Chapter Five

The next day, Mrs.Lisa rushed to the hospital to beg the doctor for more time to find the money, but unfortunately for her, it was too late.

"Am sorry, it was too late, the Donor was given to someone else and right now as I am talking to you, they flew the person to India for the surgery".He said and Mrs.Lisa became sad. "Am sorry, I tried".

"Please doctor, help me, what do I do?".

"You will have to wait for other months for a new Donor".

"How long will it take?".

"I can't reassure you, but, let's say three months from now". He said and Mrs.Lisa sighed tiredly.

She arrived at work and she was confronted by Mrs.Elena.

"I know you are disappointed, well, I couldn't raise the money, the money I was expecting, got delayed".She said nonchalantly.

"Is okay, I totally understand, thank you for your concern".

"Sure, is the Donor still available?".

"No, it was given to someone else".

"Oh, sorry to hear that, but not to worry, God will make a way".

"Sure, Ma, thank you, if you will excuse me, I will go back to my cleaning".

"Sure, not a problem, not a word of this to my husband, do you understand me?". She warned and Mrs. Lisa nodded."Good, you can go".

"Thank you".She gave a slight bow and left.

"Whatever".She sighed and started operating her phone.

Meanwhile, Isadora was seated in the living room alone, just then Mr. Frank and his kids entered, He went to pick them up from school and at the same time took them out for ice cream.

"Isadora?".Andrew called and rushed to sit next to her.

"Andrew, you are back".She said excitedly.

"Yes, I am".

"How are you Dora?".Mr. Frank asked.

"Am fine sir".

"That's good to know".He smiled and left for his room, Liam also left for his room.

"How was school today?".She asked.

"Fine, look, I got you ice cream".He said and placed the fancy nylon in her hand.

"Wow, thank you, Andrew".

"You are welcome".He smiled at her. "Should I open it for you?".

"No, don't worry, I will do it myself, you should go in and freshen up, you must be tired".

"OK then, I will see you later".

"Sure".She said and Andrew left for his room. She was still holding the nylon in her hand when her mother came over.

"Isadora, what's that you are holding?".She asked.

"Mom, it's an ice cream, Andrew gave it to me".

"Oh, Really? That's so nice of him, but, why aren't you eating?".

"I was waiting for you".She said.

"Why?".

"Because I want you to see it first".She said and her mother smiled.

"You are so funny, don't you know it will melt".She tried to sit down but she suddenly remembered Mrs.Elena warned her not to sit on her chair. "Let me open it for you".She sat down on the floor beside her, she brought out the ice cream from the nylon and opened it. "Look, it's almost melting".

"Really Mom?".

"Yes, now start eating".She places a scoop of the ice cream in her mouth.

"Mom, this is sweet".She said.

"Sure, now have more".

"No, Mom, you should take a scoop of it as well".

"No, it's all yours".

"We can share, come on Mom, I know you haven't had anything since morning, the last food at home, you let me eat them, you can't be working on a hungry stomach, you need this more than me".

"Ok, fine, I will eat".She smiled and took two scoops of the ice cream. "Now, finish the remains, let me head back to work".

"Ok, Mom".

"Don't let it drop on the floor".

"Ok, I won't".

"See you later".She kissed her forehead and rushed back to work.

Some moments later, the family was having their lunch at the dining table and Mr. Frank instructed Mrs. Lisa and her daughter to join them, they declined and he persuaded her until she agreed and joined them, Mrs.Elena was boiling in anger and giving her a hard look.

Later at home, they were seated in the living room chatting.

"Mom, it's a good thing Uncle Frank offered us to eat with them, we would have slept hungry". Isadora said.

"Yes, he is a nice man, I pray heaven continues to favor him".She said.

"Amen, I really enjoyed the food, it was delicious".

"Yeah, me too".She pats her hair.

"Mom?".

"Yes dear".

"Can you teach me how to do things in the house?".

"Why?".

"I want to get used to working on my own, I don't want my condition to make me stranded".

"Ok, if that's what you want, I will help you, so, you can find your way around the house".

"Ok, Mom, when do we start?".

"We start tomorrow".

"But, aren't you going to work?".

"No, am off tomorrow".

"Ok".They smile at each other.

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The next day, Mrs.Lisa started teaching her daughter what to do around the house, they spent the whole day teaching and learning and unfortunately, Isadora is very quick at getting things right. She showed her where cooking utensils are kept and the road to her room and the living room and every corner of the house.

Days passed, Isadora was getting used to all the things in the house and her mother was proud of her.

"You are fast in learning".She said.

"Yes, I want to be helping you whenever you are tired".

"That's good, you know what, I will prepare your favorite meal once I receive my salary tomorrow".She said.

"Really, Mom?".

"Yes dear".

"Yay! I can't wait".She said happily and then sneezed.

"Bless you dear".

"Thank you, Mom".She said and sneezed again.

"Are you ok?".She felt her forehead and noticed she was running body temperature.

"What's wrong Mom?".

"You are running temperature".

"Am I having a fever?".

"I guess so, not to worry, I will take you to the pharmacy tomorrow to get you some drugs".

"Ok, Mom".

"Don't worry, you will be fine".She made her rest her head on her lap and pat her hair.

The next day, after Mrs. Lisa received her salary, she rushed to the pharmacy to get some drugs for her daughter who she left with her neighbor, along the road, she bought some foodstuffs to prepare. She got home and noticed Isadora's fever was getting high, so she hurriedly prepared some food. She served some on the plate and fed her before she gave her the drugs.