13. Painful past.

The smile on Alexa's face could light the entire room.

"Hey mommy!!! how are you feeling, it is me Alexa, and I am here in case you need anything. Jerry is on his way down here and we love you very much." Alexa said to her mom while they rolled her bed to the ward where she could rest.

"Hey miss, she is still sedated, she can not really hear you and she needs lots of rest. So please allow us help get her settled in. Wait outside a little while." her mom's doctor said. She took in a deep breathe and was really happy that the worst has passed. Her mom was finally out and the surgery was successful.

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Few minutes later, Jerry arrived at the hospital rushing to the reception lady.

"Please ma'am, I want to where I can find my mom here, she is in surgery." asked Jerry.

"Jerry!!!.' shouted Alexa.

He ran to meet his elder sister and gave her a big hug.

"How is mother? where is she? can we meet her? are they done? is she OK? tell me please." Jerry kept asking his sister these questions, not giving her any chance to even reply her.

"Calm down brother. Mother is fine, the surgery was a huge success and she is resting now in her room." Alexa replied him with a smile.

Hugs!!!

She smiled as they both held each other closely.

"Please let us go see her right away."

"Yeah...let us go but promise me you will be quiet because she is still sleeping and you would not disturb her. when she is awake we can give her all the hugs and kisses we both are dying to give her OK?" Alexa wanted Jerry to promise her that he would behave.

"Yeah I promise." said Jerry holding up his right hand and the other hand resting on his chest as if he was taking a solemn oath.

"Hahaha you crazy jerk. Let us go." Alexa said laughing and putting her hands over his shoulder and he held his sister's waist as she led him to the room where their mom laid resting peacefully.

They got in, Jerry smiled at his sister and looked back again at his mother. Knelt down and kissed her knuckles while rubbing it.

Alexa went closer to the both of them, kissing her brother's head as she rubbed it and laid her hands on his shoulder.

"Look at her Alexa, she is sleeping so peacefully. She looks so pretty too. I am glad this nightmare is over." Jerry said.

"Yeah me too am excited more than anyone. I always imagined this day and I am glad it came and we are all hear together." Alexa said smiling but had wet eyes. You Could notice that they were tears of Joy.

"Alexa?" Jerry called out to Alexa.

"Hmmm." answered Alexa lost still looking at their mom.

"Where did you get the money. The surgery is really expensive, how could you afford it?" Asked Jerry in curiosity.

Alexa was shocked, she knew sooner or later she will have to tell answer those questions.

She cleaned the stated and satisfied.

"Well yes brother, I got the money through my company. It is a long story but I'll tell you later but just know that from now lots of things would be changing around us." said Alexa.

"Change is a good thing but you are scaring me sis. Do not tell me you took a huge loan from the bank or your work. Or better still you went to collect money from loan sharks and then soon they will come and drag us into the streets." Said curiously to his sister.

"Calm down Jerry. None of these stuffs you said is what I did, just know that from now on you, mom and I will not be be struggling anymore, but as I said I will tell you all about it later, I promise." Alexa replied.

"All these should not have been your problem if not for our so called father who abandoned us long time ago. Now all you do is struggle for us to be OK and that was supposed to be his job. Do not know whom to blame, weather is he or his stupid secretary." Jerry said.

"You mean his new wife, do not think about it brother. Just know that as far as I am alive, they will pay for what they did to our family, you have my word I must get to the bottom of what happened back then that made dad turn his back on us not even giving us nor our mom to explain. He did all that at the whims of his new wife and for that he will pay." Alexa said with pains in her eyes as she held the hand of her brother.

Alexa looked away from her mom and thought.

'Martin please listen to me, you can not do this, we are your family, give me a chance to explain please, stop this madness please.' Marcela begged her husband in tears.

Alexa's father Mr Martin Williams kicked out her mom and her little brother our of his house not allowing them to explain to their dad, telling him they were setup but do not know why.

'Dad please do not do this. Where can we go if you push us out of the house.' Alexa cried holding her mom and her young brother.

'Leave now and I do not want to ever see you again you whore, after all I have done for you, you dare cheat on me. You are a god forsaking human being. Get out now. ' said martins.

'Can you not hear him, please leave here you ungrateful lady. Take your kids and go far away from here this minute.' Fiona spoke out to Marcela and her kids as she held the shoulder of Martin.

"Hey sis, what are these envelopes?" Jerry said to Alexa interrupting her thoughts about their painful past.