Rina in the hospital

"It morning already thank God", I said to my self I stood up from the bed took my bathe and I left to Rina's house.

Before then I had to tell my mom ,I went to her room and I greeted

"Mom good morning"

She replied,

"How are you doing my baby?"

"Mom,truth be told not good at all",

"Why baby?"

"It is about my friend Rina ",

"What about her Irene ?,is she fine?",

"Mom am not to sure,last I was on a call with her and in her background I could hear her scream , noises ,things breaking the last thing I heard from her mouth was dad please stop,why don't you just die",

"Really u could have told me we could have gone there that night ,that man needs to go to jail seriously what up with all this drama ,it is really uncessary,so what should we do now?,

"I called the police to go there that night because I knew something was wrong so obviously they would have settled the issues,

I just want to go and see her now to know how she is mom",

"That is really thoughtful of you my dear,am proud of you,send my regards to her please I would have loved to go and see her but my work is to tight for me maybe next time I could invite her mom and Rina over for dinner ,what do you think?,

"Well that nice,mom I would love to go now,please go to work when you back we would talk more",

"Ok dearie,have a good day and stay safe,I love you ",

"I love you more mom,stay safe too and don't freak me out like the other day,"

I left to Rina's place and when i arrived I knocked on the door ,

"Knock ,knock ,knock,"is anyone here?,

I kept knocking but to no avail I dialed Rina's number and it wasn't going through,I sat on the step there I felt weak inside of me because I didn't know which step to take next now.

I was deep in taught when someone touched my back ,I looked up and it was Rina's mom,I stood up with full speed and greeted

"Good morning ma, please where is Rina I have been trying her number since and it not going ",

Her mom appearance wasn't good atall ,her face swollen,eyes puffy and red with scars on her body ,she looked so tired she managed to reply me

"She is at the hospital,she have been unconscious since yesterday till now",

Her mom began to cry ,I walked towards her and then hugged her ,

"It ok,she will be fine ,but what really happened I even called the police didn't they get here?,

"Where you the one that called the police?"

"Yes ma,sorry for interfering in your family matters but I was really scared that all",

"No it fine Irene if not for you only God knows what would have been the case now,

"Ma which hospital?, I need to go see her",

"City hospital ,room 345

"Thanks ma I would be going there now"

"Ok am also coming wanted to get some things from the house",

"I will meet you there then".

I left immediately straight to the hospital,and I wasn't allowed to come in without a family member so I had to stay outside for a while until Mrs Tana (Rina's mom) arrived .

"Sorry for keeping you waiting",

"It fine ma".

I finally entered in just to see my friend laying unconscious I immediately broke down in tears ,I sat down beside her held her hands as I cried.

"It all my fault I promised to keep you safe,if I called the police on time things wouldn't have gotten to this extent,please stay with me my Rina,you are my best friends and you know how much you mean to me,please wake up"

I cried facing my face on her bed and suddenly her hands moved ,the nurse in there and Rina's mom was surprised and she called the doctor .

The doctor came in and said

"wow she is finally regaining counciouness that a good thing ,it seems you both have a really good bound ",

"Sure they do , Rina's mom said ",

She came up to me and she said

"Irene don't blame yourself for any of this,it my fault if I had left my toxic marriage it won't have gotten to this stage,you are a sister Rina never had,she literally talks about you all day ,please promise me you won't ever leave her or hurt her, promise me dear",

"I promise you ma,I would never hurt her ",

"Ok that good to hear,I think you should stay with her in here and talk to her while I stay outside ",

"Okk ,no problem ",

I sat beside her and sang her favourite song ,I didn't know when I fell asleep ,just when I woke up I saw Rina all awake ,I screamed with joy hugged her and kissed her forehead,I called in her mom.

"Mrs Tina!,guess what Rina have woken up" ,

she followed me in with speed ,she hugs her baby and ask

"are you alright ,are you hungry?,do you need anything?,listen up baby am really sorry for letting you go through all this,i promise it will never happen again,i feel like am such a bad mother"

Rina replied

"Mom it not your fault ,it just dad being dad ,he hates me and I understand that, ",

Rina was struggling to talk ,she is really tired,then the nurse told us to leave that she needs to rest ,we left outside so she can rest .

After some hours ,we came back with foods to feed her by then she have already had all the rest she needed,her mom feed her then after that her mom decided to leave us together so we could talk ,Rina asked me

"Why do you look sick when am the sick one here,your eyes are even swollen,you have dark circles overnight ",

"Oh really!it funny to you,I couldn't sleep all night or have you forgotten I was on the call with you when all this happened ,I literally couldn't sleep all last night I was bothered about you ",

"Sorry Irene,I love you with everything in me I didn't mean to scare you and besides have you eaten? you look tired ".

"Don't worry about me ,I will eat later in the night as for now get better, besides what happened "?

"My dad came back home late at night and my mom totally acted like she didn't care, for the first in my life I was very proud about how she acted nonchalant about him,she went up her room to sleep,then I didn't know what occured between both of them in their room,the next thing was that my dad came into my room and he removed his belt he was drunk and he stinks i could perceive the alcohol all over him"

"Go on then what happened?",

"He removed his belt and started flogging me,I begged him to stop and I struggled with him then he used the little wooden table and hit my head ,before I became unconscious I saw my mom run into my room with her body full of injuries,and blood ,and that was the last thing I remembered "

"Do you remember telling your dad to die?"

"Yes I do,I said that when I saw my mom bleeding "

"Am sorry you went through all these Irene if I called the police faster all this won't be happening honestly am really sorry Rina",

"It fine Irene,so you are the one that called the police?",

"Yes I did,what I could hear in the background really scared me so I had to",

"Thank you so much my best friend,I will forever cherish you and everything you did for me"

"I Hope the police treat his mess up",

"Hopefully they will Rina concluded ".

I sat down there imagining how life with a father would have been to me,at this point I wanted to have this general hatred for Men but I taught all men are not the same I just pray my love life won't be trash and I don't want my children to pass through any of this .

Mrs Tina brought food for me as if she knew I was hungry,

"Oh thank you ma,I really appreciate",

"No Irene I should be the one appreciating not you ,you have done alot for us already,have it and eat alelse i would also feed you ",

"Not to worry ma,I will eat am starving "

We both smiled then I said

"My mom sent her regards she is busy at work alelse she would have been here too and one of this days she would be inviting you both for dinner,hope that cool with you?",

"Of course I would be delighted why not "

"Ok then ".

I ate the food like I haven't eaten in days ,it was already late it was time to go home ,i went and tell Rina bye before leaving

"Sure I will come back tomorrow I told Rina"

Then I left , immediately I came out,guess who I saw ?,it was Micheal we bumped into each other ,Micheal said

"Oh !it you what are you doing here?"

"I should be asking you that Michael, anyways I came to see a friend how about you?,

"My sister is here ,she is not feeling to well so that all",

"Oh sorry about that,I was heading home so I think it time to leave now",

"Let me see you off",

I was surprised,I could not believe my ear

"Really ,you are sure you want to do this?,

"It is not a big deal Irene",

He held me and we walked down the road ,am I dreaming I kept asking my self ,I felt kind of uncomfortable because it was my first time of doing this with a guy.

"So are you coming for the excursion" he asked me,

"Yes I will, would you?,

"Sure I will,then see you there ",

He stopped and waved me bye,I was blushing seriously I waved him good bye too, damn I kept on smiling till I arrived home.