CHAPTER 2 HOW IT STARTED
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AT THE POOL
My mother and I sat down and dipped our legs inside the pool
"Mmmm" I breathed in as the cold air hit my face
"I wish to enjoy this with you every evening" I said resting my head on my mom's shoulder
"And I would be so happy to grant your every wish"
"I love you mom, I love you so much" I said smiling at her
Silence falls in for some minute before I heard my mom say
"Are you really enjoying this now?"
"Of course mom, I'm enjoying it, just take a look at the stars it's so beautiful"
Well let's I forget, my father is a business man, I won't say he is wealthy, but he has enough money to cater for his family, but as for my mum, my father didn't like it when she stress herself with anything, so she sometimes support dad in his company, what a lovely couple.
"Are you sure you are enjoying this even without a drink?" Mom asked
"It would be more better with a juice" I said adjusting my head on her shoulder
"Alright then, I will go get us some drink, excuse me" she said and left to get the drink
I dipped my two hands into the pool and then brought it out with water, then I threw the water in the air causing it to sprinkle on the tiles floor
"Wow, so beautiful"I said enjoying the warming breeze
"Here is our juiceee" I heard the voice from behind and I turned to see mum I was, and, suddenly something happened, something I have never imagined in my whole life happened
NOOOO!!!
On getting to where I was mom slipped and hit her head ob the tiles causing her to fall inside the pool. Mom was a very good swimmer but because she already hit her head on the tiles, she became weak.
My mom was struggling inside the pool, she was drowning right in front of me, 'why on Earth can't I swim, why on Earth am I scared of water, why on Earth should something like this happen to somebody like me? Or maybe I am scared of water because of my past, where I fell into this same pool and nobody was around to help me, I lost all hope of living because I thought I was going to die, until God sent an angel to pull me out of the pool, and here, that angel is drowning and I can't even save her,' I began to cry
I quickly rush to meet my dad upstairs and report to him that mom was drowning
"Dad, dad, I need you to save mom" I said amidst tears
"What's the problem, what Happened to my wife" dad questioned looking worried
"She slipped and fell into the pool" I dropped the bomb.
"What!!" Dad hurriedly rushed downstairs to where the accident took place and met mom floating, he dived into the pool and carried mom out, he was about placing mom on the floor to conduct CPR when he took notice of the excess blood flowing down her temple
"No please, hang on sweetheart" I saw a tear drop from his eyes before we rushed her to the hospital, while I prayed silently all the way.
AT THE HOSPITAL
We alighted from the car and alerted the nurses that there was an emergency and they quickly brought the stretcher, placed my mom on it and moved her to a ward.
"Please God, save my mom, don't let anything happen to her" I prayed silently as tears streamed down my cheek.
Nurses were busy moving around, some carrying and some carrying equipment I don't even know it's name. Soon another nurse came out of the ward and was about passing us by when dad stopped her
"Nurse please how is my wife, what is her condition" my dad asked looking as worried as I am
"We are still trying our best" she replied and walked past us
"God please" I heard dad say before he look my way and our eyes met
"You" he said pointing his index finger at me and coming towards me
"Just pray to your stars nothing happen to my wife" he yanked my arm and pull me closer to himself "because if anything happens to my wife you will pay dearly" he said with gritted teeth and push me roughly and I staggered back.
I began crying and praying silently, wishing and hoping mom comes out alive, not because of my dad's threat but because I don't want anything to happen to my mom.
After some while, the doctor came out if the ward and my dad hurriedly rushed to meet him while I stood behind him- my dad
"Doctor, please is my wife okay, can we see her now, should we leave her to rest or should..." He was bombarding the doctor with so many questions until the doctor cut him shut by uttering that words that I refused to believe
"We tried our best, I'm sorry, but your wife is no more" the world around me went still for a while and all I could hear was the doctor's voice echoing through the whole building, that's not true, my mom can't die, she would not die, she would not want to live my side, the doctor must be joking, but, do they joke with lives here?
My dad on the other hand was still, he was not moving he just maintained his position, he seems lost, confused and unwilling to believe what the doctor said.
"My wife can't be dead," he said shaking his head "we promise to be by each other's side" "doctor tell me you are lying, please doc.'
"I'm sorry Mr Wayne" with that the doctor left.
"No, no, that's not true" he wept bitterly
I couldn't hold it in anymore so I threw myself on the floor and cried my eyes out.
I and my dad sent my mom to rest the next day, I will miss you mom.
My dad, started giving me cold shoulders, he yell at me at every little thing, I had to endure it all, I know he is only behaving like this because of his wife sudden death, but she is my mom too, yes, 'his wife and my mom' I know he will go back to the loving dad he used to be when mom was alive.
2 years after mom died, dad brought a woman home and introduce her to me as his wife
"Linda, Elizabeth here is my new wife"
"And Ciara here is her daughter, so respect them, just like you respect me" with that he left.
And my so called stepmother and her child didn't hesitate to start maltreating me
Yes I have to be strong for my mom
I must be strong
So mom could be happy wherever she is
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