My mother stood Alas on her two feeble legs, one could say she was just lingering on them for a while before she could collapse, the news about me being hospitalized had gotten her off guard, she couldn't believe what her ears had heard, her mouth remained shut while opened. She didn't know what to say again, the world had cast its wrath upon her, and the purity of luck had gone against her,her family was collapsing into the darkness, the light at the end of the tunnel was fading slowly by slowly.
It started by my father, who died in the hands of no pity, the person who shot him never for one second thought that my father had a family to fend for, it just reminds me of a story I saw on social media, a mother hen and it's chicks, how this little ones depends on their mother for food, protection and shelter, and how their mother love to cater for them, but there is this one hen with it's chicks somebody came and killed the hen and left it there to die, but the chicks don't have the knowledge that their mother is no more, so they keep crying to there mother for food climbing on top of her, but she is not responding, who is going to feed the chicks now, who is going to protect them and who is going to provide shelter for them, and the story really touched me, and I felt pity both for the chicks and for myself too,who was going to take care of us when my father was dead.
Each and every day we kept crying for that fateful day, maybe things would have been different, maybe my elder sister Winnie who was fired from her Job would have found a place to lean on maybe my other sister Felicia who was a single mother would have had someone to take care of her children, maybe my elder brother Kim who was now in jail after confronting the suspect on my father's case would have not have had to do so and land in trouble, maybe I would have been in a better college other than the one I was in and maybe my younger brother would have had a better high school education than the one he was having and my mother would have been at peace from all the stress of looking after all her children. There were so much memories and fantasies to linger on, on the good days that were to come after my fathers promotion.
Peter on the other side of the call kept on comforting my mother who even though was not listening, but cry out heavy tears of agony. "What was my son doing when he got hit by a car!?" My mother screamed the question , after she couldn't comport herself, it was so heavy and bitter for her to take it all in, " Ma....he...was" Peter stammered to answer the question, him too couldn't stop crying, "he was crossing the road to the other side from the school, this was after he had...." " Please don't continue I am coming there," it was so hard for my mother to hear all this from a third party, she wanted to see it for herself with her eyes the last time a third party called to deliver news in that home someone died, she was not ready to loose another soul not under her watch.
As much as the doctors were already treating me, they still wanted the hospital bills paid, "young man we are just doing this because of the scene you made out there and for the sake of our reputation to our important clients, but mind you, you are not getting out of this hospital before you pay the deposit, together with the other bills coming to you," the Head doctor who was attending to me confronted Peter after meeting with him in the hallway, his voice was so tremendous and filled with anger, his big eyes were about to pop out as they fearsomely looked at Peter like a hungry leopard ready to pounce on its prey, "dear Sir are you threatening me with your bill payments or what!?" Peter didn't loose his assertiveness as much as pain inside him drained his confidence away, he replied the doctor taking a two inches step towards the doctor who was already very close to him.
The two lionesses, looked at each other in fury each one ready to tear the other apart, their anger was so diluted that know one was ready to back down, as much as Peter was shorter than the doctor, he didn't care, come what may, when he told us the story we all laughed hard knowing that he was just looking for his own life sentence."doctor Gabriel the patient is ready to go to the ICU," that voice of the nurse was the one which saved my dear friend Peter, Doctor Gabriel looked at Peter keenly looking for an ending speech to their two minutes dispute, "are we in agreement Mr Peter?" he said brushing Peter's checked shirt on the chest like all this while they were just having a friendly talk, his smile was so evil that it made Peter's eyes blink throwing a tear down on his shoe, it was a long one.
After Doctor Gabriel had gone Peter started wandering up and down the corridors he didn't know what to do at all, he didn't know who to call especially now that the doctor had said that they were not going to release me until I pay every sent of the time I spent in that hospital, "who should I call now?" He asked himself rhetorically breathing so heavily tapping his phone on the palm of his other hand, he knew calling my family was a loose end nothing was going to come out their.
"Or maybe our friends!!" His voice rised in excitement as his face delighted with undespicable joy, immediately he started calling them, he knew they were going to help even if it was a small one, "who do I start with," his mind was now running so fast, "let me start with James."
Peter called all of them starting from James to Simon and they all responded,,no one was not reachable, no one was so busy, no one complained, they came in time as soon as Peter called them. As much as me and them kept disagreeing on many occasions they proved to be the best friends ever, even Jackson who was always complaining about my way of seeing things came.
"Peter what happened?" James asked as soon as he saw Peter still wandering in the hallway, "oh my goodness thanks for coming mahn," Peter said as he went to hug him, "it's Levi he has been in an accident and this hospital is crazy they are saying that we must pay the bills before they release him." "Wow that is something else," James said rubbing his chin with his middle finger, "and how is he?" Peter looked at him trying to find a way to say it without crying, "James it's bad," he later said breaking down on James shoulder, "it's going to be okay don't worry friend."
The others arrived at the same time, "where is he!?" Both Jackson and Jacob asked, "he is still in comma, the doctors are still with him," Peter said releasing himself from James who was still holding him to his shoulder, "oh my Goodness and I told Levi let me find you a good looking handsome man he wouldn't listen now see what happened," Simon said sarcastically drinking water from his blue bottle, everyone looked at him trying not to laugh, but they all did.
"So what is having a man got to do with him getting an accident," Jacob asked trying to hide his laughter, "and who told you that Levi wants to be with a man?" "I normally see how he looks at Jackson," "me!!" Jackson exclaimed in unison as the other shouted his name, "my friend that guy hates me, infact we hate each other, maybe Peter," they all laughed at once loudly, they had brought their mischievous behavior there, "come on guys,we are here to help our friend, let's do this and stop joking, for goodness sake he is still in comma," James said with his voice very soothing and convincing, James was the eldest one in all of us, he was always so mature in nature and thinking, except the day he was eating snails, at the Equator hotels.
They started, putting together all they had in their pockets and in their phones together with what was in their accounts, some even called their parents for help, and others called their 'old mistresses' for help actually their 'mammas' as they referred to them, and little by little it grew big more than what the hospital needed. I forgot to say that it was only Willie who was not there he had gone back to Germany but Peter called and he was so sorry for me and gave out his on potion of assistance and right ahead they went to pay.
My mother called everyone she could think of but all of them disappointed him, even my sisters had nothing to offer she was just looking for transport fare to get to me, "for heaven sake Winnie your brother is injured in the hospital, he is in a comma and you open your mouth to tell me there is nothing you can do to help what is wrong with you my children are you all cursed?" "Mama, you know my situation right now, I know you wouldn't believe me if I tell you since yesterday lunch I haven't taken any food," Winnie started addressing her issues, "really, your brother is half dead and you are talking about you who are able to do anything to get that food, to make matters worse he is being watched by strangers whom I don't know what they might do to my son oh goodness," my mother talked with so much fury, that she had to cut the call before she could curse his children out of anger.
Every door was closed nowhere to look upon, she threw herself on the chair and didn't know what to do again everything was so dark, she couldn't imagine her son dying on a sick bed without her being their, without a ten minutes closure her phone rang again, it was Peter,"hey ma, were you able to get means on how to come here?" Peter asked so caring, my mother was so ashamed to tell him, she had nothing to make her come and see her own son, "my son, I am trying, for now I have nothing," she said wiping her face with her hand, "don't worry ma, I am going to send you the transport fare, I am sending right now, "whaaat!!" My mother exclaimed jumping up from the chair," are you sure my son, Oh God bless you thank you very much for your kindness," it's okay ma, Levi needs you here with him right now please hurry," Peter said, feeling so heartbroken in his heart about the condition in which me and my family were in.but, MY STORY STILL CONTINUES.