Emeka walks into the room, rages in wrath
"You said she's in psychiatric" A man voice on phone
"What do you want?" he quest
"She just walk out of the mall, with the little man on her arm, opening the door to keep the little man, opens the boot.
As one of the staff, help her pack the stuff she bought in the boot. She just position for me to take the shot…" he grunt through the phone
"Hey!, hey! . Don't do anything stupid, Ok. I will get you what you want" he roared so aggressive "Don't do anything stupid!"
Nnenna dash into the scene "Eme what the problem, What happened" she speaks on her breathe.
"You better listen, I wouldn't go easy on you, if you try anything stupid, I'm warning you…" the phone hang. He ignored, walk pass her. Dialing a number. "Where the f*ck are you?" He roared so furiously.
"I'm on my way home" her voice twitch
"What did I tell you, about leaving this house" he yelled.
"I just went to pick some stuff from the Mall"
"You are so stupid…" paused "She hang on me, Oh!" Leaving, he flame in anger
"Emeka, What is it?" She walks to him asking so curious.
"Mom, if anything happens to that daughter of yours, she on her own" he grunt walks down the stairs
Few minutes, Kaima walks in. As she drags Tunde alone, the living room, as Nnenna walks to them
"Kaima, do you want to kill me?"
"Mommy, what did I do?"
"What haven't you done, what where you thinking when you left this house"
"Mom, I'm a grown up, Ever since I come into this house I have been living like a prisoner" she exclaimed
"You are so stupid to say so" he roared, dash to her, his hand almost launch on her cheek, she averted.
"Emeka!" Nnenna panic. he managed to freeze his hands on air, his face flame in rage.
" I have told you time without number, don't leave this house for what so ever, whatever you want put me on call, or you send any of this boys around, you don't get the message"
"I'm I under a house arrest or what!?" she brutal distancing herself from him.
"Kaima" she caution.
"Mom, I can't be leaving like a prisoner, I can take care of myself, I have a house I live"
"Oh yea, that's right. I'm sure you haven't learnt your lesson. Sure you have a house, go and live, let's see how many days you stay"
"What happened, what should I be sacred of" she runts
"I wouldn't even bother about it, I'm try to keep you safe, you think I'm doing bad to you"
"I want to be free, I haven't done anything to anyone to want me died" she babbles walking to the stairs, Tunde walks to Nnenna. "Hey, help me get those things to my room" she instruct the bodyguard, standing at the door.
"That's right, keep it mind you aren't safe out there, your susceptibility got bad guys looking for you, don't use your senses"
"Whatever, I'm bigger than them"
"I see" giggle, sits on the sofa. Kaima still ranting till she vanished from the scene "Hey, big boy. Come to Uncle" Tunde walks to him " do you see what mother is doing, she wants to be stubborn" smirk laps him
"Mommy's not stubborn" protest
"Oh, Mom's not stubborn, ok. Nigger you better hold your Mama together, she needs to keep it low, it's not safe out there"
"What's the problem ?"
"There is a lot of bad guy out there"
As the we're chatting, light fade.
*******
"Ok, this your Visa, you will be traveling by
next weeks, get what ever you want ready,, make sure everything is intact, you
get that"
" Yes," she nods
"Kaima I know, but you have to go, I promise
to take care of your son and I will never fail"
"I know but I'm worried about Bolade and her mother, would
you take care of them too"
"Yes, if that's what you want, you know this
country is no longer a safe place for you" she nod. "And for you to forget
about your past, you need to make some changes, and this is what you need now"
"I wish I could stay" she broke down in tears.
"After the crisis at they hospital, which you
know. It was just God, you were safe. Do you think you still needs to think about
it" she buried her face on hands. "Do you remember the warnings I gave him, but
he refused to listen to me. You are my sister, and all I'm doing is to keep you
safe and secure, not to hurt you"
"I know, and I really want to thank you, for
that"
"Come on" he embrace her.
*********
"I promise, I keep my word" Emeka said,
standing
"Better, if you don't comply. We will do it
ourselves" He broad.
"Chief, I will deliver. Stop all this threats"
he said so furiously.
"For you to have that in mind, even if we
don't get to her, every other person is around"
"Will you stop threatening my family for once"
he roared, facing him.
"What are you going to do beat him up" a guy yelled
from behind him, the turn to him with a glare .
"That's fine Wire, he has already forgotten,
how I picked him up from the trash brushed him up"
"I should spend my whole life, playing some
dirty games. I have plans and future"
"But you never thought of that when I offered
you the job"
"The money is what I thought and I'm ok now"
he sniffed his nose
"You were like my son, I would have delete you
from this space, if I knew it was going to turn out this way"
"Which you can't do now"
"Which I can still do" he said sitting irate.
"You know the problem" he talked panicking, stares
at the two hefty men her sides.
"You better be careful" he brutal. Black stoop up. "Watch your back"
"I'm always vigilant" he said boldly.
**********
"The flash, sometimes I watch content in it" Kaima
tact.
"What's special about it"
"My memories with my later husband"
"That's more reason you should, trash that"
"Thank you" she glare at him
"Whatever, Can't I see"
"I normally keep it, in my cardboard or bag,
why do you ask ?"
"Not that important"
This all played in his head. "I think it
should be over there" he survey through the first locker, then the second. Opening her closet, through
her pose.
"Man you saw that in the camera" he stood
irate, place his hands on his waist "Now I get it". He search through the her
shoes "yes!" jumped with an excited.
***********
"It hasn't been easy for me, it going to take
me eternity to found someone to replace you" mutes, hot tears glide down her
cheeks. "I don't think, I could found any man like, you are the perfect man for
me…, All I needed was just you, it took me a year to recover from the trauma of
losing you"
"Kaima…" cuddling her.
Wipes her tears "Just give me, a little time,
please some few minutes more" she sob, he distance himself. " I will really
miss you, I will no longer come around. Even if you have left the world, you
haven't left my heart" she sob
"The flight will be leaving by 7.00pm"
"I make this promise to you, I wouldn't rest
till every one of them is wiped" she wipes her eye
"That's fine, we have to go now" she walks to
him, embrace him so tight.
"You promise, you going protect Bolade and her
mother, just as you protect us"
"I made that promise with my life"
*********
Eight year later .
She strolls to meet the man awaiting.
"Doctor Kaima" he firmed as the exchange hand
shake
"Yes" she wear a amicable smile
"Nice meeting you" he grinned
"My pressure" she giggle
"Shall we" direct with his hand
"Sure" she acclaimed. He took the lead as she
joined, the walk into a room, gigantic and well furnished.
"This your office" he firmed.
"Thank you" she stares around, so mesmerized,
she beam with a smile.
**********
Kaima walks into the surgery room, her surgery
apron and gloves, as she walk closer, nurses wears her the surgery grown, she
tied the rob behind her. Two men in same where with hers locked eyes on her,
she closer stares at the lifeless body, lying on the bed.
"Are we ready" she lament, the retorts with a nod.
She carefully monitored the anesthetic doses
given to the patient's analgesia, sedation and paralysis him, once the patient was
under, she gets out the oscillate saw, cutting the sternum partially, straight
down the middle "get the retractor" she then slowly spread apart the cut halves
of the sternum with a retractor with the help of the other doctors, allowing
the entire chest and heart to be open before them. She was so comfortable
putting stitches into the beating heart.
"Please hand electrocautery" her eyes stead at the breathing
heart.
"ok ma'am" he retorted, she stretch her hand towards him.
"We get the diathermy" The second Dr. said.
"That's fine" She uses
the diathermy to cut and seals the blood vessels, making way through the pericardium.
Then she remove the entire heart, place it on a customized plate. The patients
was maintained on the heart-lung machine, helping the body get oxygen and
circulate the blood around the blood
She used the wired to repair the sternum, after placing the heart
back ."I will be needing the plate and stern to hold the rips and breastbone in
place"
"No suture materials is visible on or under the skin" the
first Dr. laments. "We use vicryl sutures for the first two layer and the monocryl
suture for below the outside layer of the skin, because the are absorbable and only
use in soft tissues " she caution, removing the face mask "Dr. Dele, I'm sure
you can handle the stitching" she stretches her neck.
"Yes, Dr."
she exhale "Is all yours" she firmed as she distance herself,
a nurse untired the Doctor grown as she
left herself to the exit door.
Kaima clean up, walks the meet a group of men, they were in
white grown, as all where a cheerful face. As she walk close a man leads a clap
other joins him.
"Another successful surgery, you are such a genius" he
acclaimed.
"Thank you, Dr. Usman" she grinned, exchange hand shake
"We watch it all here, This is Dr. Herbert"
"Nice to meet you, Dr. Herbert"
"Is an honor" he smirk exchanges hand shake.
"Dr. Herbert, doubted your confidence" he firmed leading the
way
"I have never seen a woman perform a surgery and it came out
successful" he lament.
"It only in this country, you hardly see that" she retort
"That's correct" he said as they all walks to one direction
"I'm really impressed, Doctor Kaima"
"Thank you" she stares at him.
"Heave you seen the antibiotic drug . Kaima invented" Dr.
Dele firmed
"Wow…" stares at her with a surprise.
"You need to go check it out, it stop a bleed of all kinds
and set the patient free from pain, he or she arrived at the hospital for
treatment"
"that's really genius, I will still like to know more about
you" he turns to her, she giggle. Dr. Herbert acclaim
"Doctor . Herbert, his my mentor" Kaima said so excited
"Your mentor, Uh… babe, Why you choosing the wrong people, haven't
you heard about that monster. He owns a baby factors, like three of them. Where
he export young girls, some he impregnate them, while some men do the job, some
ladies who get pregnant and wants to abort the child, he took them in, take
care of them pay them after childbirth" Adex said.
"What, you are lying"
"Which of the private hospitals, have you heard the
government can go for check, in this country"
"Herbert hospital" she firmed
"The ambulance that came, picking some of the died bodies in
the protest ground, which of the hospital do you think it came from"
"How did you know all this ?"
"You asking me, why do think the call me wizard. He took some
of the parts to make more money, Every one of those bodies are money for
him"
"Babe"
"You want to hear more" she fling her head so nervous, he
smirk "When you see him in the Television, preaching. Self care righteous, you
think his as holy as seen, they all work for the government" Adex exclaimed.
"She has a new project she work on in labor. I'm I right Dr. Karma" Dr. Usman, draw her
attention.
"Yea, yes! Yes!, so correct" she grinning with glance at him
"They are all working for the government" Adex voice click on
her head, as her eye settle on Dr. Herbert.