CHAPTER 4
Soon, it was time to resume back to school. Mrs Benson had made some money which she used to pay Dorothy's school fees and also buy some items she needed for her next class.
The main issue was Ben. He came home a month ago very excited, informing them how he passed his JAMB exams excellently. Indeed their joy knew no bounds, but there was a problem.
" Love, I'm very happy for you okay" Mrs Benson said in a low tune. " As a mother, I'm always please when I see you succeeding. But you see, we are going through difficult times. So right now, I might not be able to sponsor you in school. So please my son, I've come up with the idea that you go stay with your uncle. He is a very good man and he'll find a nice job for you to do so you can afford your admission to the university. " Mrs Benson advised Ben..
Ben looked at her with so much understanding
" Mum, you don't have to cry okay, I totally understand you. You've tried so hard to take care of us since Dad left us, I promise to make you proud okay." He hugged her so tightly,, Dorothy got quite jealous and joined the hug.. they all laughed..
Some days later, Ben travelled to meet Mrs Benson's brother. Although they felt lonely, they just had to let him go.
It looked like everything was going well. But as days passed, Mrs Benson started showing symptoms of sickness. At first, Dorothy thought it wasn't serious but then it worsened as days passed.. Dorothy took money and bought some drugs for her.
After some days, her mum started recovering and asked Dorothy to return back to school since she spent the whole week taking care of her.
Although Dorothy felt reluctant and insisted on staying back to look after her, she persuaded. So she had no choice but to listen to mum.
School went boring for Dorothy, she just had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. She tried very hard to reject the feeling and take her mind off it, but it didn't just work.
Immediately school closed, she ran home. When she got home, she saw the worst sight of her life! People gathered round crying and shaking their as her mum, Mrs Benson lay lifeless on the floor!!
" Dorothy, please take heart" was the last thing she heard before she fainted! in her dreamland, she could see her mum in a very white clothing encouraging her to be strong and promising her that she would always be with her even though she was no more. When Dorothy asked her where she was going to, she started disappearing and when Dorothy tried to follow her, a huge blockage came in between them! She just stood there crying helplessly as she watched her mum disappear waving her goodbye.