Child of a Monster

Chapter 1: Entropy
18-year old Chun Xiu-lan was now nine months pregnant, Her kidnapper got a midwife to come in to help with the delivery if she went into labor.

It was November 25th 1984, It was 1pm in Taipa, Macau, she had been kidnapped in March, she remembered the brutal rape that caused this predicament.

She felt very weak, Her pregnant belly stuck out from her small 5’2 frame, from the size of it, it looked like she was pregnant with either twins or triplets, it had to be twins, she was given no ultrasound during her pregnancy from the man who kidnapped and raped her.

She was always a very small girl, even as a teenager, she celebrated her 18th birthday here, Qing-lai gave her a few pieces of cake and some baby robes.

” (It hurts)” She said, She felt so tired and sick, That evil monster had to force-feed her due to her unwillingness to eat.

The midwife came in, she was a Portuguese woman named Rafaela and a mainland Chinese woman named Guiying,

”I’m going to check on you, Mrs. Chao.” She said.

She felt repulsed when she called her that, it was Chun, not Chao, the midwife put a hand on her pregnant belly, she felt a kick, causing her to become shocked.

”Your baby is kicking alot.” She said.

She felt another contraction, which caused Xiu-lan to almost scream.

She felt pressure follow up, Rafaela looked at her, then she saw fluid leaking, staining her tattered dress.

Xiu-lan couldn’t hold back anymore, she screamed.

”Guiying, she’s going into labor!” Rafaela annonced.

She grabbed a hold of Xiu-lan’s hand as she screamed.

”Push!” Rafaela yelled,

Qing-lai walked in, his “new bride” was finally giving birth.

The Macau Chinese woman screamed louder, it felt like needles stabbing through her.

” (I see a head!)” Guiying said to Rafaela.

Rafaela turned to Xiu-lan, her face was red from the pressure.

”Push, Keep pushing!” She said.

Several minutes later, one baby was now out.

”It’s a girl.” She said to Xiu-lan.

Xiu-lan looked at the baby, the daughter of her rapist and kidnapper.

”嘉怡, 嘉怡 (Jiayi, Jiayi)” She said to her.

She wrote the name down, “嘉怡”

”Hey, another little rugrat’s coming up!” She said.

Xiu-lan couldn’t take it anymore, it felt painful and she screamed loudly, it felt like her body being torn from the inside.

” (Twins!)” Guiying annonced,

It was 5 painful minutes before the second baby came out,

”It’s a boy.” Rafaela said.

”磊 (Lei)” She said,

She wrote down the character “磊”.

Both twins cried as they were pulled into the world.

Lei and Jiayi were born to Xiu-lan, she looked at the baby boy, he cried and kicked in his mother’s arms while the baby girl seemed to have stopped crying and went to sleep,

” (We had a long day, right?)” She asked them.

She looked at the twins, a boy and girl, everything hurt.

Rafaela taught Xiu-lan how to breastfeed her newborn babies 20 minutes later, soon after, her newborn son was fast asleep in the cot alongside his sister, who slept in a different cot.

Neither baby wasn’t supplied with robes, Rafaela got up and put two baby gowns on both newborns,

” (Can.....I see my babies?)” She asked, shaking.

Guiying helped Xiu-lan up, it would be a long time before she would recover.

She looked at the baby boy, his eyes looked like hers, she felt drained both physical and a bit fragile emotionally.

Lei looked nothing like his father, which she was thankful for, he looked like one of those cherubs she saw in photos, she later looked at Jiayi, she looked identical, the only difference is she was born first and is a girl.

”Go rest for now, We’ll be up to check on you.” Rafaela said, she left the room.

Guiying later followed.

Xiu-lan was later left alone in the room with her two newborn babies,

Chapter 2: Trance
Instead of resting, Xiu-lan spent an hour working on her last message to her babies to read when they were older, she saw blood and felt severe pain the next time she needed the toilet and she saw this as a sign her days were numbered, Lei’s birth after his sister’s must of caused her rape injuries to worsen.

She wobbled as she walked, She looked at Lei as he was looking at her, he was a pretty fussy baby and cried alot, Qing-lai threatened her he would drown him if she couldn’t get him to shut up.

” (Jiayi, take good care of your brother and Lei, please don’t be like your father, I don’t care what happens, I love you both, Mom and Dad would of loved you)” She said.

She almost felt tired, she couldn’t bring herself to hate Lei, it wasn’t his fault, neither Jiayi’s, she still loved them despite what happened.

She began coo to her baby, Lei’s fussing settled down and he slept, she gently set the newborn down as she went to check on Jiayi,

Jiayi was completely quiet, She gently kissed her as she went off to sleep.

Several hours later, 7 after the twins were born, due to severe injuries, Chun Xiu-lan finally expired, she was found dead when Rafaela entered her “bedroom”, after Lei started to fuss, She looked almost peaceful and looked at the note,

It was all in Cantonese, so she couldn’t read it, she checked her pulse.

There wasn’t any pulse, she looked at the two babies, Lei was fussing and crying, she picked him up,

”Mr. Chao, Your wife is dead, she probably didn’t survive giving birth to Lei.” Rafaela said.

Qing-lai looked at the lifeless new mother, she looked at the two babies.

”You’ll be responsible for their care until they’re 3, I will teach them to kill.” Qing-lai said, remorseless over the mother of his twins not surviving seven hours past her birth.