Disaster at home

"Hey mom I'm back " said Lily, when she just came back from her 10 month taxi job on 25 Th of November 2024. "How are you lot doing ?"

"Oh my Gosh !" Exclaimed her mother who was really excited to meet her . "How was your journey ?" Taking her bags "here let me take those."

"Where's dad, ma?" Asked lily while searching every room in her home.

"He's working hard dear ... Your brothers education fees are so much burden itself , pushing it aside , our monthly spendings, are also a yolk..." said her mother Regina sadly.

"Ma? You could have asked me to help , right?" Asked an irritated Lily.

"You are also struggling with the minimum pay job. How can we ask you , hmm?" Said her mother lovingly .

"That is not a problem , I'll be proud to help you ma .."

Her mother sat staring into her daughter's thoughtfulness. Breaking her own thoughts," Now, now , let's get some lunch ready for you shall we ?" Asked her mother raising her eyebrows.

lily nods. "Sure ma , anything you make is my favorite" says she , chuckling..

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George and Regina married on the 12th of October , 2005. James and Lily were their kids . Lily , poor in studies pursued a career of taxi driver , while her brother James is currently studying as a Journalist and balancing part time work.

Lily is absent for most of the year , as she has to travel between different states to deliver passengers .

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During the family dinner , when all of them where together,

"Pa", said Lily ," I'll be staying here for the next three months , if that's okay?"

Her father " As long as you help around the house, you'll be fine!" Said Chuckling.

The next day ,as  she was helping her mother cooking, her brother James came in ...

" Pa , Ma! I got my first paycheque!" Enthusiastically

George and Regina looked at each other and smiled. Lily also came out to see what happened.

James broke out again " look , I got my paycheque. "

" whoa!"exclaimed George, as he stared at his son's achievement." Good job , my son" and out of nowhere George looked at Lily and said as a joke " watch and learn"

Lily half- smiled , half - scoffed. " paaaaaaaaaa?"

James stared at his sister and laughed . " it's more than your annual income bro!"and broke out laughing.

Lily ended up chasing James all around their house, and guess with what ? With her sandal in south Asian style! Ha ha .

Days passed . Everything was going smoothly. That is until tragedy hit their home.

One day , the  13 Th of January 2025, Lily had been to the nearest town to collect some money for her expenditures (obviously from the bank !). Upon returning, Lily found a huge crowd outside her home. She had to shove her way through the mob to find her brother and mother getting harassed by policemen.

She overheard their conversation and it went about something like this...

policeman 1 :  You dare accuse someone of stealing?

James:  I didn't! I gave you proof and you didn't take any action! That was why I took it to the public!"  (anxiously)

policeman 2: ( hitting him with a stick) shut up ! You jerk!

As they were bluffing on and on , Lily went away and made a phone call. And then she returned. She went to her brother's aid and said to the policeman,

Lily: " hey , do you go about and kick everybody who speaks up against you ? "

policeman: ( to another policeman) ( scoffing ) look at her! ( as he was about to hit her )

A voice came from the crowd " Why don't you hit her in front of me, huh?"

All the policemen turned toward the source of the voice. As soon as everyone got the glimpse of him , they dropped everything and gave him a loud salute.

Turns out , the man was a chief of police , a man named Gabriel.

Gabriel : (authoritative voice) Why don't you continue from where you stopped . I'll stand right here!

policeman 1:Sorry sir , we were just teaching them a lesson. You see we wer-

Gabriel : ( interrupting ) Don't 'you see' me! Meet me at my office at 5 am tomorrow, all of you ( sternly).( Turning to the crowd) You all might as well go home ( looking at his watch), It's getting late!

As the crowd cleared up, Lily went over to talk to Gabriel, while her family was watching her from afar. Lily thanked him and came back to tend the wounds of her family.As she was finishing up James' injuries, she asked

" What were you thinking?"

" What was I thinking?" Scolded James? " I went to complain with a family, on account of a proved robbery! And guess what , the group was on the robber's side!" Screamed an angry James.

" Well , next time you do that , contact that man ( pointing toward Gabriel). He's not going to beat your ass." Replied Lily back.

" How do you know him?" Asked a concerned father.

"What ? " asked a shocked Lily.

"You heard me" repeated her father, " How do you know him?"

"Well, pa, you always say that taxi driving is not good , right?" (Questionable)

" yeah" replies her father.

" Well, for the past few months , I've been dropping him and his daughter to their respective offices. So ,that's how I know him. But," stated Lily.

" But what?" enquired her mother. For which she replied " But I have no idea as to who called him here. "

As everyone was still thinking about what happened, Lily broke the silence saying," Well , you could cross ' getting beaten by a police officer' from your bucket list!" Laughed hard, all of 'em!

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