The next morning,Alex woke up very early in the morning before dawn and began to prepare victor for school. While aunty peace was in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
After Alex had finished dressing victor up for school,he made him tea,so he would eat before going to school.few minutes later after victor had finished eating,he ran into Alex and Tonia's room yo show thoina his new uniform.
As he got to the room,he opened the door. Thonia was laying on the bed.
"Hey thonia, how's your health?"he asked as he walked close to her.
"Hey!, victor am fyn,am getting better",she replied.
"Wow that's good to hear. Anyways how's my new school uniform",he asked.
"It's nice dear,it really looks good on you ", thonia replied.
"I can't wait to go to bright future",he said smiling.
"Hey make sure you going there to make ur future really bright", said thonia.
"Sure I would ",he replied.
"Alright that's good", thonia said.
Alex was still cleaning up the dinning table where victor had breakfast, and aunty peace was still in the kitchen cooking.
"Alex! Alex!!", she called.
Immediately Alex rushed to the kitchen.
"Yes mam,u called me",he asked as he entered the kitchen.
"Where's the water I asked you to boil so that I would use it to bath",she asked.
"Water!, it's in the fire I think",he replied.
"Oh really, what's in here, this little water that's inside this kettle that you expect me to use to bath", she asked as she pour out the water in a little bowel.
"No mam, I - I actually fo-forgot t -to add more water to it because you asked me to go feed victor",he replied.
"So because I asked you to go feed victor, that's why you didn't add enough water into the kettle fo me to bath",she asked.
"Am sorry mam",he replied.
"Did you even know we are running out of time and victor is going to be late for school, and now you want me to wait for another water to boil before I take my bath!!?,she said in anger.
"Am sorry mam I'll put another water it would boil fast besides it's a gas",he said.
"Shut up,you are so useless ", she said in anger as she took the bowel of hot water and pour at him.
So as he was trying to defend him self from the water, it pours him on his arm and he scream at the top of his voice and fell to the group crying.
"Stupid bastard, useless boy", she said as she left the kitchen.
Then she put another water into the kettle and put it on the fire. So she left the kitchen immediately.
"Victor and thonia heard his voice right from inside the room.even Micheal and heard the scream right from their own rooms.
"What happened, why's Alex shouting? ", asked thonia in fear.
"I don't know, let me go and check. I will be right back ",he said as he ran out of the room immediately.
As he got to the kitchen,he saw Alex on the floor crying.
"What's wrong Alex,why you crying", victor asked in surprised.
Alex never say q word to victor,he was just crying.
As victor was still asking Alex what the problem was,then his mom called him and he left the kitchen.
"Yes mum!,",he replied as he got to the sitting room.
"What are you doing in the kitchen?", she asked.
"Nothing actually, but mom!",he said
"Mum!, what's going on, where's victor?",ifeoma asked as she stood on the stairs.
"Here I am", victor replied.
"So who's crying in the kitchen", she asked.
Meanwhile Micheal was still sleeping in his room as he used his pillow to cover his ear.
"Don't mind that big fool Alex,I asked him to prepare hot water for me that I would use to bath, and he foolishly put an empty kettle on the fire", said aunty peace.
"Then!??", ifeoma asked.
"The water was not even up to a cup of water,can u imagine I just got angry and pour the water at him", she replied.
"That serve him right, and he should stop disturbing us with that nonsense voice of his", ifeoma said.
"Don't mind him my the time am done with him and his sister, they both would have no choice but to leave this house ", said aunty peace.
"Wow victor your uniform looks so cool on u,I love it ", said ifeoma.
"Yeah thank you ",he replied.
Then ifeoma went back to her room.
"Am coming mom, let me go get something inside my room", victor said.
"Okay honey", she replied.
Then he ran upstairs to meet thonia.
He entered the room and immediately thonia got up from bed.
"What happened, what happened to Alex?",she asked.
"Mummy poured hot water on him", victor replied.
"What!!", she said then she got up from bed.
"Where you going to thonia?", victor asked.
"To see my brother", she said As she left the room and victor followed her.
As they got to the kitchen, victor was still crying as he sat on the floor with his head bow low.
Then thonia walked close to him.
"What happened Alex?", she asked as she held him.
"Thonia she has killed me, what have I ever done to deserve all this",he asked in pain.
"Am so sorry Alex, everything would be fyn believe me",
"Seeing this, victor became sad as he felt piety on Alex.
"Stop saying everything would be fyn, nothing is fyn this isn't fyn", Alex said still crying.
Thonia never knew what to say anymore, she was just speechless because she knew things would never be fyn this way. Then tears began to roll down her cheeks.
Alex stood up from the ground where he was sitting and they all went to the backyard.
Minutes later while they were still at the backyard, aunty peace came to the back. meanwhile victor was apologizing to Alex about what his mom did.
"Victor!, what are you doing here with this two", she asked.
"Nothing mom",he replied.
"Did you even know you are late for school and you are here with this two idiot", she said.
Then thonia looked at aunty peace.
"Why are you looking at me,I can see you have recovered from what happened to you, the next one would be worster than this", said aunty peace.
"Mummy stop it, it's not fair", said victor.
"Would you shut up and go get your school bag and get inside the car now", she yelled at him.
And victor ran to go get his school bag.
And as for you Alex, before I return home, make sure you are done with the house chores and also make sure you clean up my room, eals you won't like what i will do to you", she said.
Then she hissed and left them to go take victor to school.