LIGHT IN DARKNESS 

By Tessa Harvey

THE STORM

Alice looked at the young couple, watching over their baby, with bitterness in her heart. Unseen she saw the small chest rise and fall and become still. The woman looked bleak and far away. She was in a wheelchair, weak from loss of blood. She would survive, she could have another child. Alice could not. Her respected ex-husband had seen to that, forcing her to terminate her pregnancy. He threatened her every time she wanted to conceive a child, until, when she finally grew strong enough to resist him and move away, it was too late for her. There would be no children she could ever love and hold.

    With surprise, she noticed the husband was weeping terrible tears of loss. Alice knew their names - Lois and Pierce Harding. Their child would have been Amy Louise Harding.

    Suddenly, she realised she felt compassion. She would request a transfer to another ward, avoiding Obstetrics / Gynaecology as she always had. Short staffed or not, she would not work as a nurse here. It reminded her of too much. Her husband was a surgeon in another country. Alice had changed her name and location, carefully leaving no Facebook trace, no footprint Alex could follow. But God knew where Alice was. He cared. He loved her and would soon show her how much. In His Time!