A Baby For Billionaire Knox

THEME: Oh my sea! I have legs!

SAINT PETER HOSPITAL

“How are you feeling now?” Doctor Oliver’s soft voice stunned her out of thought.

She looked up at him without saying a word. Adella couldn’t believe she was really in her dream world.

“Oh my sea! The human world was my dream world and now I am in it!” She exclaimed within herself. She was still finding it hard to believe it.

Doctor Oliver moved closer to the bed when she didn’t respond to his uestion. “Can you hear me?” He asked.

“Unbelievable! A human is talking to me!” Adella thought with a wide eye.

Oliver held her wrist to feel her pulse and she was fine. Adella blinked severally. “Oh my sea! A human touched me!” She exclaimed within.

Oliver placed his hand on her forehead and her temperature was normal. “Oh my sea! His hand is so warm.” She closed her eyes at his touch feeling his warmth.

Adella reopened her eyes when she couldn’t feel Oliver’s touch on her forehead again. “Wait.. do I have a tail?” She wondered.

“Her temperature is normal and she is fine.” Doctor Oliver said the the nurse.

And while he was talking to the nurse about her vitals, Adella peered under the cover to see if she has a tail but she saw two long and beautiful legs.

Then she screamed. “Arggghhhh!” Her heart beating rapidly against her chest.

Oliver jumped in fear and turned to Adella as she screamed. “Are you okay?” He asked trying to calm her down.

Adella stopped screaming. “Miss, are you okay?” Oliver asked again.

Adella nodded impatiently and she looked again to be sure the legs are really there. “I have legs!” She screamed out again as she beat her chest gently.

Oliver didn’t know what to do with her.

“Doctor, are you sure we don’t need to check her in a mental home?” The nurse asked.

“All the test revealed that she is fine.” Oliver answered.

Adella removed to soft cover over her leg to a better view. “Oh my sea, my legs are so beautiful.” She covered her mouth.

Doctor Oliver raised an eyebrow at her words. “Well.. I.. I think you need to rest.”

“No I am fine.” she replied sharply. Adella moved her legs on the bed. Adella gasped out again as she was surprised that she could talk to a human and he responded.

“I really do have legs right?” Adella asked the doctor to be sure that she wasn’t hallucinating.

Oliver was confused. “Yes, you have legs because you are a human. So as a human you need legs to walk.” Oliver explained.

Adella relaxed. “Oh my sea! Now I am a human! I have legs to walk like a human and I can even talk like.. like.. like a human!” She blabbed. “I am a human!” She giggled.

“You should rest now.” Doctor Oliver pushed her gently to rest her back on the bed and she did. “Miss, what is your name?” He asked.

“Name?” Adella repeated with a raised eyebrow.

“Yes, what is your name?” Oliver asked again.

And she gave him a short nod while looking around the room “What is your name?” She asked him, trying to repeat the question he asked her.

“I am Doctor Oliver Scott.” He replied.

“I am… Doc-tor Oli -” Adella paused when she couldn’t pronounce his name.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

The nurse stiffed back a laugh and Adella looked at her. “What is your name?” She pointed to the nurse.

“Nurse Jane.” The nurse replied.

Adella made a tsk tsk sound. “Ja… de..” She repeated wrongly.

The word sounded like a precious jewel in her world, she even had one in her box. “Miss, it is Jane.” The nurse corrected her.

“Jade… Ja.. ne.. Strange.” Adella muttered but she clapped excitedly.

“Nurse Jane, can you please excuse us? I need to talk to her alone.” Oliver requested.

“Okay Doctor Oliver.” The nurse replied and exited the room. Adella fixed her gaze on the nurse’s legs as she walked away.

“Can.. you.. please.. remove this?” Adella pointed to the plaster at the back of her right palm as she shifted uncomfortably in bed.

Adella was anxious to see her legs properly and she wanted to walk like the nurse. She liked how the nurse had gracefully walked with her legs.

“No it is for -” Oliver tried to object but Adella removed the plaster, pulling out the scalp vein in the process and she yelped at the sharp pain.

“Why did you do that?!” Doctor Oliver scolded and moved closer to her.

Adella stared at him. “Oh! I am bleeding! I have a blood now too… blood.. what do I do, it hurts.. so much.” She panicked.

Adella had always hated the sight of blood and that’s why she couldn’t train in the royal infirmary in her world when her father suggested it.

“Wait here.. don’t touch it. Let me cotton wool.” Doctor Oliver walked out of the room.

“Cotton – Wool.” She repeated correctly.

And Adella clapped happily that she pronounced a human word correctly. “This is a dream come true… thank you my sea!”

Adella hopped out of bed, she took the first step, second and third. “Finally! I have human legs and no more tail!” She walked to and fro and all around the room.

Adella jumped happily. “I am in the human world!” She looked down at the cloth she had on. It was the hospital gown. “Pretty.” She said.

Adella swirled around checking out her legs. ” I should sing to my sea for granting my wish.”

She went to the holter machine next to the bed and she began to beat it like a drum as she sings along.

I am a fair mermaid

Singing alone

In the human world

Oh how fun is it? So fun!

I would kiss you my sea

For granting my wish

Oh Great –

Adella was interrupted by the opening of the door and Oliver rushed towards her. “Miss stop that!” He pulled her away from the machine.

“Why? I was just singing to my sea for -”

Oliver interrupted her. “It is a machine and not a drumset. Sit down.” he ordered.

Adella shook her head to object as she tried to walk to the door but then he pushed her towards the bed and lay er down forcefully.

Adella’s hands went around his waist and he fell on her. She checked him out, his beautiful eyes, well sculpted nose, his lips, well tightened jaw – He was handsome! She concluded.

They stared at each other for some seconds before Oliver pushed her down and stood up. “What is wrong with you?!” He asked with a deep frown on his face.

Adella pouted. “I am so happy.” She giggled, still laying back in bed.

Doctor Oliver shook his head. “You are weird.” he muttered.

Then she covered her face with her palms. “You are weird.” she mimicked him and giggled at the sound of her voice.

Doctor Oliver grabbed her wrist to wipe the blood at the back of her palm. He removed the nylon gloves in his hands and went ahead to dump them in the bin at the corner of the room.

Adella used that chance to stand up from the bed and stamped her feet. She wanted to leave the room to see other parts of the human world.

He walked back to the bed. “You need to rest. And miss I was asking -”

Adella ran out of the room while Oliver was trying to adjust the machine. She was fast.

“Miss!” Oliver called out.

In the hallway Adella saw people dressed in the same uniform. “Wow! Human.. so many humans.” She waved at a baby.

“Come back miss!” Doctor Oliver ran after her.

Then Adella spun on her heels when she heard his voice. He had a second thought on what nurse Jane had said earlier, he thought if she really need to be checked into a mental home. Adella ran fast.. too fast and soon he lost track of her. He couldn’t let her go like that because someone might hurt her. And all he wanted to know was how she ended up being buried in the sand on the beach.