It seems like yesterday when Amara and I were in university and now she is having a baby.
(looks at Chioma) Just seems surreal.
It is the word ‘baby’ that leaves Chioma with the oddest of feelings, as her face wrinkles in pain. Uche burns her with a quick sharp glance that suggests that he equally knows the word broke her heart.
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INT. ROOM 7, WING C, ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS
Femi trains his attention on Chioma, as she speaks into the Recorder, lost in deep thoughts.
CHIOMA
I could not explain why or how, but my heart broke when I heard the word ‘baby’ and I knew Uche knew it too. I couldn’t hide my feelings for Emeka any longer. It took complete control over me. I felt like I had just lost the most precious thing in my life even though I’d just met him a few moments ago.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. LEKKI-EPE EXPRESSWAY - CONTINUOUS - FLASHBACK
Uche looks back to the road ahead. In the silence of the car, on the ride home, Chioma sheds few quiet tears of loss. A few moments later, while looking at the beautiful nightlife of Lekki though the FULLY rolled-up window by her right, Chioma breaks her silence:
CHIOMA
Who’s the father?
Chioma asks, trying to fight the thought that Emeka will soon be a father.
UCHE
You like him. Don’t you?
CHIOMA
Who?
She pretends to have no idea of who Uche is referring to.