chapter 2
VIOLA
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I sighed wearily and hauled myself to my tingling feet, I plodded out of my mother's office, I glanced back and jerked my head as I reached the gate outside.
"I cursed the day I called you mother, you didn't deserve to be called a mother", I grumbled.
It was painful, seeing someone meant to protect you, was the one exposing you.
The Sun was scorching, I could have taken a cab, but I have just a dollar with me, and it won't be enough to convey me to my destination.
Moreover, I can't spend it, even if I see a cabman willing to help me with a dollar, I won't take it rather I would use my foot car to my destination.
The doctor could ask me to buy drugs, energy drinks, anything for my brother, I need to keep it, though am very exhausted and my legs ache will endure it.
There is the shortest route to the hospital, I decided to convey the route, it's faster than where I traversed earlier, about to turn to the crossroad leading to the hospital, suddenly I heard a loud hooting of a car, I didn't bother to look at the car, since the road is wide and my plodding is not hindering the driver from driving and the car is not disturbing my plodding.
But I flared up when the driver didn't stop hooting, neither did she drive past me, it's like she was trailing after me with her loud hooting.
With anger boiling inside of me, I glanced over my shoulder to look at the Person disturbing me with her hooting, my frowned eyes fell on my mother's rude stepson, I haven't seen the guy more than three times since my mother got married to his father but I have this deep hatred for him.
A loud hissed escaped my mouth, and I looked at him with a scornful gaze, I detested the guy so much, I don't know why, maybe it's because he is proud, or because my mother married his father, I just hated him with passion.
He flashed me a slight smile, and hopped down from his car, he walked up to me proudly with his hand tucked inside his pocket.
"Let me convey you to wherever you are going, instead of walking under this scorching sun", he said boastfully, and he thrust out his hand from his pocket and stroked his beard.
Giving him a reply is an honor, I decided not to reply, but intensify my walking speed.
He went back to his car and hopped in trailing after me as I walked.
"I want you babe, and I promise to take care of you, just the way my father is taking care of your mother, we are not related so there is nothing bad if we fuck ourselves", he said with his focused eyes on me
His last word struck my heart like a hammer, I feel like displaying insanity but I have to tame myself for my brother's sake. but I replied angrily.
"You are mad, imbecile, rude, and stupid just like your father, I guess your stepmother didn't know the kind of an imbecile stepson she has, for your information I can never see you as a family member, moreover your stepmother has disowned me so I have nothing to do with you people, your father might be fucking your stepmother but am not her, which is why you can never see my pant color nor fucking me oh! boy", I answered him angrily.
"We see about that" he replied as he looked out from his car window and he blew kisses before he kicked off speedily.
He's a very stupid boy, he should thank his star am not in the mood to cause a scene, if not I could have smashed all his motor windscreen, he could have watched the movie scene live.
I cursed the day my mother met his father, their family has caused my family pain, especially my daddy, before he died he always blamed himself for losing her, but my father was not to blame, my greedy and selfish mother was to be blamed.
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With pain in my heart, I walked into the hospital and went straight to the accountant to make the payment, afterward I left to the emergency ward to check on my brother.
He looked skinny on the bed, the few days of sickness had much effect on his body stature, and he has not opened his eyes yet. I sat beside him on the bed and hold his hand
"Jayden fights this, you are the only one left for me in this world, without you in this world, there is no reason for my living either," I said emotionally with tears on my face.
Initially, my brother does not fall sick, until five days ago when he started complaining of abdominal pain, the pain intensifies more to the extent of him not being able to walk again.
I was thinking of finding money to take him to the hospital for treatment when he fainted, I prayed nothing happened
Hushedly I dropped his hand on the bed so that I can meet with the doctor.
"The results of his test should be out by now", I mumbled.
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With Patience, I waited for the doctor's order to come in but when I didn't hear him speak, I knocked again and I heard
"Comes in".
"Well done doctor, I have made the payment", I said as I entered his office.
"Good Miss'', I'm about to ask for your file, I want to get your number on it", he said with an expressionless face.
"Okay doctor" I replied with a nervous tone.
"Your brother's report is out" he stretched the report to me.
With a shivering hand, I collected the report and flipped to the first page, the report was three pages, and I couldn't understand the report, they were written with scientific terms.
"Please doctor, can you explain this in a layman's language to me?" I asked him and hand the report back to him.
"No problem miss" the test report came out saying your brother is suffering from a ventral hernia.
A hernia occurs when there is a hole in the muscles of the abdominal wall, allowing a loop of intestine or abdominal tissue to push through the muscle layer.
A ventral hernia is a hernia that occurs at any location along the midline (vertical center) of the abdomen wall. A neglected hernia grows larger and more painful, and because your brother neglected it, it has worsened. He needs a quick surgery if not we might lose him", he said emotionless.
When the doctor mentioned quick surgery, I reposition myself on the desk I sat, I might collapse if am not positioned well on the desk.
"Quick operation" I reiterated five times
"Yes miss, and it must be quick, additionally you will need to deposit two hundred thousand dollars before we commence", he said.
"But you said hundred dollars earlier," I yelled at him.
"That money was to examine your brother, you need to find this money quickly if you want to save his life. He has five hours left and the surgery must be performed during the interval, if not we will lose him" the doctor said in a serious and harsh tone.
"Doctor he must live, he must not die" I screamed at the doctor in my loudest pitch.
"Are you not a lifesaver? Then save him" I shouted at him
"Calm down miss, we are here to save him but you must perform your responsibility as well," he said.
I stood up and walked out of his office like a living corpse, I couldn't hear the doctor again, even though he was still communicating, I exited his office building, and walked towards the staircase that leads to my brother's ward.
Erroneously I bumped into a man on the staircase leading to the ward, I looked at the man with a disdainful gaze.
"Are you blind?" I asked the man angrily because he sneered, but he didn't reply instead he walked away.
"Are you mocking me? did you think you are better than me" I roared, shockingly the man halted halfway?
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He looked back at me and say "Go and clean your face, you look terrible and you are smelling", and he turned around and walked away.
"You look terrible also " I screamed at him, with tears on my face, I stood in the middle of the staircase, crying bitterly.
I don't know where to go or who to call, am at the rim of confusion, luckily for me there is no one passing, I was able to allow all the tears that have held in out.
After a few minutes, I cleaned my eyes and headed to my brother's ward, when I reached there, he has opened his eyes.
When he saw me, he flashed me a smile, and the gap in his teeth reflected. I always hype him with the gap in his teeth, he made him look cuter whenever he smiled.
I touched his forehead to check his temperature.
"How are you feeling?"I asked him.
"The pain is excruciating Viola, what is the doctor saying?, am I dying," he asked me with tears on his face.
"You are not dying Jayden, big sister will save you" I replied to him
"I believe you big sis, but where would you get money?" he asked
"I will find the money, am your big sister, and is my responsibility to find the money for your treatment ", I said to him and hugged him tightly and he sobbed in my chest.
When he calmed down, I went outside to call the only friends I have since my wicked and selfish mother has warned me never to come to her office again.
"I hope the offer is still standing," I said in my head as I dialed my best friend's number.
To be continued
I feel sorry for viola
This is too much for her in a day.
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