There is a spot a man should never wish for and that is the spot my father was in, everything was falling apart at the same time and no help was coming forth. So all we did was hoped that things were going to get better, i knew that our condition was terrible but asking my mother to go and see The Doctor! i didn't expect that from my dad and so i could understand the reaction from my mother.
My mother ran out of where she and my daddy were having the conversation as though she was going to run mad, she couldn't believe her ears like what kind of pressure made him say that to her. But looking at it closely he wasn't entirely wrong! what if something happened to their baby, she was going to live with the regret and guilt all the days of her life but still! not that arrogant man that she could barely stand a second with! another side of the coin was Niri "my helpless baby" she said as tears drops down her face.
The smirked on the face of Dr. Edward Solomon "i knew you will be back" he said with a big grind on his face, "am not here for what you think! pleaaaase" she kneeled down "my child is dying and am not asking for your personal money please allow the NGO step in and pay the hospital bills, even if its a loan and i promise ill pay back!" she said amidst so much tears. The way he was looking at her lustfully shows he wasn't even listening to anything she was saying at all but she continued anyways "this boy has been in pains for the longest and in all we have been able to just manage him all this while but the Doctors have stop treatment until we are able to pay up to 400 thousand Naira" "you know exactly what I want, here" hands her a paper "meet me at that address in 20minutes and everything will be sorted out, your son will be fine again i promise but all you need to do is corporate with me" signals her to understand what he meant. My mother couldn't stop crying but if this is what saving her child meet and her high school lover "my daddy" was willing to do this with her then so be it.
Back in the hospital Niri stopped breathing or he was breathing slowly, my daddy went into the Doctors office "please sir, my wife went to get some money but you can start something before she returns please Doctor save my child!" a nurse came in and whispers something in the Doctor's ear, the Doctor jumped up and ran out with my father rushing out too, the all went into my brothers room but they asked my dad to stay back "what is going on Doctor" my Dad was shaking at this point "what is wrong with my boy? can i come in pleaseeee talk to meee" he kept on pleading, what ever they did inside there took them 30 to 40minutes but when they opened the door everything changed! "we tried our best" in Nigeria once you here a Doctor say that! that's all the information you need to know that your patient is DEAD! "NOOOO MY SON IS NOT DEAD? IS HE?" my daddy used his two hands to block his ears, yes he asked a question but he is not ready for the answer. So even when the Doctor said 'yes' he wasn't listening he just sat there on the ground holding his hands over his ears more-like he wanted to shut the world out, the real drama started when my mom got to the hospital.
She walked in on my dad still sitting on the floor, she never expected him to be sitting on the floor and you can see the shock on her face but she continued walking towards him "what is it? why are you on the floor? anyway here is the money! we have a lot to talk about but for now let's go and save our sons life first" he pushed her away and said "there will be no need for that" "what do you mean? did you pay for it? then why are you angry if you paid for it?" she stood up and went into the room where Niri was as at the time she left but he wasn't there "where is the boy?" she was getting nervous at this point, my dad moved closer to her and said "Niri couldn't stand the shameful act you have committed" "annnd! but wait why are you talking to me in this manner? where is my sooonnnn" she screamed! "he is dead slut!" the world stopped moving for a second and then minutes and then hours my mother just sat there she didn't cry, laugh(at-least) shout or even talk at-least, my dad has long gone out of the hospital but she just sat there with people just looking at her "he cant be dead!" she said after almost an hour of sitting still "nooo i came with the money, let me give it to the doctor so that he can start doing something about my son! NIRIIIII your mother is hear! answer me, didn't i promise to talk care of you! owk just come lets goooo home!" everybody in that space was crying by now, it was such and emotional moments for everyone.
My mother screamed down the hospital but what she didn't understand was my father attitude towards her like why was he behaving like that and did he just called her a slut or did he mean something different?