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CHAPTER THREE

She was surprised, happy, relieved and worried all at once. She couldn't believe her mum wasn't dead. She slowly stood up and walked closer to the bed side where Mr. samson was also standing.

She placed her hand under her nose and felt the faint touch of breath slowly blowing on it. She breathed out, relieved that she was not going to lose her second parent within the period of five years.

"let's take her to the hospital."

"let shola take her with his rickshaw."

"go and call him fast." Baba Raimat ordered. She was thankful for his assistance despite all her rent dues.

The neighbors started planning how they'll take her to the hospital fast. They felt sorry for the Anu who was just seventeen and was already facing the difficulties in life.

The poor girl couldn't move. She just stood beside her mum, praying with all her might on the inside.

Soon enough, shola arrived and they carried her into the rickshaw. before entering the rickshaw Anu thanked all of them and they just nodded. Baba Raimat gestured for her to go in fast and she nodded.

She turned and ran to the rickshaw where her mum was carefully sitted. She sat down beside her mother and waved at the neighbors.

They were worried, mummy Anu was a nice woman , before she started falling sick .

Mr. samson decided to follow them too, after they settled in shola turned on the rickshaw and started driving towards the nearest general hospital since they could not afford a private one.

The holes and gallopes on the road were not helping matters as their body kept moving left and right.

Anu placed a hand under her mother's head trying to hold it still and prevent from moving like a lifeless body.

"she'll be fine." Mr. Samson encouraged. Anu nodded and cleaned the tear that escaped from her eyes.

If anything was to happen how will she even explain to Jide her brother. This was not good, why was her life like this? She began to wonder.

After driving for thirty minutes they parked in front of a general hospital. It was the local government area hospital and was filled with people going back and forth.

She helped samson and shola carry her mother out of the rickshaw. Samson quickly left them in order to call a nurse to help them carry her inside.

Shola and Anu placed both her arm on their necks. When they got to the foot of the stairs, two nurses rushed out with a wheelchair , they placed her on it and started wheeling her to the emergency sector.

The doctor walked in to attend to her, the nurse gestured for everyone to walk out.

"I am her daughter." Anu stated, she was feeling too scared. She didn't want to lose her mum. No one would, it is the worst feeling ever.

"don't worry she'll be fine. Just wait outside." The doctor said in a gentle and reassuring voice.

"doctor please make her okay." Anu pleaded. The doctor nodded and she left the room, living the life of her mother in the doctor's hand.

She paced round the corridor, shola had left earlier and there was no other family member to call than her brother who was still at school.

"don't worry, she'll be fine." Mr. samson said trying to calm her down. She just nodded and kept on pacing. She was actually grateful to Mr. samson for staying here with her and not letting her be alone.

Thirty minutes later and the doctor came out.

"follow him to his office." the nurse said . Anu did not even waste a second as she was already up on her feet following the man.

He entered inside and she followed him.

"good afternoon sir." She greeted.

"good afternoon ..." he pointed at the chair and she sat down getting the message. The office was cool than the outside and the blasting AC which she has not felt for close to two years now made goosebumps appear on her body.

"Anu." she said answering the doctor's question'

"okay Anu, thank God you met your mother at that time if not this would not be what we will be saying. Your mother have appendicitis and she needs to get her due surgery."

Appendicitis, the name of the disease sounded so long in her ear. It's been long she heard that type of word. But wait, surgery? How much will we pay for that?

"sorry sir o, but how much am I going to pay for the surgery?" she asked,

"bring fifty thousand naira and that is because I know you're the one who will look for the money."

Anu could not believe her ears. Fifty thousand. Where will she get it from, her salary she hasn't collected but has finished already.

How will she get it? Or maybe she didn't hear it well.

"sir how much did you call it again."

"fifty thousand naira."

how will she get fifty thousand naira?!

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