The Pauper

Nwoko Solomon Ikechukwu

• 03 oktober 2021
• 1230005192861

Samenvatting:

Juliet has been married to Johnson for 15 years without a child. Juliet worries and cries all the time, and is always carried away in thought each time she sees a mother playing and laughing with her baby. Her husband, Mr. Johnson who loved her beyond measure had tried his best to make her happy.

One day, Johnson returned from the office and met his wife sick. He attempted to take her to the hospital, but Juliet refuse and insisted to visit the hospital the next day. While her husband was preparing to go to the office, Juliet pleaded to follow him in his car and be dropped at the hospital, since she was weak to drive her car. Her husband agreed, dropped her at the hospital, and zoomed off to his office.

In the evening, Mr. Johnson, on his way home decided to take his wife Juliet by surprise in order to make her happy. When he got home, however, he became the one taken by surprise. He saw his ever crying wife extremely happy, smiling, and looking very beautiful. After much pleading, Juliet opened up to her husband and told him she was three weeks pregnant, and Mr. Johnson was filled with joy and shared from the euphoria of the moment.

Nine months later, Juliet was rushed to the hospital for her child's delivery. It was, however, discovered that she would not deliver that night, but the next day. Mr. Johnson was already in a business meeting when he received a phone call that his wife has delivered a bouncing baby boy. With joy and enthusiasm, Mr. Johnson jumped into his car and was on a high speed, his thought on his wife and new baby. He was, however, not aware of the lorry driver coming from the other lane of the road also at a high speed with the volume of his radio very high...