??Love and betrayal ??
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??Episode 47??
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Doctor Anaman removes the stethoscope from his ears, folds
it, and places it carefully on his desk.
He looks quite shaken as he looks at Effe.
Effe and Eyram watch him apprehensively as he blows air
throu-ghhis li-ps and stands up.
Out in the reception their parents are waiting with Elaine, Aunt
Ruth and Rupert, all of whom had decided to accompany Effe
to her first official ante-natal appointment with Doctor
Anaman.
EFFE
(concerned and uneasy)
Gabe? Is everything okay?
DR. ANAMAN
Mm? Oh, yes, yes. Just want to be sure of something.
Please, come here a moment, would you?
He is indicating the state-of-the-art examination bed in his
hu-ge office.
He pulls the curtains off and when Effe approaches him
uncertainly he tries a ti-ght smile and indicates the bed.
Effe lies down, and the attending nurse covers her lower
abdomen and legs with a clean sheet, and draws up Effe’s
blouse, expo-sing her beautiful belly.
Doctor Anaman puts on gloves and then puts on the scanner,
smears a lubricant on Effe’s lower abdomen, and then places
the convex probe and starts a gentle but firm enquiry.
Eyram, sensing there might be something amiss, stands beside
Effe and takes her hand, sharing stress and giving strength
just like twins only know how.
EFFE
(a little afraid now)
Gabe?
Doctor Anaman punches on the keyboard, and a printer is
activated and starts printing.
He extracts several tissues from a box and cleans Effe’s belly
thorou-ghly.
He takes off his gloves and throws them in a bin, and then he
picks up the printed material, looks at it, and hands it to Effe.
EYRAM
(sharply)
Damn it, Doc! You’re scaring us!!
EFFE
Rammy!!
DR. ANAMAN
(smiling gently)
Let her be, Effe. Well, I just wanted to be sure. And it is
confirmed. Seems to me you’re going to nee-d extra care and
handling, my dear. At your age, and seeing this is your first
pregnancy, twins will involve a little bit more extra care, don’t
you think?
Eyram could feel Effe’s fingers squeezing her hand strongly,
and when she looks down she sees the absolute shock and
wonder on her sister’s face.
EYRAM
(in a mischievous voice)
Well, now I believe that boy really rocked you well!
Effe looks at her sister, and even though she begins to laugh,
tears also well up in her eyes, and at that moment the beautiful
soul she has in her merges with her external beauty, and she
looks incredibly astounding.
DR. ANAMAN
(in a gentle voice)
I agree with you, Eyram. If that boy can make confirmed
barren women get pregnant with twins, then I guess I should
refer some barren women to him, since Effe here does not
want him anymore!
Effe sits up, her lower li-p between her teeth, and pulls down
her blouse.
Her eyes are filled with wonder, and she shakes her head
slowly.
EFFE
(in a little voice)
I guess, with two children, he has to lend a hand, doesn’t he,
that bad boy? I mean, I can’t clean all that poop alone, can I?
EYRAM
You have to call him.
EFFE
Could be in Switzerland now, Rammy. Haven’t heard from him
after I snubbed him the last time we met. But I can’t go on
without him, Rammy. I miss him. I miss that damn bad
Darling Boy. I’m no longer angry at him. I just want to love
him, and marry him, and have his two big-headed children. I
miss his arms around me so much!
EYRAM
Yeah, you do, Ef. He really rocked you good.
Effe starts to laugh at that, then suddenly she begins to cry
softly, overcome with emotions, and Eyram goes to her, and
hu-gs her, and smiles as her sister’s tears of happiness fall
gently.
The door slams open, and Ken Kedem enters, his face flushed
and excited.
He stops, struck by the for-ce of the emotional clout in the
room.
KEN KEDEM
And what is going on here? Hey, Gabriel Anaman, what have
you done to my grandchild now?
DR. ANAMAN
Grandchildren, Ken, grandchildren.
Effe is going to have twins.
KEN KEDEM
As in two babies? My good gracious, girl! Now I love that boy
even more! He’s got a straight pe-nis ! Not a crooked one like
Steve’s!
EYRAM
(bursting into uncontrollable laughter)
Daddy!!!!
KEN KEDEM
Well, they say men with crooked di-cks can’t shoot straight.
He goes to Effe and hu-gs her ti-ghtly.
EFFE
(drying her eyes and chuckling)
I love him, Dad. I love him so much. But I let him go! I lost
him!
Ken Kedem’s face turns into an excited mask all over again.
KEN KEDEM
Yeah, yeah! That’s why I came in! I couldn’t stand you
standing there mooching and dark all day and night long. I
called him yesterday and told him you know everything. I told
him we discussed the Sweet Ama Baby thing. He told me he
didn’t believe all that your Mama and Steve told him about
you. He just thought you despised him for something he
refused to tell me, and I told him you love and want him the
way he is. And now he’s out there in the sky! Flying and
dropping pictures around!
EFFE
Who? Chris?
KEN KEDEM
Who else? Yes, your taxi driver! He’s flying in the sky shooting
pictures! Come, come and see! Oh, wait, I think you can even
see it right here!
He rushes to the hu-ge French windows and sweeps the dra-pes
to one side, and Effe gasps at what she sees!
There is a helicopter hovering in the air outside the window,
and a lot of white A4-sized white papers are flying out of it.
And trailing from the tail of the helicopter, is a hu-ge heart-
shaped red poster, and on it are the hu-ge white words:
I’M SORRY, EFFE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!
Effe walks towards the window as if in a dream, and her
trembling fingers touch her li-ps.
Her hand reaches out, and she opens the hu-ge windows and
steps unto the protruding terrace beyond.
DR. ANAMAN
Effe! Be careful!!
The rotors of the helicopter blow more of the papers unto the
terrace, and she reaches out and catches one, and looks at it.
It is a picture of her, taken at the Jamaican Resort.
She is standing, and somehow, a photo of Chris on his knees
has been photo-shopped into the picture, and he is holding up
a most beautiful diamond-encrusted ring.
And below that picture are the words:
WILL YOU MARRY ME,
MY PRECIOUS EFFE?
EFFE
(laughing, crying, her heart full with emotion)
Yes, yes, yes, my love, my wonderful sweet taxi driver, YES!!!
She looks at the helicopter, and it swings in her direction, and
glides upwards until she cannot see it anymore, and just as
she begins to turn back into the room a rope ladder suddenly
appears over the terrace.
She stares at it, incredulous, immobile, shocked.
She takes halting steps towards it, and a moment later Chris
appears, climbing down the rope ladder.
He is wearing only black jeans, black Nike sneakers and a
white singlet.
CHRIS
(shouting and smiling)
I was watching you throu-gha binocular, and I saw you saying
yes, yes, yes, YES!!!
Effe is still laughing and crying, and the look of sheer love and
adoration on her face sets his heart alive, and he has never
known such happiness.
EFFE
Is that ladder attached to the helicopter?
CHRIS
Yep.
EFFE
(suddenly scared)
Oh, dear, come down here, Chris, please get down!
CHRIS
I was scared, Effe! I thought if you knew what I did, with her,
you would find me repulsive! I never believed you slept with
Steve, or that you tried to kill me! I was just scared of what you
might think of me if you knew about … about …
EFFE
Oh, Chris! I knew! All along! I know you didn’t know! It was no
fault of yours, my darling! All that is behind us now, my
darling!
CHRIS
Do you love me?
EFFE
Yes, yes, yes, and I want to be with you. Please get down
here!!! You should stop these things, Chris, darling, please!
You’re going to be a father …to two kids!
Hanging unto the rope, his face becomes beautiful with a look
of sheer delight, and transforms him completely, and she is
amazed that her joy can be so much reflected in him!
CHRIS
Twins?
She nods profusely, and puts trembling fingers to her li-ps.
EFFE
Yes, my love!
CHRIS
(smiling mischievously)
Oh! My Precious! You see, you didn’t want to sleep that night!
You wanted to do it again and again and again… now see
what’s happened!
Effe breaks into uncontrollable peals of laughter, and then he
jumps unto the terrace, no longer smiling, but his face filled
with a love so de-ep, so complete, so divine, that she knows
this is IT, the love every woman seeks, but only a few lucky
ones find.
He looks at her, and she looks like an angel, and he knows,
de-ep down, that this is IT, the love his heart has sought, the
love every man craved but only a he, the lucky one, had found.
This is the woman he is going to love for the rest of his life.
He catches her, draws her near, and gives her a torture of a
ki-ss… that goes on and on and on…
And when he finally stands back, and looks at her with his
heart on his face,
she moves forward, and catches him…
To be continued…