"What?!" I asked in bewildered confusion. I had to go on this mission, I owed it to Richard."I had requested your presence mainly for contributions and to give you the respect accorded to being amongst the best in your field, not to lead you into action when you're undeniably unfit." "I am stable Sir," I insisted, trying my hardest to level my tone."You can't embark on an ops as high risked as this with a liability as such," he said referring to my bound hand and shoulder."The fracture caused by the stab is healed and I'm taking off the stupid cast in 6days but I'm certain we can make an exception of five days earlier," I argued, already fed up with the injury but I sincerely meant it, I didn't feel the pain anymore and I could even remove it today if I wanted."Still, I can't be too sure if you would be fully disposed to use it effectively and also you had experienced a mild axonotmesis.""Sir I need to go on this mission," I responded in desperation."What if something goes wrong

The interiors of the building felt cold unlike the fading warmth it had once brought to my insides. Nothing had changed but everything was different. The furniture was in a dilapidated condition and it was crying loudly for a change. It made me wonder, had the extreme poverty of then continued? I had hoped somewhere in my mind as a little consolation, that they would have at least escaped from the shackles of its hold but now as I viewed, it looked as though things had gotten worse. I instantly felt ashamed, that as I was living a luxury life my family was suffering.

It was already getting to 10pm on the clock when I lodged into the motel at the next street for the night. Since I had no other place to go to, there was no other option but to elapse the remaining days of solace to families alone in this hotel room with an unsettled mind. My mother was dying in some hospital ward room I didn’t know about and it was eating me up voraciously to the extent that even after the cold shower I had, my mind was still not at ease. I paced around with turbulent thoughts aside a heart pounding in fear of the worst. I had to see my mom no matter what before I left. The guilt of not being there weighed at me deeply and I knew if I didn’t get the chance to apologize, it would be another regret I’ll never forgive myself for. The conversation I had with Tayo still bugged me, I had never intended to lose a brother the second time as I walked through the doors of my home but his hate had run too deep and the length of time seemed to have strengthened its roots. 'I nee

My head slowly turned up and when my eyes met hers at last, I almost drowned In the cavernous depths I was disposed to just by staring at them. Her eyes were so empty, devoid of life and sunken and it broke my heart more, even though I was sure there was nothing else left to shatter.Her grip was weak and I could see her eyes widen when she t

I dropped my weight onto the row of brown Windsor seats lined up outside the rooms with my head bent in agony. I wasn't physically weak but I had no strength left on the inside to go on. They had moved her body to the hospital mortuary but Tayo had refused to leave her room. Two sons' grief stricken by the loss of their mother, now I gu