"Get the hell out of here, I will drive my self!" Manoah push his driver out of the driving sit in frustration. " Ah, damn you!" Hitting the driving wheel, very frustrated, "How dare you challenging me, who do you think you are!" Panting terribly and hit the gears almost to hit the car behind when making a turn.
"Come with me." Prince hold Brianna by the wrist, hurrying outside.
"Where are you taking me. stop I'm tired!" stopped running when they where up, on the rooftop of the building.
The prince run shouting in bliss with hands spread free in the hair, giggling like a child, playing in the rain. " Come on, Brianna, the weather tonight is so beautiful!" Pulled her with him, while holding hands they moved round and round. Swinging each other like kids and giggling.
Tasha, Michie and Cindy, watching happily from their hiding with hi fives.
At last, they stopped rolling and sit on the beam, leaning their back on the bars supporting them from falling down the great height.
After a moment of silence, staring up at the bright moon and shiny stars, Brianna had to speak, "how did you know about the party?"
"My heart did." Staring up at the sky.
" Stop lying to me, I know it's Michie who did it! " Knock him on the head playfully.
Michie
"Ouch, that hurts!" Hold on the iching part. "Hey, don't forget I'm still your prince!" Give a pretending long face just to scare her.
"So what, your majesty?" hit a finger on his forehead, if you really care so much about your title, then why are you here at the commoner's party!" angry point on his chest then he got hold of her tiny hand, pined them on his chest. Blinking affectionately as he stared in her charming eyes then he draw them slowly to his face and kissed on top of them, so passionate.
"Ooh__ so sweet." The three of them whispered from their hiding.
They heard some chuckling and made a turned to that direction the girls quickly ran away.
"Someone is watching us,"stood up randomly, "We need to go." She turned a back to leave but he hold her wrist and pulled her into the hug. " I longed for this, I'm sorry." Holding on, so tight. Brianna slowly hold him back.
It is 9 pm, but Mr Kumwenda is not yet home. Grace has been trying her husband's line for so long now but it was out of coverage. "What is going on, Reuben, why is your phone off?" Throw it away on the couch out of frustration.
"Calm down mum, daddy must have been cought up in work, he will be home very soon, you'll see." Help her have a sit. she looked at her son, Daniel with tearful eyes. then throw her helpless body into his arms.
In so much rage, manoah driving back home in the quiet street with the street lights guiding his path and the car lights making the way clear. Mr Kumwenda hurrying home from the client's house from where he was repairing the car. He checked the left of his sides before he could make a step to cross when angry Manoah's car jumped the hump in speed and hit Mr Kumwenda who stood freeze by the tarmac after seeing the car running towards her in such great speed.
In great force, Mr Kumwenda's unconscious body landed on the Stony side of the road side and it was quite. in a minute, he was swimming in his own food. The car landed on the tarmac standing on it wheels. With his hands, hold the steering wheel, trembling as he stare fearful at the lying unconscious body in pool of blood.
Fortunately there were still people coming that way who saw the accident and run over to help. "Hey Mr, can't you see that the man is dying?" One man among the group spoke. Seeing more people coming, manoah had no any other solution than to hit the gears and run.
"Look, he is running away!" A woman kneeling beside the body shouted and the men run after the car, while others running to to look for a taxi after seeing that the man was arrive.
To their fortunate, the car came by and they rushed the man to the hospital. By morning, the news of him fighting for his life in hospital after being hit last night was all over town. Mr Kumwenda was a very known and lovable man that the news couldn't affect anybody.
The news had reached his family very early in the morning and Mrs Kumwenda with his son has been at the hospital since 5Am but no news about him, from the doctors who are operating on him in the theater. The hit was so bad that one of his legs was fractured and need a metal support, inside it. Other wounds also need to be stitched. When he landed on those Stone ground, a sharp object stubbed, right on his left side of the chest wounding his heart, so there is a lot the doctors are working on.
Doctor Marcos, the professional and trusted doctor at Yashilan main hospital is sweating in an operating room, trying everything he could for over five hours now. Beside him, is his assisting doctor, Christine.
"Pass me a scissor!" Doctor Marcos ordered a nurse standing to his right and in a hurry she pass it over.
Doctor Christine came out of the theater to get something in her office, Grace and her son running over to her with swollen eyes from weeping. " Doctor, please say something to me, please." Clung on her white coat weeping bitterly.
"Madam, you need to calm down, everything is under control. We are doing our best, right now. excuse me." hurried away.
"No doctor, please I need to know!!" Chasing after her but the women accompanying Grace comforting her got hold of her, stopping her from chasing after the doctor.
Mrs Kumwenda Rosemary, Reuben's mother and Mrs Sosala came running in the hospital and the moment she saw them, she run and fall on Rosemary's arms sorrowfully and then burst into weeping, both of them. Daniel fell in Mrs Sosala's arms weeping. "Grandma, my dad." Cry more.
Doctor Marcos came out from the theater and cleared the throat to draw their attention. As Soon as they hear him, they run towards him for updates. "Doctor tell me that my son is still alive. He is the only thing that reminds me of my husband, please." helplessly spoke as tears kept rolling down her cheeks.
Mrs Sosala, hold her grandson from her left side and on her right her daughter, Grace , "Please doctor, tell us something already."
"The operation was successful." said the doctor, confidently.
Everyone's face turned bright and hugged happily.
"But there is one more thing." he spoke again and everyone turned nervously. " He will stay unconscious for couple of months before he can recover from his injuries."
Just after his last word, something fell to the ground, It was Brianna's phone that fell of from her hand out of shock, after hearing this news. Everyone turned towards her. Brianna slowly drawing near with a face socked in tears, until she reached the doctor. "Show me my father's ward, I need to see him, please." Tears could not stop falling.
"No I won't." spoke the doctor. Everyone looked at him surprisingly. " Yes I won't, unless you calm down, will I take you to see your dear Dad." With his thumb wipped a tear from her cheeks. The young doctor Marcos about 25 is a gentle and caring doctor to his patients, because of this, alot likes him. He stays with his mum and a five years old daughter that his late wife left with him after she passed away. He tries to smile in front of his clients and patients, but deep inside of him have a great wound that has never been healed since the death of his wife, he loved so much. His daughter Nelly and his mum has been the only family he lives for.
He is tall, handsome with an oval face, medium size, not fat nor slim. bright in complexion. He is an attraction to many of the nurses, despite of him being a fixed man in his work and always formal, no time of fooling around nor joking. He doesn't talk alot, one word or three if he has spoken alot. Smiling is something rare to him. Even so, Doctor Marcos Tumelo is one of the kind.
"Good, come with me now." Lead the way as Brianna and the rest are following him behind. " One at a time please. The patient needs more fresh hair, he can't afford a room full of people. Miss, please come in, but please don't touch anything connected to him. One simple mistake might cause him death, come in" He open the heavy glass door of the ICU Mr Kumwenda was in, leaving the rest watching him from the glass.
Tears could not be hold back when she saw her hero, lying lifeless on that bed, with his chest covered in all sorts of complected tubes and the large tube connected to the face cover, bringing in oxgen to sustain him. Slowly approaching his bed, she kept wiping unending tears while the doctor aside remorseful. He was really hurting Inside, seeing how broken young Brianna was over her dad, he related with the days his lovely wife was battling for life in the hospital, even so his profession could not allow him to shed a tear in front of the client, no matter the case
Brianna reached to her father and knelt before him staring at his unconscious body, with trembling hands she stretched to touch him, but then she remembered the doctor's warning, that if tempered with any of the tubes connected on him, he will die, she restrained a hand and weeping in not much noise that could disturb him. "My papa, Who could have done this to you?" Cry more. "Who is this person who wants to take you away from me?" She weep more.
The doctor Breathed out, holding back his tears. Michie could not hold back her tears when she saw her weeping that much from afar, So is her mum, brother and grandmas.
After weeping about 10 minutes, Brianna starts up a song that she usually sings for her dad, since she was young. She discovered that whenever she sings this song for him he could calm, no matter the circumstances he might gone through. After it, a smile could shine bright on his face again. a song by Luther Vandross entitled: "Dance with my father, again." Brianna sings even more better when she is emotional, sad, grieved. The doctor was about to walk out, living the two of them, but when he just opened the door, she started to sing. By the first sound of her voice, the doctor stopped freeze with eyes widened. When she reached "to dance with my father again," entering the second stanza of the song, Marcos slowly turned with such shocking look on his face.
She sung and sung as he kept staring with a shocking face, wondering what voice, could this be. The rest hearing it from outside, her family and friends could not hold back their voices as they cried. Nurses and some passing in that corridor stopped to listen in remorse.
By the end of the song, doctor Marcos could no longer abide to his professional ethics and principles when tears fell down from him eyes, that for the first time ever, since he joined professional of medicine did he saw such a miracle, when a patient in such critical recovered there and then. He has never missed his calculation on giving accurate information about his patients conditions, but this one? This one is one of it kind.
Mr Kumwenda who was suppose to lie unconscious for he doesn't know how many months before he could recover has now opened his eyes in less than 24 hours, after the operation.
Laughing and crying out of happiness, Brianna, "I had no doubt that you would come back for me papa, I knew you would, my Hero!"
The family could nologer hold their patience, than they all flew in joyful. Gathered around him with joyful stares, Brianna removed the oxygen mask from his face and he could breath without it. He turned a look to his daughter with a tear rolling down.
"Papa. " clinging to his right hand where one of his finger was pined on a pulse oximeter, she raised it and kissed it so deep. "Please don't scare me like that again, nor mum, Daniel, Vanessa and grandmothers."
He haven't recovered his voice yet, so he kept staring with tears rolling down. all the nurses and other workers watching from outdoor scattered to their various working places the moment the doctor came out, leaving doctor Christine standing alone. Marcos looked at her, speechless and continued his journey to his office, then she took a way to her office after a last glance in the ICU.
That night, Manoah arrived home traumatized from the incident that happened. He informed his mother about the accident who comforted him , but still he couldn't find sleep that night. One of his men came knocking on his bedroom door. " Come in, who ever you are!" manoah shout.
The man entered and a question followed him. "Did you find out about the man I hit, did he die?" curiously asked.
"Calm down, sir."
Then tell me, already!" impatiently demanded.
"Sir the good news is that the man didn't die."
Manoah breathed out in relief, without hearing the other part of the news.
The man spoke again, "but sir____ there is also a bad part of from it." He swallowed before he said more, not very sure of his boss's reaction after he reveal the other part of the news.
"Speak up, fool!" Yelled. Mrs Dube his mother, listening from the closed door.
"The bad news is that__ The man is Brianna's father."
Manoah's eyes widen in disbelief. "Are you killing me, Paul?"
"No sir, the news is all over and everyone is cursing the person who did it."
He kept silent for a moment before he could speak. "Does Brianna know about this?" staring in guilty.
"Yes boss. The miss came yesterday."
"Ok. I will be going there right now." Grab his car keys from the table to leave, but Paul speak again.
"One more news, boss, The man who was dancing with the miss at the party, was prince Lawrence."
By the mention of the prince, Manoah turned with unfriendly look, "I suspected that fool of a good for nothing prince!" Panting in anger then he controlled himself. "let's leave this discussion for another day. Prince is trying my capabilities, he will taste my wrath" walked out I'm mediately he said that and Paul followed him.
On his way he meets his mum, " Son, are you going out?"
"Yes mother, I will be back." He walked out.