity card for a while, then looked up to Ciara once she was done.

” You guys are doing well, apart from the fact that you are always stressed everything else is looking quite good. Baby’s organs are developing as they should, no major set back. But you need to work less and focus on yourself more, maybe that will reduce the stress. Surround yourself with positive energy. “

Ciara smiled at her Doctor friend,

” As you wish ma’am, I have quit my job so hopefully we can solve the stress issue. How about you be my positive energy for today, I kind of miss my husband and I wish not to be alone. Bring a plus one if you want, Melissa is also good company.”

Apon hearing Ciara request Donna again looked up at the hidden camera placed at the top corner of the ceiling.

” you did what? My God finally, it was time for you to stop torturing yourself like that. We are definitely coming don’t worry . “