MOTHER!
Episode 4
And then we rushed him to the hospital and my father was hospitalized for more than one week, my father had been an high blood pressure patient all along and I didn’t know about it, my father got paralyzed from the slum and the Doctor told us that with care he may recover, and then we took him home.
On getting home, my mother sat me down and told me that if she ever heard what happen from anyone, she will kill me and my father, then bury us without anyone knowing.What can I do? I am just a timid 16 years old girl as at this time. I kept shut because I don’t want to lose my father and I don’t want to die either.
After my Father got paralysed I had expected my mother to change from all she has been doing but instead of her to stop it got worsen…
My mother assigned washing of my farther’s clothes and bathing to me and for once I have not complained about doing them, don’t forget I will still hawk. My lesson had stopped since papa got paralysed.
Meanwhile Uncle Frank, my father’s cousin now have the whole time to always sleep with my mother and now no more hid it from me and they will even still threaten to kill me if I leak the secret to anyone.
I was coming from hawking on this fateful day, then I saw my mum dragging my father with his legs to the bathroom, I was sad about what is going on and I asked her “Mama why will you do this to your husband? what cost you to carry him” then she told me “So I should be the one to clean his dirty poo after he has messed up the whole room?” she said to me
“mama you should have left it for me, after all it is my duty” I told her and she dropped his legs and told me to come and clean up everything. I had cry my eyes out and praying for my father to get well very soon.
My mother had stopped buying Papa’s drugs too, there is no way I can buy the drugs, I don’t do anything else aside hawking for her and if any kobo get missing from her money, I am dead! My father is slowly dying and I had to go and beg mama to forgive papa on anything he might have done and she should please buy him drugs and stop maltreating him but the only thing she could do to my request is scream at me and tell me never to have that conversation with her again.
It has gotten bad that she has stopped giving him food, I will have to split my food to two so as my father can eat.
My father cannot talk but he can feel all the struggle and anytime I go closer there is always tears in his eyes. I couldn’t contain it and I will also weep and pray to God to give my father quick relief….
To Be Continued….
What a sad story