Chapter 6 She's sick vs The earthquake

But she was behaving strange. Her eyes were closed, I thought that she couldn't hear me but when I shouted her name '' Promise''! All I saw was the ground. Something was wrong with the ground, everywhere was shaking, as if there was an earthquake. What should I do?, Was the question that came across my mind.

Should I pack my loads first? Or should I attend to promise? I was not settled as my mind was troubled. I began to trembled in fear. I summoned up my courage and I carried Promise out of the building and since I had called an ambulance,the ambulance was already waiting for me downstairs. I put Promise in the car,and was not allowed to go along with them. I boarded a small motor bike which they had brought with them.

The ambulance had started moving but since I had no choice, I accepted my fate of going along with the bike. When we got to the hospital, a woman was weeping but I couldn't ask her what happened,so I had to face my own business. The doctors took some blood sample from her body and so the doctor's report was that, '' she had yellow fever''.

It had really affected her. Are you her mum? Asked the doctor. I said ina stammering voice '' Ye-e-e, Ye-s-s, Yes''. I said snappily again ''Yes, Yes doctor''. The doctor smiled and so he assumed ''I see you are already caught in fear''.

Truly, I was caught in fear but that was not what bothered me. What bothered me was her mother. Who was Promise mother? While still in the midst of these thoughts, the doctor's voice interrupted me. ''Madam''. I smiled back at him since he was smiling at me.. Madam, you could go home now. She is fine, but has to be admitted for two (2) weeks. I agreed since I wanted her to get better...

The doctor's statement made me to remember something. ''Madam, you could go home now''; I remembered my home. I remembered the house was shaking but how come did I reach the hospital. The doctor was still in my front when I yelled in pain and agony. I felt pain in the leg. It had a cut and it was bleeding and was swollen. The Doctor, Mr Lincoln said'' We need to treat this very fast''. That was how I too was admitted at the hospital since the doctor said that the wound was deep and sour and was needed to be treated, stitched and taken care of using Operation method. That was how I also was admitted at the hospital.

The next day, I made a phone call with one of my friends, Rose. I asked her to do me a favour and so she agreed. The favour was that, she should check my house but she replied immediately that someone broke a bad news to her that the house was already demolished by the government. I couldn't cry, I hanged up the phone and shouted '' Doctor''. The nurses ran in immediately and one of the nurses who was fair in complexion and wore a blonde hair said '' Hope, there is no problem?. The doctor will be here in few minutes''. I only told her that I was okay but I wanted to see the Doctor.