Walking down these hospital corridors,i fear for my life. There is nothng that makes you want to vomitt your life out when you breathe in a hectic and devastating atmosphere.
"Mwaswera bwanj?"Asks the lady at the front desk
"Ndaswera bwino kaya inu?"i answer in a moment of rush
"Takulandiran kuno ku Masm ndikuthandizen bwanj?"She continues to increase my worry through these unnecessary yet paying questions
"Ndabwera kuzaona odwala amene ali mu room.........
Finally that is all done with and to be honest am glad i was done with that i almost started to yawn with whatever she was explaining to me ehh
"Mom!"i exclamate with a maximum sense of relief after seeig her concious
"Ine pano,"she answers with such a light smile and a peaceful face
"What happened?"i can no longer hold in these words that keep bouncing back n forth in my vocal box wanting to escape the dense atmosphere
"Iwe usawapange pester ndi mafunso akowo,she is still not feeling fine,"aunt Melisa lashes at me with a tired face
"she is just worried,"mom says while patting my back
"Iweyo i still can't believe that u r still speaking in english after all of this drama,"ruthlessy and plainly my beloved auntie says
"Mmmmm Meli r we going to start all over again?"Mom asks
Amidst this,i know that whatever they are discussing it is out my zone to listen to so i have decided to fix my thoughts on somehting different to what they are talking about. Upon searching in the room i am heavily shocked i mean like heavily shocked to realise what appears to be a mark on her body. I know that asking her will be in vain but upon taking a thorugh glimpse on this mark i just totally know that it is my dad who did this. He just treats her like she is so iliterate but she is not and for him to become such a prominent man it is because of her sweat and blood. He has reached the peak of it all,he will swallow his pride one day.
"Where is she?,"with such an 'i don't care' expression,this father of mine asks me
"she is in her room,"i answer back knowing fully well on what he intends to do,sometimes i wonder how he was when he was as poor as a church rat.
Him rushing up the stairs with no sincerety in his heart makes me want to run after my mother and just cover her face from his brutality
...........After some several minutes of what seemed to be a couple of years,my mother has come downstairs with what seems like an unusual expression. "Is everything okay?"I ask knowing fully well that everything is just as sour as the sourest of grapes can be
"Khala pansi,i need to talk to you about some things'"she says with a very serious tone
"okay,"i sit down with such itching ears
"You see my love uhm.....your father is a man that you must respect after all he is your father,"she starts to explain,"i have decided that it is best for me to just leave because i can no longer bear this embarrasment. Am not saying this for you to hate your father but i want you to understand that 5 years of living like this has led me to make this decison.I will let you live with your father because he is very much capable of looking after you,where i will go i don't know,but God will surely make a way for me."she pauses
".....i wanna come with you,"i say
"How are you going to survive? You are used to living luxuriously so how are you going to adapt to such kind of environment?"she asks
"God will make a way,just because you appear to be poor and to come from a very poor background does not mean that you are incapable of becoming someone as prominent as dad is,"i boldly say
"I will allow you to rest on this decion my love,"she closes this discussion and starts to make way to her bedroom
"Eyooooooo,"Bris wakes me up from my day slumber while am wide awake"apa nde tili ku Phalombetu apa,wat up with ya?"he continues to say perceiving that something is out of line
"Nothing,"i lie knowing that he is gonna figure it out
"Ha!"he laughs,"girl there is only one person that i know better in this class and that's you so you ain't gonna fool me alright."
"Am having a headache that's all,"i continue to lie
"Girl if you ain't gonna tell me the truth,don't talk to me again,"he seriously says
"My mom is leaving,"i say
"Going to where?"he curiously asks
"Iwe am not at the police station let me finish kaye,"i lash out
"ehhh easy gal..continue,"he says
"My mother is leaving my dad and she says that she would like to start anew,"I say about to cry but manage to punch in my tears
"Wow....it was about time,"he says
"How can you say that?"i ask with my jaw dropped
"You might be a good actresss but i could see through her that she was miserable and not to mention those marks mh i ain't no fool girl,"he says
"I wanna go with her,"i confess
"Mh i support that idea totally,"he encouarigingly says
"Why?"i ask very shocked to hear that,"you ain't gonna have a rich friend no more,"i say
"Girl,"he looks at with the'really?'expression
"Am serious,"i gesture with 'i mean' expression
"How can you think like that? You think am your friend because of money like u for reals? Have i ever asked you for money before?"he asks now with an annoyed tone
"Not really,"i answer starting to get his point and ask myself how i really became friends with him because the way i know this guy he does not entertain girls like really
"Then y are you saying that?"He asks,"you know maybe i have never told you anything before,am not friends with you because of your money infact that ain't your money but your parent's money,only sensible people realise that,"he continues to say now about to rupture the starting point of our friendship,"you were there for me during my grandfather's death and you can't realise it but you were,"he says
"So were the others,"i say
"You know as smart as you are you are really not smart,there is a difference between being there because you care and being there because you feel like you have to...sungamvese but just know i was never interested in your money nor you,"he says
"Ha!"i laugh,how did he know that those thoughts now started to surface?
"If i had such thoughts i would have asked you out a long time ago,"he says,"ehhh aise let me go and eat njala,u coming?"he asks knowing fully well that am going to refuse as usual
"Nope am ok,"i say smiling
"Like i thought,byeee,"he says while turning his back to my face and angling at the door
"Desho desho desho the way umacheza with this guy zimandikaikisa,"Sharma says
"Mmmmm desho awo mmene akuonekeramo anagafunsire mmmmm hane watan kd?" I say jokingly
"Kmaditu zimenezo kumasiira ajawa ndipo ndinaiwala tibwereken kope lanu la agriculture tikopere notes zija iiii mwali nnal i busy kumvesera gist kaye ehhh,"she says while peacefully sitting down
"Sharma,"i say while taking the notebook in my bag.
Reaching home,i have just stumbled upon to what seems to be a familiar beauty. This speck has just caught my eye in millions of ways as i see a replica of my father in her eyes and her smile.
"Ahhhh yes my princesss is back home,"dad says as he is coming downstairs with such a prudent smile
Mmmmm why is he home today and at such an hour,i mean he is never home otherwise if he is home then the alarms start to ring again.
"Hey dad how are you doing?"I say with a sly smile
"Princess i would like you to meet someone,she is part of the family,"he says with such a confident smile beaming rays of hope into the room
"My cousin?"i ask as am speculating whose child she may be of because out of all the family relatives i know there is no one with such resemblance to my father.
"Hahahaha,"he laughs while putting his arms around her shoulders,"this is your sister silly you,"he finishes with such a tone of pride in his voice
"My sister as in?"I ask knowing fully well that this man's pride is my mother's agony
"Your step-sister,and you also have a new mother,"he disgustingly but yet beautifully presents such an abomination
"Where is mom?"i ask unable to contemplate such an abomination
"She is in the kitchen,"he smiles as he tells me
Going to the kitchen,the words'she is your step sister keep echoing in my paining ears and as if that is not enough,i bump my eyes on this beautifl light-skinned woman with a nice and expensive fragrance.
"Oh hey Dali,"she says as she exposes her white teeth
"Hello there,have you seen my mother?"i ask
"You are looking at her,"she answers still radiating her white teeth towards my already tired eyes
"Ok,"i say with an unwelcoming attitude and then evacuate the kitchen with anger boiling in my brain
"Dad?"i shout as i come out of the kitchen
"Yes Dali is there any problem,"he says like a baffoon that does not realise the tone of my voice nor the expression of my pain
"Can i have a word with you for a moment please?"i say
"Sure little one,"he says and we meet at the corner of the dining room,"what's wrong?"he asks
"Where is mom?"i ask knowing that he is going to answer like a dull person
"In the kitchen,"he says putting his hands in his pockets
"Dad?How could you throw my mother out of the house,where will she go to?"i viciously speak out without hesitating
"Now you don't speak to me in that tone little one,"he says pointing a finger at me,"if you want to live with your mother you are free to do so otherwise this is your new mother and you will have to accept it,"
....Realisation has struck me,this girl is my step sister and yet she resembles my dad and she appears to be 4 years younger than me
"Why do you resemble her?"I ask as if am not a biologist to put two in two together
"She is my daughter,your sister,"he shamefully says
"Ok,"i say then i continue,"i would like to know where my mother is please,"i continue
"Where your mother is does not concern me,ask your aunt to tell where she is,"he says
"Ok,"i say and leave the room to this new family that am part of,unwillingly
walking up the stairs,i am enlightened now. All the nice treatmebnt to me buying me material things but never buying me his time,never scolding me when i make a mistake,always pursuing my mother to leave with her product of shame.......wait product of shame???????
"What a shameless man,"i mumble to myslef
"Hello,"i say
"Dalitso how are you doing?"my mom asks
"Am not fine,i don't want to live with these people,"i say instantly
"I know but just be patient and wait for me,ndizitolere kaye,"she says
"when will that be?"i ask
"very soon okay just don't worry,"she says,"whatever that woman does,avoid her and focus on your studies. Respect her and keep your mouth shut at all time,i know the intetions of that woman so don't take it to heart and focus on your studies,i will come take you when i establish my business,"she says
"So you knew all along?"i ask
"i have to go but don't worry about me,i will be fine,"she says and hangs up the call
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