The cloud was dark, it looked like it was about to rain. Mirabella stood by the window and stared outside the breeze blew heavily across the window side and she shivered she went back to lay on her bed. They were two other patients in the ward that just laid hopelessly on their beds she stared at them and refused to be bedridden. She'd try to fight for her life even if she was getting weak, she won't give up just yet.
Michal was in the room with her sister and Catherine went to get food for them at home.
"Are you still mad at mom?" Mirabella asked.
"Mad?" Michal directed her gaze on Mirabella. "I was never mad at her." She lied.
"I know you are Michal." She scratched her hair, her long hair was now the definition of short and scanty she had lost some hair since she began Chemotherapy.
Catherine walked into the room, talk of the devil. The girls stopped with their conversation when
"It all started when your father, Derek returned from the states." Catherine began, there was no need to hide anything from Michal she was old enough to understand."May his soul rest in peace.""Amen." Michal whispered."We didn't know each other till that dinner night my dad organised for both families. I was in my final year in school then and that was the first time I saw your father." She smiled, she could recollect how she stole glances when he was eating, he was really cute and every lady would slay to be with him but Catherine just admired his looks and nothing more."What happened on that dinner night?" Michal asked."Nothing much happened, just an introduction between the children of the two families.""So you met dad that night?""Yes, he was really handsome, he was clad in a white suit that had black lines drawn all over it, his manly cologne filled the
Things have gone back to normal since Michal and her mother had a heart to heart talk.Mirabella noticed the change and one could tell she was happy about it, she begged Michal to go back to school. Its been a month already and she had missed so much but she didn't care all she cared about was her sister's quick recovery.____________________________________________?Back in school, things weren't same for Hammed. He would stare at Michal's empty seat and stare away his mind was always drifting back to the last conversation they had, it was no longer a new news that he missed her terribly. If only Mirabella would get well and she'd resume back to school.Lekky was the only one occupying their seats, she had refused to let anyone share the space with her she knew Mirabella would come back to take up her space someday.Ruth was glad Michal has not been showing up, to her it was a big opport
He was wandering the hospital wards looking for a room that was described to him over the phone,He stopped a nurse and asked for directions, he thanked her and left afterwards.He stopped in front of a room and knocked at the door that was left ajar, he entered after being ordered to come in, he closed the door and walked towards the beside.He looked round the room and saw two other patients that weren't opening their eyes, their guardian sat next to them with worried looks on their faces.It was a typical children emergency ward, he sat down and smiled at Mirabella's sleeping face. She was really cute."How's she?" He asked."I don't really know Jerry." Catherine replied, she was really stressed out and one could easily detect she was from the look on her face."She'll be fine." He said, Catherine just smiled she heard that always. 'She'd be fine.' "Catherine, how are
The doctor called Catherine into her office and had a talk with her, in the middle of their conversations she broke down."Doctor please save my daughter." She begged, there was no other way she knew her daughter could be saved."Pray for her ma'am." The doctor told her. "We're trying our best as doctors but there is no improvement. Like I told you before, the cancer has really affected her before it was detected, she's been holding on for long and now its like not treatable anymore.""Can we fly her abroad for treatments?" She inquired."We have the best doctors in this hospital, most of them were trained abroad so if the doctors in this hospital can't find a solution to the problem on ground. I'm afraid it can't be treated abroad. If the Leukaemia was still at the first stage, it'd have been easily treated but now ma'am your daughter is battling with the final stage of Leukaemia and one out of hundred survives this." She explained to Catherine."She's just a kid, doctor please don't
As promised she resumed back to school on Monday morning, nothing have changed about Brainhood Academy it was still same air, same energy and same colours.She walked elegantly towards her classroom and greeted the few junior students that cared to acknowledge her on the corridor that led to her class, she entered the classroom and there was a suddenly silence."Michal!" Her classmates yelled. "How's Mirabella? How are you doing? Where have you been? We're so sorry about Mirabella, hope she gets better soon." Were the words that echoed in her ears as she walked to her seat."Thank you everyone." Were the words she managed to mutter, the questions were too many for her to begin with."Where is Hammed?" She asked Rhoda, the girl that sat in the front seat."I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders and continued writing, Michal felt Ruth's eyes on her but she didn't budge she just minded her business and did her things.She dashed out of the classroom and was heading to the laboratory w
They got under the almond shed and sat down at the deserted chair that has been there before either of them got admitted into the school.Michal stared into space and Hammed watched her."Why are you mad at me?" He asked when she still refused to talk to him."Try to figure out the reason." She said."I can't think of anything." He racked his brain but nothing was coming forth. "Wait!" He snapped a finger. "I guess its because I've not been to the hospital to see you." He said looking at her apologetically. "I'm really sorry, I have been so so busy.""Hammed its not that." She moved away from him."Then its what?" He was more confused now, he moved closer to her."You told Uncle Daniel you like me, he might start suspecting things between us." She said shyly."Wow? That?" He burst into laughter.Michal brought her eyebrows together and wrinkled her forehead in confusion. "Why are you laughing, is it funny now?" She hissed and he laughed again."Whatever.""How's Mirabella?" He asked, Mi
Days passed swiftly, and as the days passed she got weaker.The doctor called Catherine into her office again, and told her "If after this surgery, I mean the bone marrow transplantation she doesn't get better. I wouldn't want you to panic, I'd just advise you to be with her and make her last days a happy and memorable one. Right now, she's left with very little strength and she fighting strongly for her life." The doctor told Catherine, she couldn't move her feet, her teeth were glued to her tongue.'Would she lose her daughter?' Was the one question her brain could process. She stared at the doctor with no expression on her face, she was not ready to lose anyone again, she sobbed silently thinking of the impending danger she sobbed out loudly."Please save my daughter." She begged, the words she said every time. She thought of Mirabella's smiling face and gnashed her teeth in pains. "I don't want to lose her."
"We made it." Lekky yelled happily not caring if she was disturbing other patients, she showed the letter to Mirabella. "We made it to the final." She squealed.Mirabella collected the sheet of paper from her and glanced through, "Congratulations to us." She smiled weakly."Yes, I'm so happy." Lekky said, her expression showed how happy she was."Lekky, will I be able to sing the next time we want to compete?" She asked sadly and the smile on Lekky's face faltered."You'll be fine before then." She told her."How do you know?" Mirabella sniffed, she was about to cry. "Don't tell anyone about it yet but I want you to rehearse ahead of the competition." She said to Lekky who had a gloomy face on."Mira." Lekky held her best friend's hand and said "You know how you've always told me not to ever give up whenever I was down." She thought back to when she almost got raped, that