OBSESSED INCEST (Part 10)

MALADY
Tina got to her room and collapsed on the bed, everything was still like a dream to her. She couldn’t bring herself to the knowledge that her husband had few months to spend with her, “why is life so unfair?” she thought as she stretched. Flashes of how he constantly hit her came to her, she shut her eyes and opened them again,
“God please heal my husband, I can’t loose him now” she prayed silently. A tap on her lap made her conscious of her environment; Tina lifted herself up to see Mia with a long face,
“what is it?”
“will daddy be alright”, Tina got up properly and pulled Mia close to the bed,
“of course he will be fine honey”
“but why is he not home with us”
“he needs to be given proper attention at the hospital, don’t worry, just pray for him”
“can we see him today?”
“yes you will, but in the meantime have you eaten?”
“yes we have, Williams made noodles for us”
“are you satisfied?”, Mia nodded her head
“now go to your room, give mommy some private time okay, we would see daddy soon”
“okay mommy” Mia said and slowly walked out of the room.
A pang of guilt hit Tina as she watched Mia go, “I am lying to my daughter”. She wondered how Mia would feel when she discovered the truth, she wasn’t sure of Williams, she doubted if Williams would feel any form of sympathy for his father. In a way she didn’t blame him. Her love for Mathew was what kept her from behaving like her son. No matter what Mathew did, her love for him never reduced.
Mia got to her room and did exactly what her mother asked her to do. She knelt in front of her bed and clasped her hands together, then shut her eyes,
“Dear God, my daddy is harsh to us, but he is the only dad we have. He is sick and needs your healing. Dear God, heal my daddy and let him come home, and when he comes home make him to be nice to us. In Jesus name. Amen”. She got up feeling a bit relieved. But as she laid down on her bed she wondered if God actually heard her prayer. She got down from her bed again and knelt down with her hands clasped and her eyes shut. This time she made her voice louder
“Dear God, my daddy is in the hospital, he is sick, please heal and let him come back home and be a nice daddy, in Jesus name. Amen”. She got up from and laid down again. Her door opened, Williams came in with a bowl of cornflakes in his hands,
“I heard you praying, since when did you start praying on your own”, there was a smirk on his face,
“I want daddy to be healed”
“why?, do you want him to continue his shouting and beating”
“no I don’t, but I asked God to change him”
“Mia, daddy cannot change”
“he can, if God changes him”
“okay, I have heard you, do you want some of what I am eating” he didn’t want to argue with his sister anymore.
“no, I don’t, I am not hungry”
“okay, suit yourself”, he continued eating and made loud crunchy sound to make her regret for turning down his offer.
Tina got in her bathroom and washed her face, she didn’t want her children to see the tears in her eyes. She rushed down to the kitchen and made food for herself and Mathew. She quickly ate her food, then packaged Mathew’s food neatly, she took a bottle of water along with cutleries, then put everything into a handmade basket. She called out to her children, they came running to her voice.
“get ready, we are all going to see daddy together”. There was glee in Mia eyes but not in Williams, he obviously didn’t see the need to go.
They got the hospital. Mia was anxious to see her father again. They got to the room where Mathew was and found him sleeping. Tina tapped him a little on his arm. He woke up slowly to see his family in the room with him. He smiled a little.
“won’t you greet your daddy?” Tina sounded Stern
“Goodevening daddy” they both said
“evening, how are you?”
“fine” Mia replied. She got closer to her father and sat at the edge of the bed,
“daddy, I prayed to God today”
“really” he sounded amused
“yes”
“so what did you pray for?”
“I prayed to God to heal you”, Mathew smiled, “is that all?”
“no, that’s not all”, Williams chipped in, “she also prayed to God to change you”. Mia suddenly felt guilty in front of her father and mad at her brother for adding that part she tried to hide. There was an awkward silence for a while, Tina felt like smacking Williams for being so insensitive.
“I think God has answered your prayers Mia” Mathew broke the silence,
“really” Mia said with glee
“yes really”. Williams narrowed his eyes and looked at his father, “what is happening, he is supposed to flare up and hit me”, he thought.
Tina brought out Mathew’s food and gave it to him. As they watched him eat they all had different thoughts going through their minds. Tina thought about life without Mathew, she was in pieces but tried to put herself together for the sake of him and her children. Mia was happy because she thought her prayers would be answered and her daddy was finally a changed man. Williams still didn’t believe that his father could ever change; he still believed that he was faking his niceness.
Five months flew, Mathew was still in the hospital, he looked very emaciated, his bones were all shooting out, his handsome looks were now history, his muscles he proudly flexed was now skin and bone. Tina knew his time was rounding up, Mia constantly cried alone in her room, Williams soft towards his father, it dawned on him that he was actually going to loose his father. Tina was in shambles, life was so unfair to her. She was constantly beside him, she didn’t want to miss any moment.
A week into the sixth month, Mathew was very weak and couldn’t talk properly she had to bend so low to his mouth to hear what he was saying to her.
Five months and two weeks Mathew asked Tina to bring his children to the hospital, she obeyed him and brought them. He smiled weakly seeing his whole family in front of him. He spoke but it wasn’t audible enough, so they all came closer to hear him talk.
“I want you guys to stay with me in this room tonight”
“we will” Tina said and gently squeezed the bony hands of her husband. Tears ran freely from her eyes, Mia was crying too, Williams knew life would be different without his father; somehow he already missed his father. He too secretly started praying for his father and was torn apart when he didn’t get well.
“I am sorry for all the wrongs I have caused you Tina” Mathew said
“it doesn’t matter now, what matters is that your family is right here with you” she said between sobs. They did as he asked and slept in the room with him. Mia pulled a chair to his bed, held his hand and placed her head on the bed, then slept off. Mia and Williams brought their sleeping bags and slept in them.
Tina had a dream that Mathew packed his things from the house and left, she pleaded with him to stay back but he refused and drove away. She woke sweating and panting. She quickly checked Mathew, he looked still and lifeless, she shook him severally, calling out his name but there was no response, she screamed in terror, Mia and Williams woke up and saw what had happened. Williams flew up and ran out of the room to call a doctor. When the doctor came, he examined Mathew and inhaled and exhaled slowly. It seemed heavy for him say, seeing the grief Tina and her children were going through. He summoned courage and turned to them.
“I am sorry, but he is gone”
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