Chapter 12

Mission Love

"Mr. Parker Mrs. Parker is pregnant. Congratulations!" doctor informed filling my heart with loads of happiness.

With so much happening, Stella's father being unwell and our separations.

Not real one" he chuckled "because we were still happily married but I missed to wake up early morning cuddled with her since most of the time she was at her father's nursing him. I didn't mind at all, I knew he needed her. But I missed her. I wasn't even doing well with my business. So this news was oasis in the desert. We were blessed with a new wonder of the god.

"But doctor is it normal I mean getting unconscious stuff" I asked. My Stella had fallen in front of me "What I had heard about this pregnancy thing is vomiting, nausea and morning sickness. This getting unconscious is a new stuff to me.

"Not to worry so far, she's good. But yes she looks a little stressed out and weak too. You will have to take care of her physical and emotional health. She is dealing with two lives altogether." doctor instructed as he patted on my shoulders.

"I will. I will take every possible care of her." I assured the doctor less and myself more. I ran to Stella to share the news. It was our news, our moment together. Fortunately I was the one who could disclose the news to her. I had instructed others not to.

I wanted to see her gleaming eyes when I break the news to her and so she was here gleaming with joy as I declared her pregnancy.

Later when she wiped my cheeks I realized I too had tears of joy in my eyes.

A special moment of togetherness!

What better would I expect of life? I had ordered loads of fruits and juices as doctor had instructed to feed her well. She was physically weak. She needs to eat for two people now and that thought made me blush. I had two angels in my life now. The news was so whelming that we forgot the world outside. Thrilled and excited we were discussing names, nappy change, feeding child and even night guarding.

''I was feeling very hungry. Thank you so much I was starving. I forgot to have my break fast as I rushed to the hospital." She said as she relished every single bite of the fruit hungrily. It made me smile looking at her little childishness.

"Wait.. wait. Where's Dad? You left him alone. How did the treatment go? Who is with him?" she asked completely stressed and panic. The joy in her eyes was replaced by worry for her dad.

"Relax Stella. He is been taken care off. The doctors are attending him. The treatment will go fine. You need to calm down. You are pregnant." I told her.

"No he is alone. He needs family. I am going to him." She hastened out of the bed.

"Stella you need to rest. You are not alone now. You have a baby inside you. You need to be careful." I said a little sternly.

"But dad?" she gave me her pleading eyes.

"Fine I'll go and look after him but you need to promise you'll take care of yourself. Don't exert too much" I instructed and went to her dad.

"How is Stella?" her dad asked.

"Good very good. I have news for you. Stella is pregnant." I informed him not able to control my happiness.

"How did your treatment go?" I asked him.

"Well that.." he started fiddling with his hands. "They didn't treat me today."

"Why? What happened?" Stella rushed inside completely shocked. "The treatment was already delayed by a day and now another day of delay. Have these doctors lost their senses." She started blabbering.

"Stella you are not supposed to stress out and what are you doing here. You were supposed to rest in your bed" I yelled at her.

"I did ask the doctors before I came here. I am fine but my dad.." she started crying now.

"Ssh Stella quite lets talk to your dad about the delay in treatment. I am sure the doctors had reason and a valid one behind it." I hugged her. I wanted her to be relaxed.

She hugged her dad and I gave them their private moment together.

Later we did come to know that when her dad realized about Stella's unconsciousness, his pressure shot up to an extent that the treatment was not possible so they were waiting till the pressure was stabilized.

I had a big responsibility now as I had to take care of Stella, her dad and my little angel whom we were longing for.

Her dad's condition worsened after that. The medicines stopped working and the progress was diminished. Stella had to care more for him as he was completely bed ridden by the time she was three months and as she turned four months pregnant, the doctors gave up, leaving her completely broken. My business was also facing new challenges in the market and so I couldn't give much time to both of them.

One day I went to see Stella and her dad after a week. I was sleeping there that night. We had a heated argument with each other as she did not eat her dinner properly for she was due to give medicine to her dad, followed by his short stroll in the wheel chair. That turned into a fight and next morning when I woke up to cuddle her in my arms, I wanted to apologize her for being angry and spoiling our night together, she was not there.

I went to check her in the washroom, then kitchen and found her crying restlessly besides her father's bed. He was no more. He had passed away.

The grief took her badly. On the day of his burial, she fell unconscious and started bleeding.

We lost our baby too......" Edwin was full on sobbing now, his shoulders shaking with grief.

Things worsened after that. How much I try to control myself. We end up in an argument and end up fighting. The relationship between us is deteriorating day by day and I don't know how to mend it.

I love her. I still do. But she is completely devastated in this relationship. She finds it awful. I think she thinks that she had taken a wrong step marrying me and regrets over it. She is not happy with me. She is in pain.

But I love her so much. It hurts me even to think of letting her go. It will simply kill me if she deserts me and this suicide attempt..." he nodded his head "She better live away from me happily rather than dying ruthlessly with me."

A stray tear escaped his eye but he quickly wiped it away. "I need to be strong to let her go." He whispered more to himself

"No you need not let her go Edwin." Iris said coming out of spell as she was listening to him so sincerely that he almost forgot that she existed in front of him.

"You have fallen for her is a fact and is quiet visible. But another bigger fact is she needs to fall for you. No matter how good your relationship was, it was a little quick and needs to be worked upon." She said and Edwin was listening to her.

Would it make any difference? It would need a miracle to heel our relationship.' He thought

"Edwin Edwin..." she shouted clicking her fingers in front of him. "You will have to make her fall for you."

"What?" he asked shocked.

"You have to start again as how teens do in their high school, befriend her, pamper her, cuddle her, treat her like a princess, push her and make her fall for you and make her fall strongly. There should be a strong bond now. START a new relationship"

"Is this ever possible?" he asked confused.

"Yes it is. See we meet here on earth but if marriages are settled in heaven, we all know each other and meeting here and falling and marrying is just a formality" her words were confusing but she was well aware of what she was talking about "but we still do it to increase the bonds, otherwise god would have sent us in pairs. So get a new beginning. Go slow and win her heart. You can do it." She mentioned very encouragingly.

'I would. Anything for Stella.' he told more to himself. It sounded a little stupid and a little difficult too but he wanted to give it a try.

A new beginning.

"Tell me how do I begin?" he asked her.

"Ask your heart. It will guide you your way towards her heart." Iris said as her mobile started ringing and her expressions turned to frowning ones. It surely was a call from someone she won't like to talk to. She had indecision in her mind because just as she was about to reject the call, she thought something and pressed the green button.

"Yeah right. I will be there."

"Can you pick me from Central High school? Fine I'll be there on time." Iris talked on her cell phone to someone and after that she no longer existed in the outer world. She was lost in her thoughts. She was upset too.

Edwin did not want to interfere in her personal life so he excused to go to Stella.

"Wait I think you should go home and change. She'll be scared to see you like this" Iris directed towards his bloodstained shirt and also reminded him of the pool of blood at home that needed to be cleaned.

"Thanks Iris. Thanks for everything." he shook hands with her. She didn't seem like a whore at all now. "Friends?"

"Friends." She accepted immediately and the lines of stress that had emerged on her face after the phone call now faded away, replaced by a whole hearted smile.

"Can I have your number?" He asked. He had to. She was his guardian of love. She was helping him to make Stella fall in love all over again.

"Sure." She took his mobile and saved her number in it before returning it back.

He had something in mind. He took a small glance at Stella and went to arrange the mess her blood had created and also to start Mission Love.

''''

Iris realized that she was so lost in Edwin's life that she forgot about her own and when Mr. Jason's name blinked on her mobile screen, reality came knocking at her face.

Oh shit not Jason. He is too harsh and he takes it roughly. I don't want to.

But again she didn't have a single penny left with her, not even the traveling fare to the hotspot where she could get my potential customer.

So when this opportunity was knocking at her doorstep she couldn't deny.

Though she'd have to miss the classes again tomorrow yet she decided to go for it.

She will also have to chuck in some painkillers.

Although she had promised herself last time with him that she wouldn't ever take him again. Yet this was the challenge her life has put her into and though unwanted and non- desiring she pressed the Accept button of her mobile and settled a Sleep with him. Sleep what else could she term it as?

She was not dressed in her so called prostitute's revealing flashy attire but if she is good in bed and does not complain of his harsh measures he'll be fine.

He hits a bit too hard when he is high with pleasure and girls have been too noisy when they were not able to take him.

He therefore has rejected most of them and few of them who otherwise do well in their body business do not spoil another night because of the bruises and bites that he leaves.

Only a few like hers who are always short of money take the pain as an added bonus for the amount he pays which is higher than what an usual one pays.

She visited her dad and brother. Both were sleeping peacefully and therefore she called up Mrs. Burrito, one of her neighbors to pick him by 6 in the evening which was the time allotted for her brother's discharge.

Mrs Burrito the kind lady had always be very helpful to her. Thanks to her fathers benevolence with her during their good times that she was there for them during their rough ones.

She wouldn't be able to drop her brother because she had no money. Once she earns from Mr. Jason she promised herself to pay her back.

May be if she is extra good and tolerant with the pain thing, she might get an extra tip too.

She bid her good bye to my brother and went to the washroom.

Looking at herself in the shady mirror of the washroom she untied my hair and left the black locks falling on her shoulders.

She wore the lenses and added a black liner to pout her eyes. A bright red lipstick gave slutty finish to her face.

Undoing the top three buttons of her shirt exposing a bit too much of cleavage which was never enough but again she was dependant on her skills on the bed.

She went to the school that was only five minutes walking from the hospital and waited for Mr. Jason avoiding the unwanted gazes from people around and waiting for both her body and soul to be molested again...