The Story of My Life – Episode 15

Oh Damn! I felt completely sick again. Could it be that Dr. Amina had something intimate with Roland too??? My heart broke all over again. This was too much for me.Ok, you have Sheila who I can’t be with because she is my sister. You also have Paula my crush, you got her pregnant, I can settle for that. But now, the Doctor too? Somehow, Roland just kept getting in my way. As long as Roland remained in the picture, I will never find my suitor.
I could see the hate in Sheila’s eyes when Dr. Amina revealed herself to her. It was as if old wounds had been opened. If Sheila was still bothered about who Roland dated then it meant she really loved him. The assumption that their whole relationship was built to honor my father might be a little off. Sheila was more confused than myself.
I just laid on the bed in my misery and watched as these two ladies discussed their mutual past.
“Oh I see. What a small world we are in. You know what, I have always wanted to meet you.” Sheila said looking very furious. I have never seen her in such angry state before.  Trust me, if Dr. Amina waits much longer, I won’t be surprise if Sheila ends up giving her some dirty slaps.
But from Sheila’s actions, I could tell she was interested in Roland. Made me wonder what exactly this Roland guy had that I didn’t have. He always had a way with the ladies, even though he always treated them bad.
“Same here though. Anyway I need to go now. Take good care of your brother. And Ben, I will see tomorrow.” She said and left without paying any particular attention to Sheila. I was impressed at the mature way she handled the issue. She managed to avoid further confrontation with Sheila.
That made me more desperate for her. I needed to figure out how to get Roland out of the way.
“What was that all about Sheila?” I asked
“I will make arrangements early tomorrow for you to be transferred to a different hospital. I’m sorry but I can’t put up with her.” Sheila said.
“You must be crazy!” I thought to myself “Make arrangement for who? Did I tell her that I wanted to be moved from this hospital?”
Sheila must be very crazy. I am the one sick here not her. If I had my way, I would stay at this hospital for the rest of my life. Just because of your personal and selfish reasons you want me to be changed. That will be over my dead body! Not after I have met Dr. Amina. It’s not going to be possible. I will never allow that. Never!
“Sheila, I am going to stay here until I’m healthy enough to be discharged, I’m not going anywhere Sheila. You can decide not pay me visits any longer but I am not going anywhere.” I said to her.
She was really surprised that for the first time I spoke to her in that manner.  She couldn’t believe her ears. I always agreed with her on everything even if it wasn’t in my favor.  I always looked out for her best interests.
“Ben, Did you just talk to me that way? Do you know the pain I am going through just because of Roland?” She asked.
“But I thought you said you didn’t have any feelings for him, so why this strong reaction now? It’s about time you started dealing with Roland himself, rather than take your frustration out on these girls. It won’t help you Sheila, it won’t.” I said.
I couldn’t even believe I was saying all these things to Sheila. For the first time, Dr. Amina had indirectly brought out the man in me. I knew I was right, Sheila needed to deal with Roland instead of doing this childish stuff.
Right now, I was only interested in getting to know Dr. Amina more. I needed to figure out how to get closer to her but with Roland in the way, that was definitely going to be a problem.
Sheila left my side at the hospital very upset with me. That was the first time I had disagreed with her so you could sense the awkwardness between us. Well, I was a bit worried about her because I felt she needed more support from me this time around. However, I was more concerned about Dr. Amina.
I needed to devise new strategies and get my lines right for when she reported to duty the following morning.
So that night, I looked closely at the ceiling and began creating different scenarios.
First of all, She comes in the morning to do her regular checks up on me, I will first complement her looks, which I’m so sure she will appreciate by saying “Thank you”. Then I will drop my first line “I miss you taking care of me”. I planned to build on whatever response she gave me and eventually win her heart.
I kept rehearsing these lines over and over again in my head. Now I could feel that I was very ready to meet her the next day. If I’m not able to man up then my readers, you can call me “John Boo- father of nashers”.
Talking of Kelvin, from what I gathered, he was arrested right before I was rushed to the hospital. I felt sorry for him though. But on a lighter note, I won’t have to pay the money I owe him if he remains in cells. The least I can do is buy him “Bread and Akara” every morning when I go visiting him at his cell. That is, if I will even go.
I slept late that night all in the name of mastering my lines for battle. Early the next morning, I noticed I was really responding to treatment and recovering quicker than usual.  You see what love can do?
I woke up, had a quick shower and laid back on my sick bed waiting for her patiently.  It was about 10am when the nurses begun coming in, checking on me and giving me bitter tablets which I hated. I normally placed the tablet under my tongue and threw them out on after the nurse had left.
That morning was quite different. Usually the nurses that check up on me were young ladies but today everything was different. This particular nurse that came looked very old and matured. She wasn’t smiling. She brought me the medication and kept on looking right at my face, waiting for me to take them. It was as if she knew I had the intention of throwing the tablets out of my mouth.
The worse thing was she kept saying “Swallow” after every gulp of water I took. I had no option that to take the bitter drugs. You can imagine my facial expression at this point.
That was the moment my Doctor came in, looking more gorgeous and elegant than I had imagined.

watch out for episode 16