Previously…Femi.“Femi…” she dragged and trailed off. Her voice shook while she said my name. She sounded scared.“Radike talk to me. I saw your calls and texts. Y’all are not at home, what the fuck happened?” I almost yelled. I was under a lot of tension that I didn’t know what I was doing anymore.“Femi we are in the hospital. Ama collapsed while preparing to come see you. She said she’s been feeling weird all day but I didn’t know that it was that serious until this afternoon.” She said in panic.I gasped “what the hell? Wait what hospital are you at?” I ran around to get my keys and power bank to head out. What the fuck was going on? I was confused as hell.“Saint Mark’s” she said.“Fuck Radike why did you take her to that wack hospital. What if this is a serious issue. Those people could kill her.” I ranted. Saint Mark’s Hospital almost killed Kola when he had an accident in which he incited minor injuries. A simple surgery and they turned the whole thing into something more ser
Previously...Femi."Um she has a kidney failure apparently." I breathed out. It tasted very bitter coming from my mouth."What?!!! Tell me you're lying" she yelled."I wish I was. I wish all this was a lie. I am so damn dumbfounded right now" I said taking off my face cap and rubbing my head. "Oh my God" Radike exclaimed with both hands covering her mouth."I'm definitely not letting these people touch her. Not after what they did to my brother. I'm going to fly her out. She will get the best of the best healthcare and she will be fine. I know nothing will happen to her." I reassured Radike who was already sobbing. I consoled her for a while by putting a hand on her shoulder for support."This is really dark sided..." Matthew said from where he was on the other side of the room. "My sister is the healthiest person I know. How did this even happen?""I don't know man. I don't know. I will fix it." I told him and he went silent again.I looked at Ama and said in my mind. "I will never
Previously...Femi."Wait... what happened to her?" Tunde said. The worry in his face became even more evident."She's in the hospital Tunes. She had a kidney failure or disease or whatever. Both her kidneys are bad. And because I didn't answer the fucking phone they took her to Saint Mark's." I revealed."What the fucking hell? Kidney fucking failure??? And St Mark's??? No not there, they'll kill her." Tunde said in panic. He knew how Kola nearly died when he had that accident. "Yeah same thing I said. I'm just in a ditch yo. I need to get her to Mayo Clinic and fast. They are the only ones that I can trust with her. Nigerian hospitals are wack." I said. I felt less uneasy now that we were brainstorming on what to do."Look, we need to get Ama out of there as soon as possible. Is she awake at least?" Tunde asked. I shook my head. "She's in limbo. Sleeping. Coma. Whatever. She isn't conscious. The doctor said she can't fly while unconscious and if she doesn't wake up soon they would
Previously…Femi.“Yeah. It’s a whole mess.” I said. Kola was usually the person I confided in but I came to Tunde now because I felt like Kola hated Ama. It was beginning to look like that was not the case.“So where is she?” He asked. “Saint fucking Mark’s” I spat. It irked me so much that she was in that dreadful hospital.“What in the actual hell? What in the world made you take her there? Do you remember how they almost killed me in there?” Kola said. Once again blaming me.“Her brother took her, not me. I would never risk her life like that. And before you say anything her brother isn’t a Lagosian. He doesn’t know what hospitals are good and what ones aren’t. So I don’t blame him. That was the one closer to their house. We have to get her out of there and to a better hospital to do the surgery. If she doesn’t wake up they have to do it anyway. So we have to take her to a good specialist here in Nigeria.” I narrated.Tunde added “I’ll get one of those coma ambulances. She will
Previously...Femi."Kola, Tunde said they're coming in. We need to go to the reception." I said.Kola silently followed me out along with Matthew. We met Tunde in the reception area."Well?" Kola asked."We need a go ahead from the hospital to touch Ama." He said."That's not a problem. I would assume the doctor must have told the lobby to let us take her." I said."I'll go ask them." Matthew said and almost ran to the receptionists' desk. I watched him. He looked like he signed off something before he returned back to us."They can go in now." He said. Tunde got to work, taking his medication up to AMA's room with Matthew showing them the way to her ward."Thank goodness this is going well." I muttered."We just have to hope the medics don't fuck this shit up. She's stable. We expect her to remain that way." Kola said. I sighed. That was another issue.In all I felt like they were professional enough not to screw this up. Tunde would never use people he wasn't sure of.After a few
Previously….Once we were settled, we waited to hear this doctor’s side of the story. This place was know you be one of the best in the kidney transplant field so I was sure that she was in safe hands. I was half at peace knowing that we were able to get her here with no complications.“Good day gentlemen. Mr Akinjola and Mr Ukoha you are welcome.” The doctor said. It was quite creepy how everyone knew my name as soon as they set eyes on me. But then again my reputation was the loudest among my brothers and I. Tunde took the least heat because he wasn’t trying to be as ruthless and creative as me and Kola.“Yeah so what’s the diagnosis?” I asked so he would get straight to the point. There was no time for dilly dallying.“Yes sir, um… the patient has had a kidney failure but seeing as you transferred her here from another hospital then you probably are aware of why she’s here in the first place. However we ran some more tests and we have realized something very dreadful.” The doctor s
Previously....Kola.I still didn't want Ama with my brother but I didn't want her to die as well. Losing her would break Femi to shreds and I didn't think he could come back from that. This kind of attachment was the reasoning behind my wanting Ama far away from our lives. All I could think of right now though, was Femi's well being, so yes we could compromise for now.——-/Femi.I went over to where Kola and Tunde were waiting after talking to Radike. I knew they stayed away because Kola didn't want to be close to Radike."Okay so what's the news now" Tunde asked and Kola listened intently."Um she's still stable but doesn't have long before she Uh..." I trailed off. I couldn't bring myself to say it yet again."How long?" Kola chimed in."Five weeks." I said. It was gut wrenching to even think about."Wow..." Tunde breathed out. He felt it too. The disappointment and pain. Ama was close to him in a way. He had a soft spot for her."This is all so ridiculous. Ama is the healthiest p
Previously...Radike.I sat there waiting for Matthew to come out of the lab and give us the verdict. I stole glance at Kola while at it. My ex-fling. I was trying to avoiding him and it looked like he was trying to avoid me as well that was until he locked eyes with me. Knowing Kola he was probably dumbfounded about something with his facial expression.I looked away immediately when he started walking towards me. "Just great.." I muttered. I didn't want him anywhere near me. Not after he almost got me fired. If it wasn't for Ama who's life was on the line and Femi his brother who I always thought the worst of, I would be out of a job. "Hi Didi." He said. He used the name he always called be when we were sleeping together. The sound of that name pulled at my heartstrings but I ignored it.I looked up. "What is it?" I asked. I acted pissed even though I really wasn't. I wanted to be pissed though. I wanted to be pissed at him but I couldn't be. So I put on an act."Oh don't be so col