MY BESTIE & I.
09.
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©️✍️Sha Ron ✍️✔️
Henry was being hospitalized!
The news was that he had a ghastly motor accident on his way back to PH.
He was in coma and the doctor said he has little chance of survival, if I tell you that I fainted, you will think I’m making it up, I really felt depressed.
I spent morning and night in the hospital “Yvonne, why are you doing this to yourself? Come on let’s go home, he will be fine!” My mother would always say but I didn’t heed.
I cleaned him up every morning and evenings, I prayed near him every single day and I cried when I feel God isn’t answering my prayers at all.
I forgot about myself, I barely remember to eat and taking my bath is only done after many complaints from his mother and mine.
One-day, I accepted to go home when his mother told me to, she promised me to take care of him in my absence while I go freshen up after two days of no bath.
I got to my house, my hand was already on the knob before I heard my father and his father arguing, I withdrew my hand and listened, guess what they were saying?
“Who gave you the audacity…. I mean, the impetus to tamper with my money?! I helped you and your family and this is how you pay me back?!” My father said furiously.
There was a long silent before he continued.
“No problems at all! Just pack up and get out of my estate, I don’t want to see you anywhere around my estate or office again!”
I wasn’t seeing their faces but I pictured that my father’s face is very sour and his father’s is not funny at all.
Well, yes, my family is that wealthy, so we owned the estate. But I only found out that day that we owned that very one though my father has many landed properties that I know nothing about.
“I… I have tried to explain to you that all this isn’t my fault, I swear! I didn’t know those men are swindlers, I…..”
His father was saying and his voice trailed off as he sighed tiredly, it’s then I knew that the conversation has gone on far before I came.
“That’s all balderdash! You are saying absolute nonsense!! You are trying to put the blame on them while this is exactly your plans with them, I was even stupid to think that I would help you!”
My father was really vexed with Henry’s father for wh@tëver he must have done to him.
“You know what?! I give you three weeks to vacate from my property and I don’t want our families to have anything in common again! Do I make myself clear?!”
My father fused again and that made me shake, what exactly is going on? ?
For my dad to be this angry, it is really something serious and I pray it’s not leading to what am thinking, gosh!
“Chief, please, don’t chase me and my family to the streets, I beg of you… We have no place to go, please…” His father pleaded.
I felt pity for him considering the problems he and his household is facing right now, and to crown it all, Henry is still in the hospital and hope of his survival is still under probability.
“Wh@tëver! I don’t care anymore!! The only thing I can do for you is to give you time to pack out and that’s all, now get out!”
I heard that loud and clear but I stood there until he opened the door to my face, I wasn’t looking at him, my eyes met my dad’s.
“So…rry” he managed and walked away, I went inside then, when I opened my mouth to talk, my father stopped me with a raise of his hand.
I nodded and walked into my room, he is not in the right state of mind and I wouldn’t want to get a back hand slap thereby adding to my problems.
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I ignored all the alerts ringing in my head like a reminder that the worst is about to happen considering the conversation I listened to five days ago.
The case worsened so much that it was taken to court and our parents were to sign a docvment which separates the two families from having anything in common.
I fainted. How can that be? For Pete’s sake I am crazily and stupidly inlove with Henry, the thought of leaving him alone is causing me enough heartbreak not to think of actually doing it.
I don’t know what my parents are talking about o!??
“Yvonne! This is for your own good, that family is not worthy of our help, disentangle yourself from that boy, he is no good!” My mother keeps getting on my nerves.
“Mom, I love him!” You could have seen the looks on my parents face when they heard that.
“I thought you were foolish, now I realize how stupid you are! It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have allowed you make friends with him in the first place!!” My father said.
“What do you know about love, Yvonne?! You better wake up from that slumber!” My mother pointed a warning finger at me and went away.
“The next time I see you close to that hospital, not to talk of that boy… I will skew you alive!” My father released his own bomb and went away.
What could be more saddening than that! I was happy that that girl left him, then, he had an accident and is now in coma. On the other hand, our families are tearing each other apart.
I didn’t listen to my parents Sha, I ran off to the hospital one night around twelve when my parents were already asleep.
When I got there, I poured out my heart to him, I didn’t know if he heard it or not, but I told him how I feel about him from the start and to were it’s ending.
But I could still remember he moved that night, when I stood up from the chair to leave, he held my hand and my heart warmed up to see that he is alive.
I called the doctor to his care and went back home to see my parents already waiting for me at the living room.
My father threw an international passport at me and shouted “Get ready to leave for Paris next week!”
I was dumbfounded. I stared at it and asked lowly “how about my studies?” I felt it might touch his heart to fly me back when school resumes.
“There are better schools outside the country, make your choice because you won’t set foot in Nigeria for years to come until I decide against it” he finalized and walked inside.
“Child, this is for your own good. You know your father and I won’t lead you to the wrong path, we want the best for you” my mom started.
“Why now? Mom, even if dad has problems with Henry’s father, why condemn him too? And…now this…” I know I must have looked sympathetic because my mom came to hold me.
I didn’t allow her to come close to me as I ran into my room and locked myself inside.
What is wrong with love? I have every good thing that life can offer, but why did love have to play tricks on me and making me hurt.
When I was younger, I always wanted to follow my parents outside the country during each of their trips, but they had one reason or another to drop me behind.
And I didn’t blame them much because if it’s that way, then I would have to change from school to school in different countries which won’t have seated well on me.
It might have been fun but when I met Henry, I didn’t see any other reason to go were he isn’t.
It was a wonderful feeling and I wish it would at least last longer before all this troubles surfaced, I don’t even blame him for feeling that way about another babe.
No one is above nature. Fate has a way of dealing with people and love happens in mysterious ways which I, nor anyone can explain.
I expected myself to break down and weep but I grew stronger overnight.
Before the night ended, I thought carefully and came up with something…
