"Ruth why are you being so unfair?" Hammed asked, his eyes showing disgust.
"Lover boy, what have I done again?" She looked at him and shrugged her shoulders, it was clear she didn't care about whatever he wanted to say. She knew the conversation would revolve around Michal and she wasn't interested in matters that concerned her.
"You know Mirabella is sick, don't you?" He looked at her.
"Who's Mirabella?" She deadpanned, then turned to him like she just remembered something. "You mean Michal's sister?" She asked shaking her head vigorously vibing to the song that played on her earphones.
"I'm surprised." He scoffed. "You don't know who Mirabella is?" He asked in disbelief, the anger he felt towards her was aggravating and he was trying his best to calm down.
"I do know her but Michal didn't tell me her sister is sick. So how would I know?" She shrugged a shoulder again, Hammed h
The day was dark, rain droplets fell from the sky and the weather was the perfect definition of parky.Silence filled the room where Mirabella was lying on the bed, her mom had gone home to cook for them and Michal went outside for a short time sightseeing.She was in the midst of many people she had never seen, they were singing beautifully and she joined them to sing, they wore long white robes that flowed on the ground, they were all beautiful and had a smile plastered to their faces.Suddenly, a man in white carried her up and smiled lovingly at her, he different from the other people she sang with. He was tall and he had a veil on that covered his face from being seen by anyone, he was strange and he shimmered with bright lights.Slowly, he put her down and told her to follow him, she did as he instructed but his legs were too long and she couldn't meet up with his long strides. She stopped and called out f
Jerry sat down but Hammed didn't take the seat she offered."Hammed, why are you not sitting down?" She asked."I'm okay, just sit back." He told her."Hmmmmm." She sat back."My mom is not around." She turned to Jerry."I'm here to see Mirabella not Catherine." He told her."And Mirabella is sleeping." She said aggressively."Can I wait till when she's awake? Ooh I'll wait." He said and Michal glared at him."She isn't waking up anytime soon." She retorted."Michal." Hammed called her but she didn't respond.Jerry didn't know why she seemed mad at him, he thought they were gradually becoming friends.He brought out his phone and started pressing it to distract himself from Michal."Jerr..." She wavered when Hammed gaped at her. "Mr Jerry, you can take your leave now." She sai
"Mom." She whined like a lost puppy, she was glad her mom came in at the right timeBad timing for Hammed though.Jerry followed her in and she scrunched her nose at the sight of him."You took so long." Michal said to her."I got a call from work, I'm sorry." Hammed stood up for her to sit but Michal told him to sit back, she stood up and let her mom sit.Jerry said nothing, he watched them with his hands dipped in his trouser's pocket."Uncle Jerry, come have a seat." Hammed stood for him to sit, he thanked him and sat down."How long have you been here?" Catherine asked Jerry, she knew Michal would have treated him harshly if he had been there for long."Almost an hour, Mira has been sleeping so I decided to wait for you. How are you?" Hammed smiled, Jerry was such a gentleman and he still saw no reason why Michal should detest him.
Exactly a week after she went to church to pray,Mirabella was smiling on the hospital bed where she laid, been a while she smiled gaily. Michal sat close to her and she wondered why she was smiling like that."Mira, why are you smiling?" She asked, her face plastered with smiles too."Cos I'm happy." She said, even her voice was more audible and she glowed different."I need a favour from you Michal.""What's that? I will do anything." She would do anything to make her get better."I want you to go home and prepare my favorite meal please, I want to eat and I want you to prepare the food.""Wow! You want to eat? Wow! Sure, I will go right away." She squealed and stood up immediately. "Where is mom?" She asked."I don't know." She replied, Catherine walked into the room and saw her sick daughter smiling, it was a good sign she thought.
Hammed and Lekky stepped inside, with Mrs Donalds behind them.They met and her mother in a sober mood, Mirabella's body was still lying on the bed."Senior Michal, what's wrong?" Lekky rushed to where Michal was kneeling on the ground, her eyes were soaked with tears."Mira..." She pointed at Mirabella's lifeless body on the bed, she couldn't the say the words. It was hurtful.Hammed went closer and Mrs Donalds held Catherine."What happened to Mirabella?" Hammed asked, Lekky was already getting impatient."Mira." She touched her best friend's body, it was cold. "What happened to her, why isn't she moving?" Lekky asked."Mira is dead." Michal said, Hammed held her up and hugged her. "Hammed, I won't see her again, we won't see her anymore." She cried."I'm sorry." Hammed whispered, he was trying to be strong for her but deep down he
Michal resumed back to school after Mirabella's burial, it was two months already but the memories of her was still fresh in her heart.She couldn't stay back at home and continue brooding, she was hurt but there was nothing she could do to bring her sister back to life.She accepted it was her fate.She had written the exams she missed the last term during the holidays, a makeup exam was conducted for her. She wrote the papers in a dismayed state but she managed to pass all.She was now in S.s.3(three) with her other classmates, Hammed made sure he was always there for her. He fulfilled his promise of staying with her always.Michal hated the pity faces she got from the teachers and students anytime she was in school. And she wished they'd stop talking about Mirabella.She went to Lekky's new class during break and saw her staring at an empty seat that was next to hers.
Three years later.Three years after the death of Mirabella, everyone was already getting over it even though her memories still lingered in their hearts, she could never be forgotten.Michal accepted Jerry firstly cos of Mirabella's request in the letter she gave her before she died, he came around throughout the times they were mourning her and he did his best to make sure they thought less of Mirabella.After Michal gave him a chance, she discovered he wasn't really a bad guy and he was one of the best man one could wish to have.Her mother finally resigned from her banking job and opened a big supermarket in one of the lucrative areas in the town, she was getting over her daughter's death and they were living fine again, though the house was still empty sometimes.Mirabella's absence made the house empty sometimes.But nothing can be done to bring the
Michal finally graduated from the uni as the best in the department of biochemistry, it wasn't a dream come true but she was glad she was able to barge a degree in the uni.Uni stress was gone, Jerry and her mother attended her convocation and they were so proud of her.Uni was stressful, she met with a lot of people that triggered her love for music, she started doing it on a low key.She was still in touch with Hammed, there were times he'd call her just to complain about the whites to her, she'd laugh it and tell him to mind his own business there.Catherine got pregnant a year after her wedding with Jerry but lost the baby to miscarriage, the doctor told her she was weak to carry a child and that she had zero chances of giving birth later in the future.She'd feared Jerry would leave her, but he loved her more than that he stood with her and never bothered her about having a child.