Inevitable Family

Falling trees

We have begun to adapt to our new poor lives now. Our seemingly perfect and wealthy lives has now become a torment to every if is in that family to the extent that my mum's business is beginning to drop slowly . Because of the heavy reliance on her business, she is no longer able to afford more money to top up her business as the little she's earning is being consumed by the whole family . My dad on the other hand is doing all he can to earn his boss's respect and trust back and trying to earn a spot or probably maybe even an office. His so called friends do not even bother helping him let alone talking to him. They just pass him by and mock him each time they see him leaving him depressed and really sad when he gets back home. Sometimes when I see him like this, I feel really sad for him that's why I try to study harder and put in extra efforts in my books so that when he sees my results, he would be at least proud that am putting his money to good use and also makes me happy too because that's when I get to see a smile on his face once in a long time. The term was already coming to an end and my tuition fees weren't ready yet. My school had warned to chase us out if we don't come up with it before our final exams. One fateful Monday, as I went to school on getting there, I saw some students standing outside our school gate. As I came closer, I then realized that it were the students who haven't paid their fees yet and then I realized how lucky I was then paying my fees on time and never getting to stand outside the school gate under the scorching sun. It was really getting annoying as I wanted to pass through the students outside to enter the school, I then realized that I hadn't paid my fees too. I didn't want to be humiliated by the teachers at the gate. I turned to the back of the crowd and waited for about two hours to see if they would finally let us in but to no avail. Instead they took us to the school's courtyard and told us to sit there. Thinking they would let us in, I took out my book and started reading but one more hour passed but still didn't let us in . I couldn't believe it. It was already break time and I wasn't still in my class. I couldn't contain myself anymore. As I was planning my escape, I turned to my right and saw a huge security man standing there and then I knew all hope to get in was lost. For the first time in my life I was among the others who hadn't paid there fees, the less privileged and so on. I was starting to miss my old life. I would about all the fun I used to have when I was wealthy, I wouldn't even notice that some of my classmates haven't paid their fees. I couldn't care less about the others that weren't in the class but now I see how it feels to be less privileged and poor. This went on for the past five days until my mum was finally able to raise I and my brothers fees but that cost two weeks of our daily breakfast and lunch but it was all worth is so long I was able to return back to my classes. As soon as I got in, I started borrowing and updating my notes. As soon as I got home, I picked up those notes and began studying them as soon as I could as the final exams were in a week time. So I had to cover up for all those days of classes that seemed like years. After the exams , I was able to top the class again and got my parents proud of me. Anyways, this owing of fees went on for about four years of school until I was finally done with elementary school. At that time , my dad was able start afresh at his work but not in an office but as a sort of errand boy and was able to earn a few cash everyday. Everything was finally coming up for me and my family. Well almost. One day I and my mum just returned from her shop where she does her business and we were shocked see my dad lying down flat on the floor already unconscious. Of course my brothers where not at home because my older brother was transferred to a public boarding school far from our home and my younger brothers where still yet to return back from school probably maybe because of the traffic jam on the road. I had to follow my mum to her shop because am about entering a boarding school and we were buying the things I will need. Immediately we got in and saw my dad , my mum started screaming; HELP! HELP! HELP! I also joined her in screaming for help as we managed to drag my dad out of house. As soon as we got out of the house, some neighbours came out rushing to help us get my dad to a hospital. Immediately they carried him, ordered an Uber and then we took him to the nearest hospital we could find. On getting there, he started to gain consciousness. He started opening his eyes little by little but he seemed like he has been thinking alot lately. The doctor quickly checked him in and checked body temperature and all sorts . After about 10 minutes of waiting, the doctor finally approached us and told us that all is well with him but the only problem is that he has been having a lot of thoughts lately and we should see to it that he gets whatever is in his mind off his chest. Seemed to me what exactly happened, I said to myself. Then the doctor prescribed some drugs for him to take and then discharged him . She quickly went into my dad's ward to see how he was doing and decided to get him home after a ten minutes rest. As we were about to lift him up so we could start going home, he stood up reluctantly walked weakly to the door to help himself out, he got a call which suddenly brightened up his mood. As soon as he hung up, he started leaping for joy while I and my mum were trying to figure out what just happened. My mum then asked him; honey what seems to have made you miraculously thrilled all of a sudden? I also turned to my dad in agreement to what my mum said waiting to hear the good news but as soon as he was about to talk, he got another call telling him to rush to another hospital that the school bus that drove my younger brothers and the other students got involved in an accident while trying to overtake a huge truck . We immediately rushed to the hospital to find out ourselves what happened but as soon as we got there we say something that shocked us to the very core.