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A Girl's Birth
#WritcoStoryPrompt33
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?...
She breathed heavily, out of pain, but from which one? She knew it. Her home will be wrecked again. In the past 5yrs of marriage, all she gave her husband were 3 daughters. She wanted to cling to the hospital bed forever. The home she was going to go to, can't be called a home. Suddenly, her in-laws rushed into the room. The surprise made her forget about her fear for a while, before making it worse in the next while. "A daughter again?!" the woman she called "mother" said with disgust. "Madam, this is a hospital room and a gir-" the doctor was interrupted with the father's growls. "A girl! A GIRL!" the father took a deep breath before shouting again "Doctors! You know all kind of science right? Can't you just give us some medicine that can be eaten so that she can finally give us a B O Y! The mother lied silent on the bed, with half guilt and half disgust. The doctor present there could easily find out that the parents weren't educated. The most difficult thing to do was to reason with fools.
Abusive language was being thrown to the mother from the parents. Before they could yank her from the hospital bed, another doctor with deep sunken eyes and disgust written all over his face stepped in. "You people, ca- no just get out" the doctor said, followed by a sigh. The mother didn't even look in his eyes. She knew he was just another passenger who came by to take part in the drama. It's always that way. The doctor grunted "You're angry cause you got a girl child, huh? Good, let me throw her and give you a boy then". The former doctor gasped, "Senior Rad! You can't do tha-" "I know what I'm doing, Samal, see they're all stiff now"
The mother and her in-laws both stood bewildered there. The mother clutched her daughter close while the mother-in-law finally spook, "Yo-you know that'll be murder right?! You are a saviour, not a killer!" Rad, without even thinking just sneered "Then are you one? Here if I kill her she will die a quick and painless death. Living with you, she's just going to die in a long, lonely way". Samal pressed his forehead while muttering "Senior....is just always.....when he has night duties....".
The mother-in-law and father-in-law both stared at each other. Finally the mother of the child spoke, "Mr.Doctor, this is my child. I have the right on her, right? I will take care of her, please....please don't do anything to her". To this, Rad just gave her an inferior look "Can you say they same words to them when you reach home? Can you ensure the girl won't grow up thinking it was better for her to be a boy? better for her to be born in another family? say!" She knew she couldn't do it, but she wanted to try. Maybe, just maybe she can protect them all. There was chance, these girls won't grow up to be a child bearing machine. These thoughts gave her the courage to say "Yes, I can". Before Doctor Rad could come up with another set of abstract questions, Samal flicked Rad's forehead and said, "That's enough, you should go to sleep now, senior". "And as for you all, don't worry I have called the police here already. I know those incompetent fellows would never be able to stop your foolish lust for a boy child, but atleast they can slow that lust to the level that the girl can grow up saying "Thank you for giving birth to me, mother". The in-laws quarrelled in vain. Senior Rad slumped down on Samal's shoulders. The mother smilled with the police sirens in the background.
© @Ice
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?...
She breathed heavily, out of pain, but from which one? She knew it. Her home will be wrecked again. In the past 5yrs of marriage, all she gave her husband were 3 daughters. She wanted to cling to the hospital bed forever. The home she was going to go to, can't be called a home. Suddenly, her in-laws rushed into the room. The surprise made her forget about her fear for a while, before making it worse in the next while. "A daughter again?!" the woman she called "mother" said with disgust. "Madam, this is a hospital room and a gir-" the doctor was interrupted with the father's growls. "A girl! A GIRL!" the father took a deep breath before shouting again "Doctors! You know all kind of science right? Can't you just give us some medicine that can be eaten so that she can finally give us a B O Y! The mother lied silent on the bed, with half guilt and half disgust. The doctor present there could easily find out that the parents weren't educated. The most difficult thing to do was to reason with fools.
Abusive language was being thrown to the mother from the parents. Before they could yank her from the hospital bed, another doctor with deep sunken eyes and disgust written all over his face stepped in. "You people, ca- no just get out" the doctor said, followed by a sigh. The mother didn't even look in his eyes. She knew he was just another passenger who came by to take part in the drama. It's always that way. The doctor grunted "You're angry cause you got a girl child, huh? Good, let me throw her and give you a boy then". The former doctor gasped, "Senior Rad! You can't do tha-" "I know what I'm doing, Samal, see they're all stiff now"
The mother and her in-laws both stood bewildered there. The mother clutched her daughter close while the mother-in-law finally spook, "Yo-you know that'll be murder right?! You are a saviour, not a killer!" Rad, without even thinking just sneered "Then are you one? Here if I kill her she will die a quick and painless death. Living with you, she's just going to die in a long, lonely way". Samal pressed his forehead while muttering "Senior....is just always.....when he has night duties....".
The mother-in-law and father-in-law both stared at each other. Finally the mother of the child spoke, "Mr.Doctor, this is my child. I have the right on her, right? I will take care of her, please....please don't do anything to her". To this, Rad just gave her an inferior look "Can you say they same words to them when you reach home? Can you ensure the girl won't grow up thinking it was better for her to be a boy? better for her to be born in another family? say!" She knew she couldn't do it, but she wanted to try. Maybe, just maybe she can protect them all. There was chance, these girls won't grow up to be a child bearing machine. These thoughts gave her the courage to say "Yes, I can". Before Doctor Rad could come up with another set of abstract questions, Samal flicked Rad's forehead and said, "That's enough, you should go to sleep now, senior". "And as for you all, don't worry I have called the police here already. I know those incompetent fellows would never be able to stop your foolish lust for a boy child, but atleast they can slow that lust to the level that the girl can grow up saying "Thank you for giving birth to me, mother". The in-laws quarrelled in vain. Senior Rad slumped down on Samal's shoulders. The mother smilled with the police sirens in the background.
© @Ice
