As I sat down, I looked up to see my uncle standing and working to his Waldrop, he brought out a brown envelope then came to sit back on his bed.
"I know it's not time to tell you this; as your mum wants you to be old enough before you have to know and deal with all this." he said a deep scroll out-lined his face
He adjusted his sitting position on his bed.
"I know this will come as a shock to you, but we have not buried your mom yet, she is still in the mortuary as no one could bury her in a place she is not from." I gave him a questioning look
"I know what you want to ask but as an important person in our country we can not bury outside the home, I must say my family is not aware your mum is dead" This took me by surprise
I looked alarmed at what is my uncle saying
Many questions go through my mind. I looked at him expecting him to expatiate but he was silent so I asked all the questions in my head at that time.
"Who is she and who are you? why do you hide her death from the family,? what is going on? what are you hiding from me " I ask looking troubled
I could see he is trying hard to conceal a lot from me because he was looking everywhere but at me and he was not going to answer my question.
What is my uncle hiding from me, I knew we are not from here both my parents are from outside the country, but the country it is hidden from me and I wondered why?
One look at my uncle and I knew he won't tell me even if I asked so why bring up this topic now?
To say I was shocked mum is still not buried is an understatement of this century, what of dad so I asked.
"Why won't you tell me a thing? And how about dad is he buried yet?"
"Your dad too is not. After she died I tried all I could to get his family, but couldn't. The one person in his family emergency at that time was already dead.
This is all too complicated for me what did he want me to do now bury my both parent on the same day or what.
Your dad is not from this country and I couldn't trace him back to his country as I had little or no information. I looked at him perplexed.
The reason I called you in here is not to drop this weight on you but to tell you your mother left a trust fund for you.
I looked up quickly at him, as a smile lighted up his face, he moves closer to me still sitting on his bed.
"I will have loved to take you down there tomorrow to sign a few papers and to hand you over to your mum's agent but I had to travel." he handed me the brown envelope
I took it from him and checked to see that it was money, I looked at him with a big question mark on my face.
That's for your work at the office I have been meaning to pay you but I never had the chance to, as I do not wish to travel without paying you"
I felt glad I needed the money for some personal things, wondering how much it is I heard him talk and I looked up
"That is ten thousand it should keep you the duration of time I will be gone" I smiled thanking him.
"How long will you be gone, uncle?" I asked smiling
"Three weeks" he replied also with a smile. "glad I can put a smile on your face once again, you walked around these days like you are calling the whole world on your shoulders
I laughed out loud "That's not true and you know it uncle" he just raised his eyebrow
"Less I forget;" he said getting up I notice he stood too slowly and the pain was visible in his face but before I could ask he smiled genuinely at me
I forgot what I was about to ask him as he placed pies of paper in my hand with a number of the agent for me,
"Just in case I stayed longer than I expected." He said and walked back to bed
He assures me that once I called the number he gave me; all I need to know about my mother and his family; the agent will tell me.
I thanked him and left the room, making a mental note to call the agent the instant my uncle leaves for his journey tomorrow.
I put the brown envelop under my pant waistband, securing it carefully with my under ware, I made sure it won't fall out under any circumstance.
Just in case I run into the witch before I got to my room. I made sure it won't fall out, just thinking of what that witch is capable of, runs my blood cold.
I held the number in my hand as I intended to document it the instance I got to my room
Just then I heard a crashing noise in the room I just left, a sound like someone just fell. I felt a compelling urge to check on him as I knew he is all alone.
Running back in; what I saw rocked me to my bone marrow, there is my uncle lying on the floor, tongues out one side of his face shaking violently.
I ran back outside screaming to his wife's door, I banged on it furiously, she opened the door reluctantly with a scroll on her face.
Uncle" I said, I guess the look on my face told her all she needs to know because she pushed past me quickly as I was a tears mess.
I walked back into the room as I listen to her call for an ambulance every other thing was in a blur.
The ambulance arrived, I and she sat with him holding his hands then at the hospital I sat in the visiting room, waiting for any news at all.
The next morning at seven, my uncle's wife walked to me and asked me to go home, I insisted I want to see my uncle but she won't have it so I left for home.
I got home to notice that very where was tidied up. I went straight to my room, the instant my back touched the bed I was out as light,
I did get as much as a wink last and it had taken its toll on me.
I woke up around four and all on my mind is my uncle's condition, I felt a huge bulge on my panties then brought out the envelope uncle gave me last night and shove it into my night drawer.
I said a prayer for him as I dressed up quickly and literarily run out of my room into the kitchen, I gathered some home-baked cake and soft drinks for him and his wife.
I should say for his wife because he should be on a drip and hospital med or something, anyway, harm with this I rushed out and set on my way to the hospital.
When I arrived at the hospital and the reception, I was shocked beyond belief that my uncle's wife had denied me access to see my uncle.
This is unbelievable, ridiculous, childish to say the least. Who does this, nobody but this witch.
I insisted I must see him and they threw me out of the hospital, I wonder what the witch said to this person to do this to me.
I was furious but slowly I walked back towards home, then decided to sit at a park to air my head before I head home finally.
I looked up to see a young man standing in front of me, I must have been here for a while now, tearing up badly.
My face must have surprised him because his features soften immediately,
What is wrong why are you all in tears his asking me that; made me cry the most.
Surprisingly he dragged me closer to him and placed my head on his chest saying nothing as I cry my eyes out.
Slowly I stopped crying and lift my head off his chest and then looked at him, he looks so handsome that I had to blink a lot so as not to droll
"Why are you crying," he asked and I told him everything that happened that day and a day before.
He encouraged me to go back home and promised my uncle will return to me and then my uncle will deal with his wife when he returned home.
We talked as he walked me home, I got to know his name is Matthew but he prefers I call him Matt.
At my gate; he stopped and watched me go in after we said our goodbyes.
The instant I entered the panicking house help approached me
"How is he?" she asked
"I do not know, that which won't let me see him," I said grumbling
"Why now," she asked looking very disappointed
"I do not know, she had the hospital security throw me out, can you beat that?" her eyes almost bulged out in surprise
"You do not mean it" she dropped both of her hands heavily on me and I almost stagger back. I moved away from her as I do not want a repeat of what she had just done to me.
that's what she did I said heading for my room, but before I could Sébastien walked out of his room I was so shocked to see him that I dropped the purse I was holding
"Shocked to see me" his face a pure mockery of me
I couldn't reply but kept staring at him like I had seen a ghost, he walked around me accessing me from head to toes
"I am back to take care of my dad, I hope you love the treatment mum gave you in the hospital." I looked shocked and he laughed.
I told her to." he continued now more serious I don't want you anywhere near my dad, since you preferred to sleep with him rather than me." my jaw hit the floor
what the f-----k how could anything like that ever cross his mind is he stupid? I can I sleep with my uncle
"You need your head checked" I replied finally finding my tongue as anger boiled me over, to think this thing come out of my uncle loin is unbelievable.
He thinks so differently looks so different from his father, my uncle is a decent man, how he happens to father this pervert' is beyond me.
"Then tell me what you were doing when he went down with stroke." as the work stroke registered in my head, I slowly sank to the floor.
my uncle had a stroke played repeatedly in my head, stroke why I asked god. Sébastien must have taken my actions for guilt because his next words confirmed it
"I guess I was right you disgust me giving your virgin v-card to that old man" I stood up slowly; he is the last of my worries, he could think anything he wants.
I slowly walked away from him noticing the housekeeper as been listening to our conversation all this while and the look of horror on her face says she believed that nonsense.
I look at the pair once again, as they both looked at me with disgust. I just shook my head if the situation as been different I would have laughed them to scorn.