(Nonkuthazo is alone in the patient’s room at Icy Cape Hospital.)
Nonkuthazo: Dear God, please forgive me for my sins. I think the reason I fell down yesterday is because I’m pregnant. My parents will never forgive me for becoming pregnant.
(Doctor Ring Hillock knocks on Nonkuthazo’s patient room.)
Nonkuthazo: Come inside, Doctor.
Doctor Ring Hillock: I’m very glad you woke up early.
Nonkuthazo: Oh God, I wish I am not HIV positive or pregnant. I am not ready to face those challenges.
Doctor Ring Hillock: You must relax; everything is fine. When you arrived yesterday you were feeling very dizzy and I took blood tests. Your blood is very clean.
Nonkuthazo: Thank you, God.
Doctor Ring Hillock: I can tell you good news, Nonkuthazo.
Nonkuthazo: Please tell me, doctor.
Doctor Ring Hillock: You are not sick: the reason you suffered from high blood pressure yesterday is because you are pregnant and you haven’t been eating healthy food.
Nonkuthazo: Oh my God, my parents will kill me. My father will be very disappointed in me. He always saw me as an angel who will bring home fifteen cows one day when the right man comes along and marries me.
Doctor Ring Hillock: If you didn’t want to be pregnant, you should have used a condom or other contraception methods.
Nonkuthazo: I made a wrong choice by becoming pregnant.
(Nonkuthazo’s parents and Nzaliseko knock on Nonkuthazo’s door.)
Doctor Ring Hillock: Come inside, please.
Nosidima: Oh, thank you God, my child is still alive. I thought the big and heartless witchcrafts and their leprechauns would kill my child.
Nonkuthazo: Don’t worry, my mother. God protected me from all the devil’s spirits.
Nzaliseko: I was very hurt when death almost stole Nonkuthazo in front of us.
Nonkuthazo: Nzaliseko, I’m feeling very strong.
Sifuba: Nonkuthazo, I didn’t sleep the whole night because I was thinking about you. I will spend more time with you, my baby girl, when you are at home. I will treat you like you are three months old every day.
Nosidima: Doctor, please tells us the reason why my child was very sick yesterday.
Doctor Ring Hillock: I think your child is not ready to discuss her sickness with you guys.
Nosidima: Doctor, please tells us why we almost lost our child.
Nonkuthazo: Please, my mother, I am not ready to tell you quite yet.
Nosidima: We will always support you, even if you suffer from HIV.
Nonkuthazo: I don’t have HIV.
Nosidima: We just want to know about your health condition.
Doctor Ring Hillock: Nonkuthazo is not sick, she is three weeks pregnant.
Nosidima: I don’t believe what you are telling me about my little daughter. Nonkuthazo why have you broken my heart?
Nonkuthazo: I’m really sorry, Mom.
Nosidima: Don’t say sorry to me. You must have an abortion.
Tell us: How would you feel if your mother told you that you must get an abortion?