I didn’t realise that Sue was taking over me. What I thought was a friendly hand, was the grip of the devil trying to control me. She was dominating and suffocating. When I became aware of it, I wanted to get out of her grasp, but she wouldn’t let me go.
I was eight months pregnant; my husband was away on business when Sue and her friend came tovisit. As we were drinking juice, I was suddenly struck with an unbearable pain – my contractions had started. I lost all my strength and could not see properly, it was as if I were floating in the darkness, until a needle-like pain pierced my arm. I begged them to call an ambulance, but they did not take any notice of me.
I heard the baby’s cry, “my baby! give me my baby!” I pleaded. I lost consciousness and when I woke, I was told it was a stillbirth. I did not believe it; I know what I heard. Sue stole my baby.
About the author
Gulshan was born in Zanzibar and moved to Nairobi when she was twelve years old. When Gulshan was a teen, she began to write short stories and plays in Gujrati which were published in national newspapers and magazines. Gulshan immigrated to London at the end of 1968, where she went on to have two sons and five grandchildren. Gulshan has previously published two children’s stories — “SEA HORN” and “MYSTICAL JOURNEY.”
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