Chapter 2 The yellow schoolbag

My father walked closer to me licking his mouth like a dummy and placed some food in front of me, he bit his finger as he watched me eat and gave me a bowl of water as i stared at him in disbelief 'dad I had told you not to do this again, you could have allowed me do it myself ' he looked at me and stared at the food as he pushed them away, he brought out some money and turned away from me counting them, I pretended to look away as I watched him from the corner of my eyes count the money one by one, I wiped a tear that was about to fall as I watched him with sadness, as he was about to look ba

ck at me I turned slowly and smiled 'Mar, let's go and get what you would eat' I shook my head and he carried me up 'You didn't eat anything and what I made wasn't good so let's go out and get some food' he smiled happily and I nodded as I balanced myself on his neck

We walked hand in hand as we picked a few things and I made sure they were cheap, we paid for it and as we were about going out, my eyes went in the direction of a yellow schoolbag, I ran near the glass and my hands ached for it , my father moved closer and watched me point helplessly at the bag as he went near the attendant , bowing repeatedly he pointed at the bag 'Ho..how much is this?' The attendant smiled and looked at the helpless young man and little girl standing in front of her

'20,000 dollars' I looked at my father as I pulled him away from her after mutterings thank you to the attendant 'lets go, it's too expensive' my father looked at me as I pulled him by his hands out of the mall 'But since mar wants it, I should get it for you right? He looked at his pockets and faced me with concern 'don't worry I will work for some days and I would gather the amount to get it for you' I nodded and smiled as I watched a young girl of my age walk in and she ran straight to the bag with her father at the back 'I love this' Her father moved to the attendant and asked for the amount as i ran to her ' I wanted that bag first ' She looked at me with her friendly eyes and back at her father who pushed me away 'You this poor thing, get away from my daughter' I stumbled at my father who looked at the man with sadness and cleaned my clothes for me as he pulled me to himself 'Mar let's go' I felt tears in my eyes as I looked at the man and his daughter 'The bag dad' My father ran closer to the little girl and bent near her holding her hands 'Just give us three days, my mar wants it and after that if I don't come to get it, you can get it then' Her father was about to push him away when the girl stopped him 'Don't worry , I know somewhere else they sell it, even if I get it here, you can get it elsewhere'