SEX WITH THE VIRGIN MAID by KIARI HORSFALL

The Light After Darkness Doctors running. Nurses speedily pushing a hospital cart into Hera's room. The whole ward was in chaos yet Bryce couldn't figure out what was happening. No one would talk to him and no one would tell him what's going on.

He had tried to stop a nurse but even she couldn't give him a reasonable response. It shouldn't be what he was thinking. It should never be what he is thinking. It just can't be. The doctor rushed out of her ward and Bryce had no other choice but to corner him. "What's happening Doctor? Where is Hera? What's going on?" The words rushed out of his mouth before he could stop it. "Why is no one talking to me?" "She's crashing sir." He breathed out. "But i can assure you that we're doing everything we can to sustain her. Hopefully, she responds to treatment because at this rate, all i can say is that you should brace yourself for the worst." The doctor stated and ran off to join the others almost immediately.

Bryce froze. His head reeling from fear and uncertainty. He has heard those words before. Those were the exact swords the doctor had said to his father back then.

"...We'll do everything we can sir..." They had told him that day but they didn't. His mother died right after. Mariam who heard the what the doctor had said had already started bawling her eyes out.

Was he really supposed to wait for the inevitable to happen? "Sir?" Mariam has called out to him, stretching Hera's phone towards him. "It's the sisters from the convent. I told them about what happened to Hera and they want to speak with you." Bryce stared at the device in Mariam's hands. He was hesitant to take the phone from her. What would he say to them? And if they know that Hera was pregnant, what would they say to him? How will they handle that kind of news? She was their family and he didn't feel good being the one to tell them about it but what choice does he have? Without saying much, he took the phone from Mariam and placed it to his ears. "Sister Martha?" "Bryce my dear, how are you? How are you holding up?" She had asked instead. He was stunned. He had expected her to yell and curse at him but here she was talking to him as if nothing has happened.

"I'm so sorry sister. I know that i promised to take care of Hera and i have broken that promise to you and everyone. I feel so ashamed that i don't even know what to say right now." His voice cracked but he was welding himself to stay strong.

"It's not your fault my child. Accidents happen and blaming yourself for it won't do you any good." She chided him. "You've already suffered enough so i won't allow you take the burden for this one. Hera wouldn't let you do that as well." "The doctors are saying that she might not make it out alive and I'm scared sister. I'm scared that i won't ever get to see her again." He confessed bitterly, not mincing words. He was pouring out his emotions to her right now and he didn't care what might becof him after this.

He doesn't even care if Hera is forced to stay away from him after this but all he wants is for her to wake up. He wants her to get better and he'd take any chance he'd get just to see it happen.

He had endangered her life and if he hadn't let his guard down then Nella wouldn't have gotten the chance to hurt her. Everything happening right now had his nwritten all over it.

"We're praying for Hera over here and we believe that she will get better. You have to believe that too." She told him. "And if you feel like you don't know what to do and where to turn to, you can always pray to God my child. He listens to a sincere heart that's desperately calling out to him." "I haven't prayed in ages Martha and i don't even know where to start from or the right words to say." "Open your heart Bryce and say the words." She encouraged him. "It doesn't have to be perfect. There are no rules on how to pray perfectly. There are no right words. Just look into your heart and say the words you want him to hear. Trustmy child, everything will be fine." "Hera loves you Bryce." She told him and he swallowed. "She was well aware of your condition but she still loved you even when she knew that you might not love her back. Even when she knew that you didn't want to be loved and she stayed there, waiting for you to see it and accept it." "That's the sway God loves you too so believewhen i tell you that he had never left you. He has been waiting for you to take that step and believe that now is the time. Take care my dear." She added and the line went dead.

Bryce handed the phone over to Mariam who took it without any hesitation. Right then and there, he decided to take Martha's advice. He was going to pray. He didn't care how stupid it sounded to him but he would do it. Hera's life and that of his baby depended on it and he did.

He said the words from his heart as they came, blocking off every other noise that surrounded him. He reminded him how he had forsaken him the last twhen he took his mother and his little sibling even before they graced the earth and pleaded with him not to do the swith Hera. He asked that he spared her life at least.

Mariam watched him closely with nothing but respect for her boss. Hera had really did a number on him. It was crazy how one woman could change such a man that the world couldn't. She would have to admit that Hera coming into his life was the best thing that had ever happened to them.

Bryce felt lighter after pouring his heart to him up there. He didn't know why and he couldn't explain it but he did. The doctor chooses that exact moment to join them and Bryce braced himself, waiting for the worst.

"How is she?" He asked even though for sreason, he dreaded that particular question.

The doctor broke into a huge smile. "Hera is fine and out of danger right now."

Bryce felt euphoric. He couldn't explain the happiness that coursed through him at that moment. One el minute he was pacing and the next minute, he was hugging the doctor as though his whole life depended on it.

Hera is fine. His Hera is okay. A thought cto mind and he paused and faced the doctor. "And my baby? What about my baby?"

"The wee little one is hanging on safely inside his mother." He broke down the news to him smilingly. "Both mother and child are fine and Her a. You can go inside to see her now. She's asking for you."