Storm in a Woman's Heart

By Mark Classican

Copyright 2016 Mark Classican

Published by Mark Classican at Smashowords Books

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

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Chapter 1

The heart is like the engine of the body of a mammal. When it stops, life stops. That is the reason why we associate our emotional journey with heart and address it as such. The heart is associated with emotional journey in many cases. For an example, we address emotional pain as broken heart. We address great love as to love whole-heartedly.

Well. Talking about great love and broken heart reminds me of a woman who her name is Sarah Noah. If what Sarah is going through at this moment is really her fate, it means fate can sometimes be cruel. I am saying this with my eyes full of tears as I am looking at a woman who I think fate is intentionally really proving its unfairness towards her. I am just not sure if what is currently happening to her is fate or just life challenges that will pass as time goes by.

Sarah struggled to catch a sleep last night. She has been tossing and turning for the whole night. She turned nocturnal where silence of the night befriended her ears. An electric lamp from outside the house provided her bedroom with a faint yellow sheen light that peeped through her window curtain. That light gave her at least a good view of the room, though she was not seeing it due to absence of her mind. Who can blame her? Life has many challenges that give us sleepless nights in many cases. In most cases, our debts are most things that keep us on our knees throughout the nights, especially when it approaches the end of the month. If heavens access was under my authority, I was going to make sure that the person who came with the idea of currency was not going to enter or even touch the heavens gates. Me and other people who view life closely, we say money is the root of evil. It divides people. Money has no peace. It does not make permanent friends and it has more graves in its name. Though they say life is a blessing, in many people’s world, life is debts. You cannot live without them.

If you think the reason behind Sarah’s sleepless night is her debts, I am sorry to tell you that, once again you thought wrong. She had things on her mind and those things denied her to sleep a wink. Her stay in boyfriend, Calvin did not sleep at home for the whole weekend. Yes. Calvin has turned to be a part of her sleepless nights nowadays, though last night he was not the only reason that turned her nocturnal. Calvin’s loose behaviour was a minor issue compared to the issue of a two months old baby girl admitted in Hope hills Hospital with her father due to carnage that happened on the N1 highway that crosses through the belly of Hope hills Township. That is one of the heartbreaking kinds of news that we mostly read about in the newspapers, hear them on radio and watch them on television. Motor vehicle accidents injure and kill people horribly. It happens every day and everywhere on the world’s roads. In most cases when we see shocking things happening to other people, we do not feel touched because we think those things will never happen to us or affect us in anyway. It looks like Sarah differs a little bit from us because she does not know that injured little baby or her father in any way, but she is deeply touched where she cannot even sleep at night.

Sarah Noah is a beautiful 27-year-old tall African woman with beauty that can take your imagination to heaven. She is tall, light in complexion and soft spoken. Her big round eyes reminds me of a doll that my mother bought for my younger sister as a Christmas present many years ago. Sarah is working as a nurse at Hope hills Hospital. If you can see Sarah at work, you might think she was born to be a nurse. You might think nursing is a calling for her than just a job. It is as if she was born only to love and care for patients. She is always wearing her beautiful smile. Her touches towards her patients might make a full-grown man feel like a two weeks old baby. Well, briefly I can just say her warm personality has a power to bring a dying man back to life.

Sarah has been working in Hope hills Hospital as a nurse for a period of three years though she was born and raised in Soul City in another province called Blue Rose province of South Africa. The only reason that brought her to Hope hills is work. I once met an old man who was old indeed, and he told me that he heard his old grandfather who also heard from his old grandfather who was very old saying home is where the heart is. I do not have a doubt that you also heard those words before from people who also heard them from other people who heard them from other people who were also not sure where they heard those words. Today I want to rephrase those words by saying home is where your bread finds butter. Any place where you can stay and find peace of mind is your home.

Sarah has found a peace of mind in Hope hills and she even turned that city in to her home. She has a house of her own in Hope hills west, which is one of the sections of Hope hills Township. Her house is not far from Hope hills Hospital view section, which is just a neighbouring section of Hope hills west, where the hospital that she works for based. She has big and beautiful house though she does not have a child. She tried to have a child before and even tried to get medical help that was when the doctors told her that her chances of getting pregnant are almost impossible because of the unknown abnormal growth that blocked her fallopian tubes.

Well. Before we can drift further, let us go back to Sarah’s sleepless night issue and hear what the real reasons were. If I personally did not know that Sarah was naturally a woman with a heart of gold, I would have thought the injured infant touched her because she reminded her of something that she could not have, which is her own baby. Let us put that thought aside because up to this far we know Sarah and we know that her love is for every living human. I am just not sure if the dead are receiving the same love from her.

A woman’s kindness and beauty does not always define the perfection of her love life. So many men are not sure about what they want in a woman in this dear life. It looks like their only job is to hurt abuse and break the poor good women’s hearts. Believe me when I tell you that they do that job as if they earn for it. It is just like that even when it comes to Sarah’s love life. Sarah is not just a beautiful woman. She is a hard worker who is financially stable. She dated two men since she came to Hope hills. The first one was the man who she knew through her friend who was also her colleague. His name was Cedric.

Cedric was a tall dark person who was a police officer at Hope hills police station. He was only in Hope hills due to work. He was from another town of Capricorn province called Allan Ridge. Cedric promised her a marriage and he introduced her to his family. The relationship was going so smooth and they were both living in Sarah’s house. That was the time where they were trying to have a baby and found the heart wrecking news from the doctors that it was hard for Sarah to conceive. Cedric did not show much disappointment on that issue. Alternatively, can I say he hid his true feelings about that matter? Yes. I can say that and you will have no choice, but to believe me because I am the one who knows Cedric better than you do. Cedric did not talk about marriage as he used to before he finds that Sarah’s chances of getting pregnant were very slim. The doctors told Sarah that she could not conceive. That issue became like a dark cloud to her heart.

Before we can have a debate on Cedric’s true feelings towards Sarah’s condition, let us check his actions from then because they are coming with answers to our questions. Cedric started to change dramatically and gave Sarah a cold shoulder in most cases. He was no longer sleeping at Sarah’s house every night as he used to. That broke Sarah’s heart so bad. She tried to talk to him about that issue though at that time she received less attention. Sarah loved him so much. Her love for him was ten times more than the love that Juliet had for Romeo. She convinced herself by just saying that perhaps Cedric was still in a bad space because he just lost his sister through cancer. She thought him being distant was probably because he was mourning his sister and he will come around when time has healed him.

Sarah’s world of hopes about Cedric got shattered some day when she was at work on dayshift. You should have seen her on that day. Wow. Now I know that God took his time when he made people like Sarah so that he can show his last skills and prove to the world that he can make beautiful people when he want to. I am not complaining that God did not put much effort when he made me and you, my dear brother and sister. I am also pleading with you not to think that perhaps I have issues with your looks. I just wish he focused more when he was working on our noses, cheeks and few more body parts so that we can be little perfect as Sarah.

I know that you might be biting your lower lip hard in jealous when you hear me explaining how beautiful Sarah was in her uniform. You too would have had no choice, but to support me on this matter if you saw her too. She was wearing a white dress that nurses wear in that hospital. Her African woman body shape fitted nicely in that white dress and her long thick legs were in the shiny silk stalking that did not differ much from her skin tone. Her high-heel shoes were making the sound that was making the statement in the hospital corridors as she was walking.

Sarah was at the reception’s patience waiting room and making sure that people are getting the necessary help. It was clear that she was doing her good job as usual, but to me it seemed as if she was doing the good and the bad job at the same time. The good job that she was doing was to give those patients a warm approach and the smile that gave them a hope to life where some of them even felt like they were healthy again before they can even get medical attention. The bad job that she was doing was that her beauty was turning the heads of the entire patients where I do not have a doubt that most of them were at risk of neck dislocation death as they were turning their heads with every movement she made.

Well. If I can have a chance to talk about Sarah’s beauty, I might go on and on and end up forgetting to tell you how her hopes about Cedric got shattered. Let me tell you before you can start to boycott, make unnecessary demand, as I am your government, and have failed to deliver the service that I promised during my presidential election campaign. That is politics and you know how it goes. It is about time you and I leave the politics for now until the next presidential elections and get back to our Sarah’s shattered hope matter.

As I was saying, Sarah was at the patient waiting room. She was busy talking to an elderly woman when she heard the voice of a young woman calling for her attention from behind.

Excuse me, Nurse.

Sarah turned and looked at her with a smiling innocent face as usual. She was a heavily pregnant woman standing there with a rather frowned face that showed that she was not happy.

Hello, my sister. How can I assist you please? Sarah asks.

Assist me? What makes you think I will ever need your assistance? The pregnant girl replied with a gross insubordination towards Sarah. Sarah’s smile quickly replaced by great curiosity surprise and disbelief.

Excuse me… Sarah replied.

No. I do not think I will excuse you. You are the one who should excuse me. In fact, excuse me. Is your name Sarah? The pregnant girl asked.

Sarah opened her mouth and closed it without saying a word to show that she was extremely shocked. Then the pregnant girl continues to talk.

Oh. Never mind. Of course, you are Sarah. I see it on your nametag. Perhaps now we can go back to your question of how can you assist me. I am pregnant as you can see. If you think I am here to seek your medical help because my pregnancy has complications, you thought wrong, sister dear. The only thing that is giving me complications is you. Now let me tell you how you can assist me. Cedric is the father of my child. You can assist me by leaving him then hell alone. Do you hear me? Leave my man the hell alone. Please, Sarah!

Sarah looks at the pregnant woman with great disbelief of what she just said.

At this moment Sarah gathered some little strength to ask just one little question that just came out of her mouth though it looks like her mind was absent from her body at that particular moment. She is in great shock. What?

Jezebel continues raging. Please, Sarah. I am asking you woman to woman. By the way, my name is Jezebel. I hope you will assist me on that matter, nurse.

Jezebel turns and walks exit the reception.

I know that you men might not understand why Sarah did not throw few slaps across Jezebel’s face because it is in our nature as gentle men to apply violence on difficult issues such as this one. At the same time, I know that women understand why Sarah excused herself, ran to the bathroom, and locked herself in the cubicle for few minutes. I guess it is in the nature on you my sisters to flood your stressful moments away with tears before you can regain you strength to try to deal with the situation. It is natural. We cannot do anything to change that. We found it like that when we were born. Moreover, I do not have a doubt that we will die and leave it like that so that more generations will do as we did.

After Sarah Locked herself in the bathroom, she took her phone and called Cedric immediately.

Hello, Cedric. Do you know Jezebel?

Jez... Jezebel? Which Jezebel are you talking about? Cedric replies.

Drop that act, Cedric. Why are you asking me which Jezebel? How many Jezebels did you make pregnant? Okay. I do not know which one of them I know. What I know is that she is short, light in complexion and she is pregnant with your child. Sarah said those lines without pausing.

W… What? Who told you…? I mean where did you get that from? Cedric stuttering.

It is not important where I got that from, Cedric. Just tell me if you know that girl. Sarah demands.

Cedric just fell silent and his silence spoke volumes to Sarah. It gave her the answers that she was not hoping to get.

Sarah continues talking. No. No. No. Cedric! Please do not tell me that it is true.

Finally, Cedric replies. I am sorry Sarah. Yes it is true.

What? Cedric! Sarah asked with a shocked voice.

Cedric continues. Yes. It is true that Jezebel is pregnant with my baby. I am sorry you had to find-out like that. I just could not live with the fact of being with you after I knew that you cannot be able to give me children.

Sarah started to cry bitterly. Cedric. How can you do this to me? Sarah’s question followed by the moment of few seconds of silence from Cedric before he hanged-up the phone. Sarah tried to call again, but it rang unanswered. She then tried again and finds Cedric’s phone been switched off. Sarah was in emotional pain. I feel her pain as if she is my conjoined twin sister. Those who have once or twice been hurt in love know how hard it is. That pain is greater that the pain of being slapped across the face by the hard and rough hand of a giant man. No pain can merge the pain of a broken heart. The cloud that clouded her heart became darker and heavier. The fact that she could not conceive has ruined her healthy relationship with the man she loves. She cannot blame herself, but God.

Sarah was a professional woman though. She pulled herself together and carried on with her daily duties though you and I know how hard that was. She went home later that evening and found that Cedric took everything that belonged to him from Sarah’s house. That was the last time Sarah heard from Cedric.

It does not matter how hard you can be hurt in love. Though from your personal point of view it might seem as if love does not exist, believe me when I tell you that those will be just the words that are coming from the pain of your broken heart. Time will heal you. Once time healed and mended your broken heart, you will find yourself in the hands of someone who you say is your lover once again. On that point, I can just take a minute and take a sip from a black coffee that is in front of me while I am giving those who have experienced what I am talking about a chance to put in some words to support my statement. I know for sure that I am not the only person who has that experience. Even our very own Sarah that we are talking about at the current moment went through that.

After few months of Sarah being single, she finally met Calvin. In a matter of two months, they were calling each other with all those sweet names that are in every love fairytale novel you ever read in your life. They were calling each other with the names like chocolate, sweet, honey, sugar and all those names that