Dial - Season 1 - Episode 98

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Dial - Season 1 - Episode 98

She listened without interrupting, her eyes growing ever more horrified by the second.
A young man in a dark hoodie passed, and then he stopped suddenly and smiled at Akushika.

“Hey, Shika, is that you?” he asked warmly.
She dragged her eyes from me with an effort and smiled at the young man.
“Oh, hi Phil,” she responded. “Where have you been hiding yourself? It’s been a while!”

“Oh, yeah, I’m in ‘Tadi now, got employed in a firm there!” Phil said happily, bent and hugged Akushika quickly.

He looked at me then and smiled.
“Is this your father, Shika?” he asked with a gentle smile, holding out his hand to me. “Nice to meet you, sir.”
I didn’t take his hand, and I looked at him furiously.

“Do I look like her father?” I asked coldly. “I’m her handbag rather!”
“Yao!” Akushika said with raised eyebrows. “That is rude!”
“It’s cool, it’s cool,” Phil said with a sad smile. “Sorry if I offended you, sir. I’ll be around for a while, Shika. Will call you.”
“Yes, Phil, please do that,” she said with a smile, and then waved to him as he moved on.
I sighed miserably and looked at her set face, my despondency rising again.
“Sorry, Aku, dear,” I said miserably. “Didn’t mean to snap at him.”
“Oh, that’s okay, Yao,” she said softly with a scowl. “You know, you really shattered me, and broke my heart. I gave myself to you out of love, and I gave you everything! And you used me, and dumped me so badly!”

I took her hand and looked at her, putting a remorseful expression on my face.
“I’m so sorry, Aku,” I pleaded. “Please forgive me!”

Tears brimmed in her eyes, and her lips quavered. She shook her head sadly.
“I loved you so hard, Yao,” she said. “You know, I thought I was safe when I gave myself to you, but I got pregnant, Yao!”
“Oh!” I whispered, aghast, feigning a look of damnation on my face. “Oh, Aku, Aku, Aku! I’m so sorry!”

“Oh, don’t be!” she whispered tremulously. “I didn’t know what to do. I was so desperate! And I followed a friend to see a doctor for an abortion. I was given an injection, and a certain capsule was inserted into my v----a. Three days later I started bleeding, and didn’t stop bleeding. Eventually I was rushed to the hospital. It seemed that the nurse who inserted the capsule used the wrong one. There was a serious complication, Yao, and in the end, the doctors had to remove my womb.”
I was stunned.

I looked at her with horror.

Tears fell down her cheeks in torrents now as she wept, and she took out a handkerchief and dabbed at her eyes. She looked me straight in the eye and shook her head once.
“I cannot have babies now, Yao, even if I get married,” she whispered tremulously. “In my anguish I called you, but your number didn’t go through anymore. I’m a stronger Christian now, Yao, and I can never repay evil with evil. I don’t hold anything against you, and I’ve never held anything against you. I forgave you a long time ago, Yao Biko.”