“It gets me batty to wonder how Brian got hold of cleaver knife. I perceive you don’t know what cleaver knife is. That piece is a damn weapon; I mean one of the most dangerous tools for butchers. Who gave that shit to him? How did he get hold of such devilish weapon?” Doctor Emma queried, stared at the both of us and narrowed his gaze in an inspective manner.Fanny gave a questionable stare at me, expecting some satisfactory, implicating reply that would put an end to everything or open a new page of war.I lowered my gaze, fondled with my fingers, processing within me; all that Salsa told me about Kate and Frank being the people sneaking weapons into our chamber. I was yet to verify her assertion and although I had lost trust in Salsa yet I found unverified truth in what she revealed; I wish I had evidence. I wish I could call names with evidence. The Fanny’s were powerful people I wouldn’t want to toil with at the moment.“What do you have to say Melissa?” Fanny’s husky voice came a
The entire Fanny’s gathered at the dining when I peeped out through the window. All the while I had been in my chamber, wailing silently as I beheld the large frame picture of Brian. Upon gazing on that picture I began to relive moments with him; his shrill shouting; his unrest and constant violence on the his life and those around; his countless escape to the street; and finally the striking moment he stood at the summit of a mountain, stared down from it and about to fall over.I shook my head, “Why kidney failure now. How did it happen?” I queried within myself and returned my gaze on the picture, wondering what could have led to it; since they had been sneaking weapons into his chambers, they could have as well poison his kidney. My thought was just running and daring to proffer solution to my ailing husband.When I came out and wanted to take a seat Opula barked at me.“No!” she shot her dark, gloomy eyes at me I flinched and questioned her with my stares, I wanted to speak but
“Medical diagnosis according to the medical ethics had always been a thing of privacy and whenever organ donation was to be considered the parties involved are handled privately and not to be bought over with money or by pleading traceable to emotional blackmail,” that was the voice of Doctor Emma which ended up installing fear in me than I had thought about.Just then I lowered my gaze to stare at the sizeable picture of Brian which had been in my hold from the moment I stepped into the limo to drive down to the hospital. Gently I sniffed at good memories and it was as though I had lost him; as though I was just seeing the last of him. at such thought my heart had skipped and I began to administer life into him. And Firmly I rebuked thought of losing Brian; such thought had panged at me more often these days.Doctor Emma went on to tell us although we were family and wanted the wellbeing of Brian, any donor found eligible would only agree to donate his or her kidney based on willful
I had been skeptical since I got to the hospital. All I wanted was Brian returning to the villa to continue his madness; I abandoned myself to thinking about his flaws and how important even his shouting and violence were to me now. My mother had been a victim of kidney failure and I won’t forget how I often battled with thoughts of losing her in those stormy moments.When Opula, Kate and their husbands came out of the doctor’s office, looking blank and drawn, I thought they weren’t eligible to donate him a kidney. Nevertheless, on the contrary, I could say it to their faces that they were eligible but denied Brian their kidney.“Please let me be eligible,” I mumbled within myself.This was my duty; it was part of the contract marriage agreement; to always be helpful to him in health and in sickness except death.But right now with the way my heart skipped for him, I could give up my breath for him to live.“Hmmm!” Doctor Emma hummed once he glanced through the kidney diagnosis paper
Never in my life had I contemplated to go under the knife, even when my mother had similar kidney failure, we were lucky to get a free kidney donor, yet regardless I was so eager to donate a kidney to my mother the same I felt for Brian now. I could feel a ravaging obsession growing in me; it was more than I thought; perhaps I was being more cautious than obsessed.To an extent I had seen fate playing and dominating this marriage. Why hadn’t I seen him all this while? Why did I see him on my way to Ohio? Why did I yell at the train operator to grant me exit when he wouldn’t; even after they warned me the mountain was the natural dwelling for deadly beasts and I could be lynched. I was yet to understand the mystery behind those decision and action I took.“Doctor, I hope my husband is much okay now,” I said from my hospital bed, under the drip bag, watching as the other bag with blood let some infusion in my veins. I had a grin face because the incision they made across my belly still
Among all the faces that gathered in the dining room for dinner, it was only Fanny’s chiseled face that has the best noticeable shades of excitement.Earlier at the hospital I overheard Salsa giving out orders to the maids and chef over the phone and reminding them of the delicacy to prepare for the warm welcome back dinner.And afterward she had whispered to me, “It is going to be the best and the warmest welcome back dinner for the both of you.”Brain was back from the hospital and it was Fanny’s ritual to have dinner with his son after so long a time. Especially now he survived a kidney disease.Salsa served the best of intercontinental dishes from her magical fingers.Everyone was well seated except the annoying duo Opula and Kate, who had vowed not to share the table with my husband after Opula’s incident.As everyone ate and chatted happily, I struggled to feed Brian who was busy playing with the food, pouring the stew on his head and spitting into his dish of cereal. I could s
I was in my chambers the other night when I overheard a whispering at my window, and when I cast my stare it was Salsa. I knew she was out for gossip and having discovered the rear entrance to my chambers, she often frequented my chamber these days unlike before, when one must pass through Brian’s chamber to get to mine.“You know it is the annual financial record meeting for the Fanny’s and soon Fanny Luis will invite all of you,” she mumbled and forced a smile.I raised a brow, “What has it got to do with me? I am not part of the Fanny’s.” I walked to the side of the jug, “Coffee?” I asked, and once I got a nod from her, I poured for two, and handed her a cup.“Melissa, it is high time you started seeing yourself as part of this family. Hope you know you are supposed to go by the name Melissa Fanny and not Brant. But at the hospital you still used Brant,” Salsa sounded.I paused, winked in guilt and snorted, “perhaps it never occurred to me.”“Heh, I can see it in your eyes. Obsessi
Now there was whirring tension in their midst. Opula flared up, feeling like to flake out within herself. At the time my husband was announced as heir, I couldn’t describe the crimson looks that wired across the face of Opula. But I could best describe it as thunderous; the image you get on the soil when birds scavenge it for food.“Father, tell me you are joking,” Opula snapped, her jaw sagged and voice shook with tension as she surged close to Fanny. “How are you going to disgrace the entire Fanny’s group by presenting your mad son as your heir? Do you realize it is a summit involving billionaires from all walks of life?”Fanny shook his head in affirmation, “Yes, I know, Opula. I know Brian is mad but it should occur to you that from day one I have been presenting him as my successor and not you…”Kate interrupted, “Yes father, because he had his sanity, but right now he is mad. He has lost his sanity, father, don’t you get it? How can a mad man become the successor of the entire F
Now there was whirring tension in their midst. Opula flared up, feeling like to flake out within herself. At the time my husband was announced as heir, I couldn’t describe the crimson looks that wired across the face of Opula. But I could best describe it as thunderous; the image you get on the soil when birds scavenge it for food.“Father, tell me you are joking,” Opula snapped, her jaw sagged and voice shook with tension as she surged close to Fanny. “How are you going to disgrace the entire Fanny’s group by presenting your mad son as your heir? Do you realize it is a summit involving billionaires from all walks of life?”Fanny shook his head in affirmation, “Yes, I know, Opula. I know Brian is mad but it should occur to you that from day one I have been presenting him as my successor and not you…”Kate interrupted, “Yes father, because he had his sanity, but right now he is mad. He has lost his sanity, father, don’t you get it? How can a mad man become the successor of the entire F
I was in my chambers the other night when I overheard a whispering at my window, and when I cast my stare it was Salsa. I knew she was out for gossip and having discovered the rear entrance to my chambers, she often frequented my chamber these days unlike before, when one must pass through Brian’s chamber to get to mine.“You know it is the annual financial record meeting for the Fanny’s and soon Fanny Luis will invite all of you,” she mumbled and forced a smile.I raised a brow, “What has it got to do with me? I am not part of the Fanny’s.” I walked to the side of the jug, “Coffee?” I asked, and once I got a nod from her, I poured for two, and handed her a cup.“Melissa, it is high time you started seeing yourself as part of this family. Hope you know you are supposed to go by the name Melissa Fanny and not Brant. But at the hospital you still used Brant,” Salsa sounded.I paused, winked in guilt and snorted, “perhaps it never occurred to me.”“Heh, I can see it in your eyes. Obsessi
Among all the faces that gathered in the dining room for dinner, it was only Fanny’s chiseled face that has the best noticeable shades of excitement.Earlier at the hospital I overheard Salsa giving out orders to the maids and chef over the phone and reminding them of the delicacy to prepare for the warm welcome back dinner.And afterward she had whispered to me, “It is going to be the best and the warmest welcome back dinner for the both of you.”Brain was back from the hospital and it was Fanny’s ritual to have dinner with his son after so long a time. Especially now he survived a kidney disease.Salsa served the best of intercontinental dishes from her magical fingers.Everyone was well seated except the annoying duo Opula and Kate, who had vowed not to share the table with my husband after Opula’s incident.As everyone ate and chatted happily, I struggled to feed Brian who was busy playing with the food, pouring the stew on his head and spitting into his dish of cereal. I could s
Never in my life had I contemplated to go under the knife, even when my mother had similar kidney failure, we were lucky to get a free kidney donor, yet regardless I was so eager to donate a kidney to my mother the same I felt for Brian now. I could feel a ravaging obsession growing in me; it was more than I thought; perhaps I was being more cautious than obsessed.To an extent I had seen fate playing and dominating this marriage. Why hadn’t I seen him all this while? Why did I see him on my way to Ohio? Why did I yell at the train operator to grant me exit when he wouldn’t; even after they warned me the mountain was the natural dwelling for deadly beasts and I could be lynched. I was yet to understand the mystery behind those decision and action I took.“Doctor, I hope my husband is much okay now,” I said from my hospital bed, under the drip bag, watching as the other bag with blood let some infusion in my veins. I had a grin face because the incision they made across my belly still
I had been skeptical since I got to the hospital. All I wanted was Brian returning to the villa to continue his madness; I abandoned myself to thinking about his flaws and how important even his shouting and violence were to me now. My mother had been a victim of kidney failure and I won’t forget how I often battled with thoughts of losing her in those stormy moments.When Opula, Kate and their husbands came out of the doctor’s office, looking blank and drawn, I thought they weren’t eligible to donate him a kidney. Nevertheless, on the contrary, I could say it to their faces that they were eligible but denied Brian their kidney.“Please let me be eligible,” I mumbled within myself.This was my duty; it was part of the contract marriage agreement; to always be helpful to him in health and in sickness except death.But right now with the way my heart skipped for him, I could give up my breath for him to live.“Hmmm!” Doctor Emma hummed once he glanced through the kidney diagnosis paper
“Medical diagnosis according to the medical ethics had always been a thing of privacy and whenever organ donation was to be considered the parties involved are handled privately and not to be bought over with money or by pleading traceable to emotional blackmail,” that was the voice of Doctor Emma which ended up installing fear in me than I had thought about.Just then I lowered my gaze to stare at the sizeable picture of Brian which had been in my hold from the moment I stepped into the limo to drive down to the hospital. Gently I sniffed at good memories and it was as though I had lost him; as though I was just seeing the last of him. at such thought my heart had skipped and I began to administer life into him. And Firmly I rebuked thought of losing Brian; such thought had panged at me more often these days.Doctor Emma went on to tell us although we were family and wanted the wellbeing of Brian, any donor found eligible would only agree to donate his or her kidney based on willful
The entire Fanny’s gathered at the dining when I peeped out through the window. All the while I had been in my chamber, wailing silently as I beheld the large frame picture of Brian. Upon gazing on that picture I began to relive moments with him; his shrill shouting; his unrest and constant violence on the his life and those around; his countless escape to the street; and finally the striking moment he stood at the summit of a mountain, stared down from it and about to fall over.I shook my head, “Why kidney failure now. How did it happen?” I queried within myself and returned my gaze on the picture, wondering what could have led to it; since they had been sneaking weapons into his chambers, they could have as well poison his kidney. My thought was just running and daring to proffer solution to my ailing husband.When I came out and wanted to take a seat Opula barked at me.“No!” she shot her dark, gloomy eyes at me I flinched and questioned her with my stares, I wanted to speak but
“It gets me batty to wonder how Brian got hold of cleaver knife. I perceive you don’t know what cleaver knife is. That piece is a damn weapon; I mean one of the most dangerous tools for butchers. Who gave that shit to him? How did he get hold of such devilish weapon?” Doctor Emma queried, stared at the both of us and narrowed his gaze in an inspective manner.Fanny gave a questionable stare at me, expecting some satisfactory, implicating reply that would put an end to everything or open a new page of war.I lowered my gaze, fondled with my fingers, processing within me; all that Salsa told me about Kate and Frank being the people sneaking weapons into our chamber. I was yet to verify her assertion and although I had lost trust in Salsa yet I found unverified truth in what she revealed; I wish I had evidence. I wish I could call names with evidence. The Fanny’s were powerful people I wouldn’t want to toil with at the moment.“What do you have to say Melissa?” Fanny’s husky voice came a
Ever since I became Brian’s contracted wife, I hadn’t seen him chant and pummel against the walls and door in such manner. I was yet to believe he was the same person that was sick the other day. Had it been I gave him the green tea the other night I would have accused Salsa of drugging the tea. But it was far from it; my husband’s ranting had doubled and although I was excited that it was evidence of quick recovery yet I couldn’t stand the mind-seizing rant that sounded from him.At dawn, Brian woke up with a strange kind of violence that stirred everyone to panic and peep from their chambers; wondering if it was another Brian or the one that was sick.I was yet in my state of confusion when I got a call from Fanny asking me what was happening. Fanny feared that Brian was out to either pull down the entire mansion or to cause havoc because the vibration if the walls and the door whenever he pummeled on them. I was only peeping from my chamber and strategizing effectively.I told Fann