Chapter twenty-seven

Xoey's POV

" Take a seat Xoey" He said, pointing his fingers to one of the two chairs across the table.

I took a seat.

"Xoey I'd like you to know about the situation of your mom,because of her condition, she has to start with the dialysis( go through the CKD machine ) until she gets a kidney transplant"

My heart hammered against my chest. The dialysis and kidney transplant, how in the world are we going to get that money.

I had heard a couple of times about this disease and how expensive the treatment were but I never imagined in my life to have a family member, Even worse my mother.

I knew he had more to say but I dodnt want to hear the rest. I got up and left his office. Tears began to well up in my eyes and I wiped them off with the back of my hand.

I nearly forgot that today was a weekday and I had to go to school.

I hadn't even had my bath yet, changed my clothes and clean my teeth.

I was met in the room by Aunt Carrie and Dianna. They were talking about sometjing while my my mother laid in bed. So pale, almost turning white.I  pittied her and me, who has carry the burden of the family now.

Aunt Carrie and Dianna walked to me.Dianna had a sad expression on her face and her eyes were swollen and red from crying just like her cheeks. Aunt Carrie stood next to her, eventhough she didn't cry like the rest of us, I could see she was sad too.

" I'm so sorry Xoey.I really am" I didn't know what she was apologising for.

My mother getting the sickness or the fact that we were sad?

Which?

I nodded anyway.

" I think you should go with me now. You have to go to school today. I'll drop you at school after you're done preparing"

I nodded and got my school bag.

" What about mom" I asked, averting my gaze to the sleeping figure.

" A nurse will be here to take care of her. Don't worry, she's a good one"

I nodded and kissed my mother in the cheek and forehead.

" You'll be fine" I whispered in her ear eventhough I knew that it wouldn't be fine.I kissed her one more time and joined Aunt Carrie and my sister.

We sat in her car and for one moment, everything was silent. Not even Dianna- the talkative- said a word.

" What did the Doctor tell you" Aunt Carrie asked, spinning the steering wheel around making the car take a sharp curve.

" Nothing much" I answered

" Nothing much?" She asked and raised a brow at me.

" I think we should discuss it when we get home.Right?"

" I agree with you"

I shifted a little on the seat and turned my head to steal a glance at Dianna.

She was sad and her blonde haired was in a mess.

"Dianna it's going to be okay" I told eventhough once again, I knew it wouldn't be.

She looked at me from her soggy tissue.

" Will it? You know what sis, you can't fool me. I'm not a child anymore, I have eyes and ears to see and hear whatever goes on around me" she responded rudely.

I didn't want to argue with her so i just turned and looked straight at the road ahead.

She was apset and I was too. I didn't know why but maybe apset that I should have helped Mom other than wasting her money on my expensive fees.

The car came to a halt infront of aunt's house gates and was quickly opened by the stingy security man.

Aunt Carrie told the maid who had come out to take Dianna's accomplishment to her room while she carried the big lunch box.

She helad Dainna by the shoulders and and put an arm around my neck.

I was starting to think that she was weighing us with her exhaustion rather than her comfort.

She told us to go to our rooms and get prepared and come down for breakfast aftee which she'd drop us to school.

I showered and dressed in purple blouse and a flurr skirt and my converse sneakers. I know it didn't much but I didn't care anyway.

I slung ny backpack on my shoulders and walked downstairs to the dinning room attached to the kitchen.

Dianna,Aunt Carrie and Beth sat around the table while the maid served the breakfast of green tea, coffee, hot chocolate along with some fried pork,chicken, grilled sausages and French toast.

The breakfast we eat here is nothing compared to what we used to eat at home everyday( sweet potatoes and oyster stew)

I sat down next to Beth and she looked at me with an amused expression. "Is that what you wear to school" She asks, obviously referring to my style of dressing.

"Yeah" I answered dully

" Beth manners" Her mother warned.

She rolled her eyes at her Mom." Ok fine manners.Yeah. Yeah" She said sarcastically.

I was served with some fresh warm milk, grilled sausages and French toast.

When I bit into the sausage, I was delighted by it's taste. That's why it was so expensive. My mom had always wanted to buy some of these sausages but came saying it was expensive.

Now I believed why.

After we finished having our breakfast, it was seven o'clock am and as aunt promised, drove us to the school.

Beth drove her car to her school.

I waved Dianna but she didn't respond and I hugged aunt. She gave me a little pocket money in case I needed to buy something and promised to deliver Dianna safely to school and go watch over mom.

What I didn't want to happen was exactly what was happening. Burdening aunt with our problems.

I made my way to the girls locker room to change for our first lesson, gym class. As I took of my skirt and shoved on my training pants, Hailey and her friends were standing there looking at me. Befire they could attack, the door flew open and other girls walked in, including Ida.

When they saw her they left and Ida took a seat next to mine.

Ida's POV

"Hey Xoey!" I exclaimed, shuffling of my flats and began to wear my trainers.

She didn't respond so I continued

" You didn't tell me where your aunts house was and I .... want to tell you something really important" I said lowly.

" What at all is your problem Ida" She shouted " Get away from me"

All the girls turned their attention to us and  giggled.

I touched her arm but she yanked it away. I looked at her in disbelief.

"Xoey?"

She dodnt answer me and began to shove all her things into her bag and began to leave. I followed her outside.

She began walking through the hallway and arrived at her locker.

I touched her arm again"Xoey?"

She looked at my arm and yanked it away but that didn't stop me. I wasn't goung to lose my bestie and only friend in this school.

She shoved her bag in the locker and slammed the door and locked it with her secret code.

" Xoey!" I exclaimed as she began to walk away from me.

" I've told you to STAY AWAY!" She yelled and pushed me against the lockers.

I screamed in pain ad my back hit the the lockers and my knees became weak, causing me to fall and groan.

The little students in the hall started to gasp and I hugged myself, trying to rub my back yo soothe the pain.

The principal burst into the hallway with the nurse.

" where are they?"  He asked the boy next to him.

He pointed at me then to Xoey.

The nursed put one of my arm behind her shoulders and slowly lead me to the sick bay.

"What's wrong with you students" he yelled" Miss Xoey in my office NOW!!"

As the nurse carried me, I saw that three lockers were crumpled,the push must have been intense then.

The students whom the lockers belonged to wouldn't be happy at all.

I sat on the bed and the nurse told me to raise my blouse to my ribs and I did as  she said.

When she touched my back, I flinched.

" She really did hurt you a lot. Your whole back is swollen red and tjis will take weeks to heal"

No. If that happened there's no way I'd be able to travel.

She massaged my back with a minty gel and worked really fast, reducing the pain in my back. The principal came in with Xoey.

"Miss Hall how are you doing?" He asked looking at my back.

"I'm fine, it's swollen though"

" I have decided to suspend her. Do you want me to?" He asked pointing to Xoey who had her head bowed.

" No sir, please don't expelled her, she's my bestie" I said worriedly.

He scoffed. " A best friend will never do that unless she's out of her senses of course" He looked at Xoey" You're free. Go to class"

When Xoey left, he looked at the nurse and then back at me" I'll call yoyr parents to come pick you up"

I stopped hum before he could reach for his phone in his pocket" They've all travelled but I can call my driver to come here"

I fished my phone from the pockets of my straight dress and called Michael.

He said he would be here in a while.

I told him to board a taxi so he can drive my car because I have a serious back ache.

The principal and nurse wished me a 'get well soon' and I thanked them. He picked me up and when we arrived home Rea gasped and covered he'd mouth.

" I know.I know. I look like a hunchback"

"Who did this to you" She asked touching my back as though she was the one in pain.

" Her so called bestie" Michael answered sarcastically.

I eyed him." She didn't mean to do that"

And I meant it. I knew Xoey. She wouldn't do that on purpose.

" Ma'am we need to send you to the hospital, it's too bad" Rea alarmed.

" Go to my bedroom in one of the drawers and you'll find my credit cards, grab one and let's go"

" Y'Okay ma'am"

My gaze followed her as she climbed one side of the grand staircase and disappear into my room.

I looked at Michael.

"Please prepare the car"

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I couldn't read over 'coz I'm sleepy but I'll check this chapter out. I'll try write Hailey's POV the next time.

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