Jasleena

We both had taken a seat and were in silence for a bit. "How have you been, Leena?" I looked at her, "I've been pretty good honestly. How are you?" She was still looking towards the yard. "I'm good. Can't say the same about Paola. I know you aren't friends anymore and I completely understand why. But things have been really tough for her." I didn't speak which made her know she could continue. "When everything happened, she never told me who the babys dad was. She told me she wasn't ready to share that with me. She seemed very down for a while. She was only eating because of the baby. The dad was nowhere. I did not know it was Jacob until Thanksgiving. I was so disappointed in her. But my baby girl needed me. Jacob left for about a month. He did not contact Paola at all. Not about her nor the baby." She shook her head. "He decided to show up again. Crazy thing is, it was the Sunday after Thanksgiving."

I knew something was wrong because she got pretty quiet for a few minutes. She looked so hurt. "Leena, he pushed her. I don't really know what happened. Only Paola and Jacob know what went down. But I had just gotten home and I heard some yelling. Then a big crash. I started running up to Paola's room and Jacob ran by me so fast he almost pushed me down the steps. That's when I knew something happened to Paola. I ran so fast and there she was." She was crying, I saw the tears falling off her face. "She was lying on the ground and was bleeding. She was 27 weeks." She started crying. I rubbed her arm in comfort. She wiped her face, "I rushed her to the hospital. They took her in. I saw as they started hooking the IV, the monitors around her belly to detect the baby's heartbeat and so on. I was standing there in fear for my daughter and grandson." She sobbed. So she was having a baby boy... I was not ready for the next thing she said. "They got everything hooked up and all... Then suddenly she started seizing. And the nurse started rushing me out of the room. I was screaming, crying, confused, and an overall mess.

It felt like hours had gone by when the doctor came out. I reached him and all I remember from that moment was me crying and rushing in the room. Right after he said 'I was only able to save your daughter. The baby passed during the seizure. I'm so sorry.' I-I-It fel-" She started sobbing... I was stuck. I felt tongue tied. I felt empty. I felt like it was all my fault. If I didn't over react, then I would have been there for her and it would have never happened. But then I thought of the fact it all would have never happened if she didn't get with Jacob. She lost her first baby. Because Jacob pushed her. What could have been so bad between them that would have him lay his hands on her. I hugged her, really tight. "I'm so sorry Tia."