' Mommy what happened? '. Mina did not wait for her mother to sit down before bombarding her with her question.
Watching her sister sleeping on a hospital bed with an oxygen concentrator connected to her nose and pulse oximeter to her finger, reduced her patience level and increased he agitation level. So as she sat down with crossed legs and fingers, she was actually restricting herself from encroaching into that Doctor's office and asking the adults what happened to her sister.
Joy and gladness filled her heart when she saw her father enter the ward, but when she greeted him as an initation into finding out what happened, he only nodded at her, held her sister's hand for awhile and left the room, leaving her stilled and glued to the floor. Well not that she expected the least from him.
' Mommy, what happened to Rosey? Why are you crying? '. She needed answer and never expected to see her mother break down in tears.
Her heart tightened as she saw her mother crying endlessly. Sitting by her side on the sofa, she hugged her to calm her down but found herself crying too as she imagined the worst that could possibly have happened to her sister.
' Mommy, please stop crying '. Her words soaked in tears only enhanced the tears of her mother but her continual pleading dried the brook.
' Is okay. Am okay now. How is your sister? '. Mrs Neil finally spoke up admist sniffles.
Mina looked at her mother for awhile. Happy that she had stopped crying and concerned as to what made her cry. What happened to Rosella? Was it really that serious?
Before hugging her mother and thinking the worst, she had actually thought that it was just too much of crying and stress that made her faint. She wanted clarity from the doctor but her mother tears just surpassed her thoughts.
' Mommy, please tell me what happened to Rosey? It was because of her many hours of crying, right? '.
Mrs Neil looked at her daughter as she heard what she said. The tears she had stopped earlier, came rushing down again.
' I'm sorry. I won't do that again '. She apologized and wiped her eyes as she noticed Mina's change of facial expression. It was like she was getting angry watching her cry over and over again without answering her.
' What happened to Rosey, mother? '. The change in tone of her voice cleared the air on her being angry. It was obvious that Mrs Neil was now being unbearable crying without telling her what happened.
' Rosey drank poison, attempting to kill herself '. She voiced it out in a breath.
' What?!. How come? '. That question could be answered by the two of them.
Why? Rosey did not even mention anything to her about taking her life. She did not tell her that she was tired of life, she only told that she was hopeless. So does that mean that she was indirectly telling her that she was hopeless and she could not do anything about it so she wanted to take her life, her precious life.
So that was why she wanted to see Clifford badly. She wanted to see him before she dies.
' Have they been able to remove all the poison? '. Quickly thinking, she jumped the part of continuously asking her mother what occurred and how it happened.
Those questions have been answered by her and it astounded her mother when she noticed that she will not have to explain and explain, her daughter is now matured.
' Yes, they have. Did Rosey tell you anything about poisoning herself? '. Even though her daughter was matured, she wanted to be sure that the reason why she stopped asking was not because Rosella had told her that she wanted to take her life.
Mina understood why her mother was asking. Being close to Rosella, many would think that Rosella told her about her intended plan, but that was not the case. The Rosey, she called her sister is actually more close-mouthed than open-minded. So her plan of killing herself was concealed in her mind while she spoke plainly with her.
' No mommy, she didn't. If she did we will not be in this hospital, as I would have looked for ways to stop her from fulfilling her wish '. Mrs Neil nodded in approval.
' Did it affect any of her vital organ '. She wanted to be sure that Rosella is completely alright.
' No. She was saved before it did. We are lucky that it was a slow poison she took. Did your father reach here? '. As she asked about her father, her tone changed into a more tiring one that could not get pass Mina.
' Yes mother, he did '. She was careful enough not to state her observation to her mother. It seems like her father was much in a hurry to get back to work, that he did not even give her room to ask any question.
Well, when he held Rosella's hand, it was enough room to bombard him with much questions but before that, he nodded at her greeting, letting her know that he was not in the mood of answering her questions.
' Did he say anything? '. Really? Does he even talk to them at home.
' No, he didn't. Mommy, is anything the problem? '.
' No. Nothing, is the problem. Have you eaten? '. Mina nodded in the negative and to that Mrs. Neil got up and matched to the table where the flasks of food where laid and dished out Mina's food.
As she got up, Mina took the opportunity to send a WhatsApp message to someone. But as she about going offline, a message popped on the screen. While reading the message, she was all smiles.
And so like that she sat completely glued to her phone, texting the person. From sitting she moved to lying down and texting.
Mrs Neil came back with the food only to meet her youngest daughter in a world of her own. She shook her head and returned the food. When she gets hungry, she will eat.
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Much love my beloved readers. It is a new week and each week should come with a challenge. So I urge you all to challenge yourself this week to do something you have not done before. Do continue with that thing you stopped halfway and I believe that this week will be in your records of best week.
❤️Much love ❤️
Winnie.