My Emotionless Goddess

Ezekiel thanked the doctor for keeping his health condition from Lucia but the doctor informed him that he did it for her. Seeing that she was pregnant and knew nothing about his condition, he decided to keep it a secret from her. He then urged him to break the news to her because according to his diagnosis, he barely had two months to live. Ezekiel assured him that he would definitely discuss the matter with Lucia and thanked him yet again before leaving to Join Lucia who was waiting for him in the waiting lobby.

” That took you a long time to just say thank you.” Lucia commented. He had been gone for fifteen minutes which according to her was a long time for just a thank you.

” He was occupied and I had to wait for him.” Ezekiel replied casually trying to keep a straight face. Lucia didn’t probe further and dropped the topic. She was so exhausted and jet lagged that she went to bed immediately after they got home.

After ensuring that she was asleep, Ezekiel took his phone and went to the garden outside their Villa. He sat down on a bench and called his father. Something was bugging him ever since his last visit to the doctor. The doctor had revealed to him that the reason he was still alive was because he was given a life prolonging pill when he was younger, that translated to the fact that someone in the family knew about his condition but chose to keep it a secret.

Ezekiel concluded that only his father could bear to keep such a matter a secret for a Long time. He doubted that his mother knew about his health condition.

The call went through and on its second ring, it was connected.

” Hello son?” His father, Mr Greene, greeted. Ezekiel could feel the faint worry in his father’s voice.

” Hello dad, how have you been doing?” He calmly asked.

” Am good. How was your vacation?” His father inquired.

” It was good. I tried spending the last of my days making the woman I love happy because I don’t know how Long I can do that for.” Ezekiel replied. The other side of the call went silent for a minute before he heard his father sigh heavily.

” So you know?” He asked the most obvious question. His voice was deeply laced with remorse.

” I do.” Ezekiel replied and a Long stretched silence ensued between them.

” Why father? Why did you hide something as serious as that from me, from us? I bet mother knows nothing about it.” Ezekiel asked the question he had been yearning to ask. He wanted to get the answer, and only his father had the answer to his question.

” I’m sorry son but I had to do it. I had to do it for you and your mother. After you were born, your mother was declared incapable of getting pregnant again but looking at you, she was so happy that at least she had you. A month after you were born however, you developed complications and we rushed you to the hospital. The doctor later reported to me privately that you were a sickly child and was born with a ruptured nasal membrane. He said that you wouldn’t live past three years but also mentioned a herbal pull that could help prolong your life. Without thinking, I went and emptied my savings and acquired that pill. I did all that in secret. I couldn’t bear to watch your mother sad knowing that the only child she could ever bear wouldn’t last long.” He took a pause to arrange his emotions which were going haywire as he remembered the past.

” You were my only son, the child I had come to love so as Long I could have you by my side for much longer, nothing else mattered. The doctor said that you would grow but not past 26 years old. According to me, that was already a blessing so I took the risk. I Know I should have told you about this but as a father, I couldn’t watch you get depressed daily knowing that your end is near. I have been living the past two years worried, praying that you continue to live longer or maybe what happened back then turns out to be a dream but I can see, the reality is here. Am sorry.” Mr Greene explained.

” Tell me father, is that the reason you never supported the Idea of me getting married?” If Ezekiel could remember well, while his mother continuously nagged him to get a wife, his father would protest saying that it was still early. That had become a topic of resentment between his parents.

” Yes. I didn’t want you to leave behind a broken heart when the time finally came.” His father gave him an honest reply.

” Then why didn’t you stop the engagement between me and Lucia?” Ezekiel inquired. His father seemed rather okay with that.

“What can I do? The inevitable already happened. The two of you were already deeply in love not to mention she was already pregnant with your child. I also want you to have someone accompany you in your darkest moments. I know that’s selfish of me but what can I do son, I can’t bear to watch you leave this world, lonely.” His father answered.

” She’s already pregnant with my child and I can’t tell her to abort the baby. She’s too stubborn. I don’t want to be her burden, having the baby without me is already hard enough for her. How can I ask her to accompany me to my deathbed?” Ezekiel asked bitterly. If time could be reversed, maybe it was better if he never got saved while he was young and left to die. Maybe then, he wouldn’t have to leave Lucia in such a predicament.

” You won’t be around while she gives birth? But she’s only three months due. Does that mean….” Mr Greene couldn’t bring himself to complete his statement.

” Yes father, I only have two months to live or even less. I am almost losing my eyesight as well.” Ezekiel confirmed his father’s fears. The Truth was painful and devastating but what could he do? His fate was already determined and sealed. There was nothing he could do to change that. He was never one to succumb to fate, but at this point he had no energy left to Even think about that so-called fate.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

” Do you plan on not informing her about your situation?” His father asked. According to him, if two people Loved each other, then they were supposed to share the good times and bad times together. Having Lucia by his side would probably make his last days Worth remembering.

” How can I be so selfish to tell her something like that? Isn’t it already hard enough to leave her behind to take care and raise our child all by herself? How can I still dare to ask her company in my last days. It is better she hears about my departure than watching me take my last breath.” Ezekiel was so emotional that his breathing became rugged.

” Okay calm down. Whatever decision you make, I’ll support you but Ezekiel, you can’t keep your mother in the dark for Long. She deserves to Know about your situation.” His father gently reminded him. He could chose to hide it from his woman as a way to protect her but the woman who gave birth to him deserved to know the truth

” Okay I understand. I will head over to see Mom tomorrow after I am done here.” Ezekiel replied. The two of them then bid goodbye to each other with the promise of seeing each other the following day.

Morning came and Lucia woke up to see her man staring at her longingly. She got the impression of someone looking at the other for the last time but immediately shrugged those silly thoughts out of her mind.

” Good morning my Queen.” Kiel greeted, pecking her lips lightly.

” Morning my king.” Lucia replied. They had gotten used to Calling each other King and Queen because they were the king and queen of each other’s life

” Breakfast is ready.” Ezekiel announced taking the tray holding her breakfast and placing it on the bed.

” Wow! Breakfast in bed? Ain’t you pampering me alot today?” Lucia unceremoniously asked, ofcourse it was a casual question but Ezekiel tensed hearing it wondering if she figured it all out. But looking at her broad smile, he was convinced that she just casually mentioned it.

” If I don’t pamper you, who else will I pamper?” Ezekiel replied with a smile completely silencing her. After feeding her breakfast, he volunteered to help her bath before drying her hair and choosing her clothes for the day. Since her belly was getting bigger, we had bought her maternity dresses which allowed her to move freely and were extremely comfortable.. He also helped her wear flat shoes which were easy to walk in with her condition.