Thirty minutes later, when Alia and Maria arrived at the Viva Life Clinic, they were greeted by the blaring sound of an ambulance siren parked in front of the hospital entrance.
Alia watched in shock as a team of doctors and nurses rushed out of the hospital with a stretcher bed, while a man jumped out of the ambulance, looking completely disoriented and shaken.
"She's not breathing... They have done everything but she's not breathing... My wife ...our child... Please help ." The man, whose hands and body were covered with blood, cried to the doctors as they tried to bring out the unconscious patient from the ambulance.
"Please sir, put yourself together and let us do our job." One of the nurses reprimanded harshly while the other nurses and doctor brought down an unconscious heavily pregnant woman.
"Oh god!" Alia cupped her mouth with both trembling hands at the sight of the heavenly pregnant woman whose long maternity dress was covered in her blood.
One side of her head was fractured and one of her arms seed twisted.
Alia didn't need a soothsayer to tell her that this woman was gone. But then miracles do happen.
"What could have happened to her?" Alia's whole body shook, tears already gathering at the corner of her eyes.
"She looks like an accident victim," Maria whispered to her daughter-in-law, equally shocked by the horrific sight.
"Ma'am, do you want us to go back," Pascal suggested, sensing the hesitation in Alia's steps and the chaos in front of them.
"No..." Alia gulped down the tension in her voice, wiping the tears that had already escaped her eyes.
She didn't know this unfortunate couple from Adams but she was greatly moved by their plight.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling through her mouth to calm her pounding heart, Alia said in a determined voice.
"Let's go inside."
"Are you sure?" Maria hesitated already traumatized by the horrific sight of the unconscious pregnant woman.
Alia placed her trembling hands on Maria's arm and nodded slowly.
"Yes, mom."
They both held onto each other for support as they made their way into the hospital building.
The lobby was a whirlwind of activity, with hurried footsteps, hushed whispers and beeping sounds of machines.
The air was thick with a mixture of anticipation and anxiety as so team of doctors dressed in their white lab coats, hurried towards the theatre to perform an ergency operation.
Amongst this team of doctors, Alia spotted Dr Vanessa, who seed to lead the group.
"Amy, isn't that the doctor you are ant to see." Maria queried, also spotting the doctor.
"Yes, she is," Alia replied, her heart still drumming loudly as she inwardly prayed for the unconscious pregnant woman and her child battling for their lives.
"This is an ergency situation. I don't think she will be able to see us today. Maybe we should go back and check back tomorrow." Maria sighed, holding onto her daughter-in-law protectively.
"But I already called her earlier and she is expecting ." Alia's brows furrowed. "Let just speak with the receptionist first before I decide on what to do next."
"Okay."
Inhaling and exhaling to push out all her anxiety, Alia slowly made her way to the receptionist's desk.
"Hello."
"Good afternoon ma'am. How may I help you?" The slightly rattled female receptionist nurse asked in a polite voice.
"I have an appointnt with Dr Vanessa for 2:00 PM. But I think I just saw her go into the theatre room. I wanted to know if I could reschedule for tomorrow sa ti."
"Please hold on, ma'am, while I contact Dr Vanessa's secretary."
"Okay." Alia plastered a smile on her saddened face as she watched the nurse dial another number on her intercom.
Just then, a red hair pregnant woman ca up to the receptionist's desk sobbing and sniffing.
Alia tilted her head sideways to look at the pregnant woman, her heart moved by her tears. She was tempted to ask if the woman was alright but the second receptionist nurse beat her to it.
"Good afternoon ma'am. Are you all right?"
The crying lady shook her head, more tears streaming down her reddened face and her body trembling.
"Are you in pain? Do you want to call the doctor?" The second receptionist nurse asked patiently, moving away from her desk and coming around to stand by the crying woman.
Alia's attention was divided as she tried listening to what the first receptionist nurse was saying over the phone while worrying about the second pregnant woman.
"I was there. I saw everything. It was horrible. The driver was drunk. He didn't stop. He didn't look back. He didn't help. He just took an Innocent woman's life and that of her child. How could people be so wicked?" The red-haired woman cried harder, evoking an overwhelming emotion of pain and anger in Alia.
"Did you see the face of the driver?" Alia heard herself asking, forgetting the reason why she was there.
"No..." The redhead woman wept bitterly, attracting a lot of people's attention, including Maria, who was standing not too far from Alia.
"This is not right." A patient who had approached the crying woman said out loud.
"This injustice cannot go on answered." Another vengeful patient who overhead the crying woman's words spat out.
Alia felt a holy fire burn in her as she turned to look at her mother-in-law more tears streaming down her face.
The words of the red-haired pregnant woman echoed in her mind like a beating gong fueling her rage and, at the sa ti, stifling her heart.
"Ma'am..." The voice of the first receptionist nurse snapped Alia out of her overwhelming emotions.
"Dr Vanessa left a ssage for you. She said she had to attend to an ergency within the hospital. She said if it is okay by you, you can check back in two hours or you can reschedule for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow will be fine," Alia replied, wiping her streaming tears.
"Sa ti?" The receptionist nurse asked.
"Yes, sa ti."
Alia returned her attention to the crying red-haired woman, who had already taken note of her next appointnt. "I'm so sorry you had to see sothing as horrible as that. Please be strong. I believe the law will catch up with that drunk driver."
Nora nodded, a devilish smile spreading inside her heart as she watched her target leave with her entourage of security while faking more tears.
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