Gloomy tunnels with indept jewels

"At the end of every gloomy tunnel lies a blessing."

-Barrister-Tife.

"If anyone ever told me how painful labour was, I would have remained a proud celibate."

-Barrister_Tife.

"Giving birth to your first child is the closest you can ever come to magic."

-Unknown.

Hello lovely old and new readers, I'm so excited to have y'all at the same pace now. I can vividly recollect how I promised the old readers bonus chapters since last year July.

So here I am, fulfilling my promise and also trying to give this story the perfect ending. By the way, I have some questions for the new readers.

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♥________ONE YEAR LATER_________♥

♥______BONUS CHAPTER ONE______♥

I hate being a burden. I have never been a burden to someone. I swear, I don't like disrupting people's plan or routine because of me. But the circumstance I found myself rendered me vulnerable and useless, so I'm Ralph's burden to deal with. And because of the love between us, he had stuck by me without moving an inch in the past twenty-three hours that I have spent in the labour room.

Once I screamed, a short scream that lanced in the hospital room as I struggled to adapt to the pain, Ralph squeezed my palm and said, "be strong baby, you can do it."

I wailed and hollered, "do not tell me what the hell I can do or not, Afterall, it isn't your intestine that is on fire." I hissed.

A white nurse chuckled, "please forgive her because she doesn't know what she is saying, it is the hormones kicking in."

I picked the pillow behind my head and bit it hard while I tried to stifle a scream.

"Is she going to be fine, nurse? This isn't the woman I married," Ralph shifted back and stared at me like I was a mad specie or something.

"She is going to be fine, you just have to support her, I will be back." The nurse picked up her folder and left.

"Wait!" Ralph stopped the nurse. "Why can't you help bring out the baby now?" He scratched his tousled hair furiously.

"Because the contractions haven't fully started yet, her water just broke a few minutes ago, remember?" The nurse cocked a brow, opened the door and left.

"Baby I'm here for you, we are in this together and I want you to remember that I love you." Ralph wiped a stray tear that betrayed his motive to be strong.

"Keep your filthy love to yourself, why did you put your stuff inside me in the first place." I pointed an accusing finger at him.

"Baby, you told me you wanted it, remember?" He sat on the stool beside my bed.

"I did?" Confusion laced in my tone.

"Of course you did." Ralph nodded.

"Then why the hell did you cum inside me, I hate you with passion for putting me in this precarious situation." I cried loudly and squirmed when I felt a hot knife pierced my uterus.

"Holy fuck!" I wailed and grabbed the sheets while struggling to breathe so hard.

"Are you alright? Should I call the doctor?" Ralph panicked and stood up immediately.

"Ouch, why is it so painful? I have never hurt someone so why is karma getting back at me?" I slapped Ralph.

Now it was his turn to cuss, "holy fuck!"

"Yeah, it was the last fuck we had that led to this! I can't be the only one to feel this pain," I said as I watched him rub his cheek in a circular motion. A red welt had formed on his cheek.

"Sorry I'm late, the delivery will start soon," a smartly dressed doctor walked in. The confidence she exuded and the tone she blurted out reminded me of someone that I assumed to be dead. But I can't be too sure anyway.

"Listen, baby doll, I promise you that you won't regret today after the outcome. I know it is a bitter experience but the end result is more justifiable, I will stay right beside you till we overcome this." Ralph whispered in my ears while I squeezed my eyes shut in pain and nodded at his words of affirmation vigorously.

"But I don't want to die." I stared at the drip that was gradually trickling into my system.

"I swear, you won't die. I flew in the best gynaecologist all the way from Ireland so you can get the best treatment." Ralph kissed my knuckles. His brown eyes assured me of safety.

"This is a messed up cursed plague."

"No, it is a sweet bitter pain my darling, we need to be strong. We are a team now."

The room felt too warm and then too cold, my arms itched, my scalp itched, every fucking thing on me itched. I wanted nothing touching my body. I yanked off my hospital gown, the flimsy blue fabric with its dangling useless ropes that gapped open at the back irked me. It felt like it was designed to humiliate me and make me feel naked.

"Hey, Anna, how do you feel today?" The blonde doctor asked.

"Hell, I feel like I'm finally paying for my sins and roasting alone in hell."

"Well, that is completely normal dear, now I need you to stand up and take a short walk around the room." The doctor adjusted her nose mask and put on her gloves. Her eyes, they looked familiar, but I was probably overthinking it.

Ralph helped me out of the bed by placing one leg beside the other and then, I stood up, sat down, stretched, paced around the room in feeble steps, got on my hands and knees and struggled for breath.

"Now that is enough, let me check out how ready you are to push." The blonde doctor walked towards me and assisted me back to the bed.

She parted my legs like she was about to devour a whole plate of two large drumsticks and she inserted her gloved hands in my stuff while she tried to examine how ready I was.

And when the labour began, the pain was more intense than anything I had ever imagined. Nothing could be more brutal, not whips, or chains.

With each contraction came a pain that dominated my entire being. In those moments, for those seconds that stretched into infinity, there was nothing else. I could hear screaming from the other rooms, yet I made no sound at all and remained calm.

When the pain passed even though it was only for a minute or two, I breathed in with closed eyes, totally unwilling to re-engage with life outside my body. I saw Ralph pace around with a worried look and a panicked tone. I felt sweat tickle from the doctor's face even though the atmosphere was cold. I felt my body weaken by the seconds. If anyone had told me how painful labour was, I would have remained a celibate for the rest of my life. But the deed had been done and I need to own up to it and deal with it because I am courageous, bold, and strong. I'm the Ultimate Tomboy and since I have my bad boy by my side, I can do it.

The doctor finally told me to push with all my strength and with a gutteral grunt, I did and was soon told to stop. One was enough, I felt the baby crowning, the hot stretching of my flesh and held my breath.

And without any further effort, the baby slid into the hands of my doctor. There was elation, jubilation, the satisfactory feeling of achievement inside of me. Ralph looked the happiest as he jumped around and danced excitedly. The baby was a girl. A little cute fusion of Ralph and I. And at that moment, I decided to name her Hailey, Ranna, Smith. My baby let out a feeble howl that could pass out as a baby cry and grabbed my doctor's mask. And at that moment, my suspicion was confirmed. My doctor was Nate.

Ralph looked so mad and was about to start a fight when I let out a horrifying scream with little gasps. I could feel a coma brewing up.

When Nate hollered, "OMG! There is another baby to be born..."

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