Uncle Bot is my mother's immediate younger brother and he has really not being happy that my mother moved into this house even though it was with my grandmother's consent, he has always been looking for the right opportunity to send us out and since my grandmother had passed he feels now is a good time. He doesn't care where we go to, he just wants us out and immediately "please Bot you can't do this to your sister and her children" my dad pleaded, "you know i have never liked you Zakka, the only reason i was pretending was because you got married to my sister and she has children that calls me uncle if not?" "but you are trying to send to the street those same children today, please Bot for the sake of this children please" "where is my sister? am not having this conversation with you! I'll ask this boys i came with to throw your things out now".
We all were dumbfounded but the more we pleaded the angrier he becomes my dad said we should go inside and wait for him, it is obvious he didn't want us to witness something as traumatic as that so he insisted we entered inside while he tried to calm the situation "this is my fathers house! don't you have a father? go to your own father house and leave us alone or was it a crime we gave you our sister for marriage in the first place?" my uncle continued "please i want to use this place to rare pigs and i must start now!" "where do you want us to go to?" my daddy asked "so you are asking us out to rare pigs while we move from street to street with our sick son? Bot remember things were not like this from the beginning and i also helped you a lot of times, please am begging you". People were beginning to gather in our compound a lot of them raining insult on us and some went far as saying we were cursed that it was from one bad news to the other and the truth is they weren't laying even though it wasn't exactly true.
My mother has been calling our phone but because of the chaos nobody was able to pick the call but i heard my small phone vibrating, i was surprised its still on because that phone is gradually becoming a desktop "hello mummy" i said when i picked up the phone "tell you father to come to the hospital nowwww" she shouted on the other side of the phone "ok ma" before i would say a word my father had ran out of the compound at this point not minding what our uncle was going to do.
Back in the hospital my brother's condition had grown from bad to worst and so my mummy was so scared so she called my dad "the doctor is asking for 400k before he continues the treatment, were you able to get something?" she asked him "hmmmmmm i didnt even go to the site, i meet Feng in a very compromising condition with an old man and i pursued her home then i meet Bot at home, so its one problem to the other but were is the Doctor let me go and talk to him please he should help us" "Feng again? who was it this time? wait! Bot what does he want?" my mother replied "and for the doctor he is in the theater but don't even bother going there he made it very clear no money no treatment!".
Everything seemed to crumple at the same time this was indeed a test of faith, my mother was cleaning my brother face with cold towel to help keep his temperature low, she was doing that praying and crying "GOD PLEASE SAFE MY CHILD!" she said loudly "ill do anything please my lord" her voice was shaking, you can literally see and hear fear all around her! my dad said "are you really sure you can do anything? just to safe our boy?" my mom surprised at the question "YES" she replied, he moved closer to her held her hand and said "then call Dr. Edward Solomon" she opened her eyes wide open to be sure she heard him right and it was actually him that was talking "sorry what" my dad shamefully looked away but she used her hand to bring back his face to her and asked again "where is your faith Mr Zakka" crying my daddy shouted "what faith? what God? i am tired this is sooo unbearable! i wont forgive myself if anything happens to this boy because of my inability to provide for my family! i am tired and i mean it, this boy is dying and if what will safe him is calling Dr Edward please my love lets do it!.
This must be the worst spot any man can be, knowing fully well what Dr. Edward wants from your wife but still you let her go ahead to do it is indeed a very bitter pill to swallow