KENNEDY, YOU ARE OVERPROTECTIVE
….. Free when we conducted the pregnancy test, I mean to say, the Pregnancy test came out Negative."
"Congratulations to you Miss Adams"
There, I felt a very sweet relief as I breath in and breath out.
Mum looked at me with so much joy in her eyes. Her eyes gazing has already sent me the message of how proud mum is about me.
The doctor checked me again and this time he is very convinced that I'm fine and free to go home.
" Mrs Adams, I think Miss Tina is free to go home, I will quickly give order for her discharge in one hour time, but if anything happens again when you get home, please, do not hesitate to reach out to us. Thank you"
The Doctor said to mum while he takes his leave.
"Mum, that means we should be getting ready to leave" I said.
"Yes Tina, quickly join me let's pack the provisions and hot water flask into the bag. And make sure we do not forget anything here". Mum instructed.
Few minutes later, my brother Kennedy walked in with an envelope in his hands, but this time, there is something different I noticed about him.
He didn't walk in angrily or with his shoulder high, with a remorse he said:
" Tina, how are you doing? Hope you are good? The doctor said you are fine now, and so, we can go home…. are you not happy about that?"
I could see the shame on his face as he stammered while talking to me as if I'm a kind of tigress that wants to eat him up.
" Brother. why are you stammering, what is that guilt on your face, Is anything wrong?"
Or, are you ashamed because your plans failed, or because I disappointed you again or…..
Before I could say any further, Kennedy interrupted, trying to fix himself back in the best of his ego as usual.
"How dare you….? How dare you speak to me like that? Do you know I can still give you a very tight slap on your cheeks and that can pull off the thirty two teeth in your mouth and send you back to another section of admission?".....
"And this time, you won't spend just three days in the hospital".....and if you are able to get discharged within one month then change my name. Nonsense!".....He aggressively threatened .
"Kennedy!!!
"Stop that now, stop it at the moment."
Mum said as she hurriedly stepped down from the hospital bed .
"Aren't you tired? Aren't you tired of treating this innocent poor girl this way, what has she done to you to deserve all this?"
" First, you got her beaten up, locked her up in the store room like a common criminal and here she is in the hospital,"
"She suffered here for three whole days battling with her life all because of you and you still do not stop there"? .
"As if that wasn't enough, you suspected her of being pregnant and asked the doctor to run pregnancy test on her, and you still do not feel any atom of remorse?"
" You want to slap her again and send her to the hospital for a month?, is that all you care about, is that all you can offer to your siblings?"
Kennedy tried disrupting her ….. but mum was so angry.
"No. Don't stop me!"
You did this to Vivian before she got married and you treated Priscilla this way too and now Tina?
You are being over protective and You are going too far Kennedy!
"Mark my words today. If your dad were to be alive, believe me he would definitely be disappointed over your leadership towards your family".
"My late husband your dad was a very no nonsense man, but, he would never do these to his own siblings. Because, he had the interest of his family at heart more than any other thing".
Mum walked closer to him and tapped his shoulder twice:
"I gave birth to you, you are my first and only son and I'm so proud of the man you have become today, but believe me, this is not the way to treat your own family" ( she said to Kennedy gently with tears flowing down her eyes).
"Love them, pamper them, let their interest be yours, protect it and let everyone be happy, this way, we will have a united family and no one can break us apart".
At this point, I wasn't thinking of myself anymore, but I was lost in pity and in thought as I looked at mum and my beloved brother sharing tears like babies.
Could this be my fault? Should I forget about Tony so that all this drama will end? This is going too far now, all because of me.
I don't want to tear my family apart, my brother has loved me so much, he has fought for me many times, he has cared so much for my education and has taken me like his own first daughter….. but now he is going too far in taking the love of my life from me. Why is he doing this?
Tony is my first love, he took my virginity and we have gone so far with each other, my heart is lost in him already and I'm not ready to let go of him. Not now or ever.
Please Lord help me out of this troubles I beg you. I prayed in my heart as I burst out in physical tears unknowingly.
There, Kennedy knelt down before mum and….