My Wicked Step Mother
Episode 2
I suddenly stopped crying as l continued staring at the woman. She was obviously a nurse too and l was thrown into confusion.
Another nurse suddenly broke the silence, ” Doctor, the patient in the ICU is under àttack,” he blared as the doctor made swift moves towards the room.
I stood by the door to the ICU as l saw my dad struggling with life. Our security man kept on patting my back, reassuring me that everything was going to be alright.
I couldn’t cry anymore, I just watched what was going on. I prayed in my heart for God to do something. I didn’t want to lose my dad as well.
My temperature was already high and the security man made to carry me up. He took me away from the door and l didn’t protest, I was not myself again.
The clashing of a plate on the floor woke me up from the bed. I suddenly jerked up from the bed as the security man held a plate in his hands, I had obviously fallen asleep.
“Joy, good morning, small madame.” he said as he placed a food flask on the bed.
“Mr John, where is my dad?” I said as l looked deeply into his eyes. John was our security man’s name. He was all fun and jovial. He always calls me small madame.
He began dishing out the food in the plate and he started talking. “Your daddy is fine now,” please eat your food.” I reluctantly rejected he food and l asked to see my dad once again.
He looked at me with pitiful eyes and he continued dishing out the food. He brought the food closer to me and I àngrily hit the plate with my hand and it went pouring to the ground.
A feminine voice came blaring in the air. “Spoilt brat. Why did you pour the food away? I’m sure your mother didn’t raise you well,” she said as she was totally àngrily.
I raised my head to look at who was talking and lo and behold it was the same woman who I had caught smiling when everyone was mourning my mom’s dèath.
“Don’t you have home training? Why will you pour the food away?” she yelled again and this time around Mr John, our security man challenged her.
“Don’t ever shout at my small madame again. Is it your food she threw away? Please mind your business,” Mr John said as he bent to the floor to pack the food into the waste bin.
The nurse stared at me with evil eyes and l was speechless. She snapped her fingers at me and went dashing away. I sat on the bed as l remembered my mom telling me something.
I now remembered the nurse’s face. Mom once told me she had caught her staring at her husband, my dad seductively. We both came to the hospital one day for my mom’s antenatal and my mom had pointed at the nurse, saying she was the one.
We both laughed that day that she was just wasting her time. Now I know why she was smiling at my mom’s deàd body.
I shook my head vehemently, I didn’t want to be believe that she was happy because of my mom’s dèath. l laid back on the bed with thoughts running through my head.
I could still remember mom’s face and tears went streaming down my eyes. I was totally down, I was really dèpressed. I gulped down saliva as the memory of the good times mom and l had shared came back to me.
I wished it was all a dream. “Mr John!” A voice echoed from the door. “The doctor wants to see you, a nurse said and Mr John looked at me and l jumped out of the bed.
“Please rest, I’ll tell you whatever they tell me,” Mr John said as he began begging me. I refused and we both went out of the room to see the doctor.
“Good morning Mr John, good morning pretty angel,” the doctor greeted both of us as we settled down on the chairs infront of him. The doctor took glances at me and he proceeded to talk.
“We are thankful to God and science that Mr Mike survived the accident. Your father is fine and alright,” the doctor said looking at me. He continued, “My condolences on your mother’s demise.
At a point, she was stable but I can’t really explained what happened. But we really tried our best to save her.” The doctor concluded his sentence and tears began flowing down my eyes and l quickly cleaned them with my hands.
The doctor paused for a minute and he continued. “Mr Mike will be discharged in less than a week but he’ll still be under our medical care.
We are going to assign a nurse that will be responsible for his daily upkeep and medical check ups. Within a month, he’ll finally get back his life.” The doctor said as he signalled to someone who had been by the door to come in.
It was the nurse that I had caught smiling. “This is Sandra, the nurse that will be assigned to your father. She’s a professional nurse and she’ll be at your home to do the necessary things.”
I couldn’t believe my ears as l stared at the doctor. Mr John, our security man looked at my face and I shook my head. “I want another nurse, doctor” I said with a cold voice.
The doctor looked at me surprised and asked, “I hope everything is alright.” I wanted to talk but then Mr John interrupted me. “Joy, calm down, everything is going to be fine,” Mr John said as he went patting my back.
“She is the only nurse available for now to render home service and treatments. Don’t worry, your dad is in safe hands.” The doctor said as he went smiling.
“About the bills, your dad isn’t a stranger to me. Once he’s fine he’ll definitely come back to settle them.”The doctor said as he rounded up the discussion and we made to leave his office.
I looked at Sandra’s face and she beamed a smile towards me. I knew something was wrong. I began praying earnestly in my heart for things not to turn bad.
The evening was cold and dad was already awake but he was still under medical attention. I strolled around the hospital as fresh air blew my face.
I was still in shock as to all that had happened within 24 hours. I moved to an extreme end in the hospital’s compound and all of a sudden I felt someone had called out my name.
My heart began to race as I started going back into the hospital. I took to my heels and went into the hospital, I wanted to see dad so bàdly.
I made sure no one was watching and l sneaked to my dad’s room. I held the door knob to his room and luckily it wasn’t locked.
I opened it and my eyes couldn’t believe what I saw, I screamed out and it was as if the whole world came to an halt. What was going on? What did I just see?
ROSANLA SEYI
