Please don't do this mother
Michael
Hello. My name is Michael and this is my story. I don't know if you might be interested. If you are, then listen.
Michael
When I was nine years old, something happened that changed my life forever. But before that, let me tell you about my family.
Michael
My parents divorced when I was five and my father left us right after that. My family was no longer the same again. My two younger sisters were too young to understand what was happening and I could not explain it to them either.
Michael
My mother said my father had gotten another woman, that is why he left us. But that did not sit well with me. Father loved us. I know because he always took us to the park during the weekends and played with us most of the times. He always showed us his soft side, unlike our mother, who was always strict with us.
Michael
I always do remember how mother and father fought almost all the time because of something I never knew about. My siblings were young then so they would not remember most of what happened like I did.
Michael
Even though my mother told me, father left us because he no longer loved us, I could not hate him.
Michael
I really wanted to hate him, yet I couldn't.
Michael
I only hoped and prayed that he would change his mind and come back home
Michael
I was going to school before father left. But, I stopped right after that.
Michael
My mother decided to take me out of school all of a sudden. I thought she would take me back to school. I thought maybe, she would send me to a different school. Instead I was made to stay home and watch over my siblings who were just as unfortunate as me.
Michael
Things got real bad for us when father left. Mother had to work long hours to care for us. All she made from working so hard was only enough to pay the bills and provide food on the table.
Michael
I really prayed that things would change. I wanted mother to get a better job than the one she was doing. So that I and my siblings will be able to go to school again.
Michael
I really wanted that so much
Michael
Soon, I got used to my situation and accepted it. I realized my mother was doing the best she could for me and my siblings so I just had to accept whatever was coming my way.
Michael
So, at just the age of nine, I became the man of the house.
Michael
I was young to work then. But, I was the one who was taking care of my siblings while mother was away. I would cook, clean and wash before she got back.
Michael
I always waited up for her to come back home and always prepared her bath and warmed her food.
Michael
She did not like it when I did that and would always complain but I still did it anyway.
Michael
You see, right after my father left, my mother stopped smiling. She always had this stoic look on her face. She was always tired and did not look the same as she used to. I worried about her a lot and wanted to do the best I could to make her happy.
Michael
And the only way I knew is to do the house chores
Michael
I'm sure she might have appreciated what I did for her even though she never said so
Michael
Then one day, everything I knew changed
Michael
My little sister, Emma, fell gravely ill
Michael
She was coughing badly and had a high temperature. Mother did everything she could to help bring her temperature down but nothing seemed to work
Michael
So, she decided to take her to the hospital where she was diagnosed with pneumonia
Michael
Mother had no money on her. She had used up all the little money she had in buying drugs for Emma which did little to improve her condition
Michael
That was the first time I saw my mother break down and cry. I guess she was too scared to lose my sister. I felt bad for her and really wanted to help her. What could a nine year old do for his mother? Absolutely nothing.
Michael
I tried to comfort her but she moved away from me. Suddenly, she decided to step out of the hospital. I remember her words vividly
Fina
Stay with your sister. I have to go somewhere. I will be right back.
Michael
So after wiping the tears off her face, she left the hospital. I stayed in the room with my sister and was almost dozing off when she came back. She gently pat me on my shoulder and woke me up
Fina
How is your sister? Is she feeling better now?
Michael
I looked up at her and could not tell what her expression at that time was. She just stared straight at Emma as she spoke to me. That was when I realized we were not alone. A man had come with her. I stared at the man up and down and did not notice my mother looking at me
Fina
(with a frown on her face, she raised her voice) What are you looking at, boy? I never raised you to stare down at people like that. Be nice and greet Mr Winston.
Michael
My mother scolding me was nothing new. But there was something about this man that I just could not place. But I still greeted him anyway
Mr Winston
Hello. How are you? (he smiled)
Michael
He suddenly turned to my mother with a serious look on his face
Mr Winston
Fina, can I speak with you in private?
Michael
They both left the room. I just sat there and held my sister's hand as she slept soundly
Michael
After a while, they both came back.
Fina
I have been able to settle the bills. Very soon, your sister will come home with us.
Michael
I was delighted when mother said that to me. I wanted to go back home with Emma and play with her like we used to. I just could not wait to have her home with us.
Michael
Some days later, Emma was finally discharged. I was so happy when we got home and Tessa who was staying with a neighbor then, could not hide her joy.
Michael
We were all happy to have her back
Michael
That night, my mother said something to me that I never thought she would. She called me into the dining room to tell me the big news.
Fina
Michael. I called you here tonight to let you know that from tomorrow, you will no longer stay here with us. You will be staying with Mr Winston.
Michael
Mr Winston? But why?
Fina
Don't question me, boy. He will come and get you tomorrow, early in the morning. So I expect you to be ready when he gets here.
Michael
She got up and left me alone. I ran to her and held her hand in the hopes of stopping her. Maybe, for her to at least reconsider her decision. But instead, I was welcomed with a deadly glare.
Fina
You are going with him and that's final. (she growled)
Michael
Please mother. Don't do this
Michael
But all my pleading fell on deaf ears.
Hello everyone. I'm here again with my first chat story. I am really working my way around it so if it's really confusing, please forgive me. I know this story has a good future ahead so please stick and stay. Thank you.
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