💫 THE GIFTED TWINS 💫
Episode 4
“Call me immediately you arrive ok” I helped her with her bags to the garage.
“Will do Maggie. I’m gonna miss you” she hugged me.
“Do you really have to go?”
“Yeah cause for one, I’ve already bought the ticket and… ”
“Maggie” I cut her short
“Come on sugarplum princess, you know I’ve got important stuff to take care of in New York. I’d love to stay but I can’t”I gave her puppy eyes
“Oh gosh. You have twin girls and you’re still behaving like this?
Grow up will you?”
“Fine. It never works anyway”
“I’m gonna miss my flight. I promise I’ll come visit soon”
I nodded yes.
Oh and say hi to the twins for me. I wanted to tell my little fairies goodbye but I’m leaving now” she tucked her hair behind her ears.
“Ok will do.”
“And Maggie, about what we discussed, play fair”
she winked at me “I’m trying”
“Try harder” she k!ssed my cheeks and got into the car.
“Sale please drive her safely”
“What do you think I am? a twelve year old?”
“Even the more reason”
“Goodbye” she waved and I did so as well. He started the engines and drove off, I got into the house. Nira and Nina would be back soon so I have to prepare dinner. What should i cook now? Nira’s favorite. Mashed potato and chicken puffs.
We both ran into the house. Mom was yelling at us to slow down but we didn’t.
“Mom where’s aunt” I asked taking off my back pack.
“She’s gone honey”
I frowned. What if mom changes now that aunt is gone.
“She didn’t say goodbye” Nina said sitting down crossing her hand over her chest.
“She wanted to but she would miss her flight if she had waited” mom said with a concerned face
“Will she come back?”
“She has to come back”
She will after she’s done with work” mom said while I nodded
“Aren’t you both hungry?”
“I’m getting a hint of potato” I said sniffing
“Take a guess” mom smiled at me
“Mashed potato?” I asked surprised.
“Thought I’d cook your favorite. Hope it’s ok with you love?” she asked Nina who shrugged and smiled
“Its okay mommy”
“Alright, go freshen up and come downstairs” we both ran up into our room.
I got my bath and came down with Nina. We both sat next to mom, she was feeding us like she had been doing since this week. We made funny faces and laughed at ourselves. I’m really happy with mom now.I said a joke and we all ended up laughing. Nina didn’t stop till she started coughing. What was going on. It was like she was hyperventilating, she started breathing heavily.
“Nina are you okay.” mom asked rubbing her back vigorously.
I was lost. What is happening?
Here have some water” I offered but mom pushed me away.
“let her be” mom said sounding a bit harsh. I was dumbfounded
“Nina darling don’t do this” mom was really crying. I had no idea what was going on, she sluggishly slurped and fell to the ground.
“Nina?” I called choking on my words
I wanted to help but mom pushed me away. Taking Nina in her arms, she headed to the door. Tears were rolling down her cheeks.
“Mom!” I called but she didn’t respond, she rushed into the car and drove off. I stood at the garage looking at the gate, Mom has left me.
My head was in a lot of confusion. It was the sickness again, it’s back, I rushed Nina to the hospital. The nurses helped me carry her inside.
My eyes were all watery. I had been crying through the entire journey, what if I loose my daughter? All these thoughts and many more kept running through my mind.
The doctors rushed her into the theatre. I picked my phone from my clutch. I dialled Remi’s number, my hands were shaking badly.
“R-emi” I managed to say after some minutes of silence
“what’s going on Maggie?” he asked from the other end of the line
“it’s Nina… she.. she”
“She’s what Maggie”
“She’s been admitted at the hospital. Please come over”
“I’m on my way” he cut the call. I sat down crying my eyes out.
My daughter, I could loose my daughter. I cried the more.
Some minutes later Remi rushed in. I ran into his arms and he hugged me tightly whispering in my ears to calm down.
“Remi my baby”
“It’ll be fine” he said rubbing my back. The doctor came out of the room some minutes later.
“How is she doc?” Remi asked while I cleaned up my eyes with the back of my palm.
“Are you her parents?” he asked and we both nodded yes.
“We need to talk, come into my office”
We went inside and he gestured us to sit down.
“How is my daughter doc”
“She’s deteriorating.”
“OMG” I covered my mouth as the tears fell from my eyes.
“What should we do now doc? is she going to be okay?”
“I’m afraid no. She needs a kidney transplant.”
“Doc isn’t there any solution other than that?”
“I suggest we do the transplant, that’s the only way to arrest the situation”
“An operation?” I asked air vanishing from my lungs all of a sudden “she’s too young for an operation. what if we loose her in the process”
“If we don’t do it now, then it might get worse in the future.let’s not take any chances”
“Fine I’ll donate mine” Remi covered his face with his palm.
“I’m sorry but we can’t use yours. It has to come from someone her own age. I doubt that you’ll be a suitable match.
Do you have another child or probably a relative that’ll be willing to donate?” he asked
“Nira” i blurted out
“Excuse me?”
“She has a twin.”
“Ok then bring her. We’ll conduct the test tomorrow”
“No we can’t do that Maggie?” Remi disagreed
“Do you want to loose your daughter?”
“We can’t just f0rce Nira to do this”
“She doesn’t have to know” i yelled
“I suggest you listen to your wife. I hope you make the right choice. I’ll leave you to decide” he got up and left the office.
“We’ll find another way” Remi said immediately the doctor left us.
“What other way do we have?”
“You’re not thinking straight Maggie”
“So you want to loose your daughter?”
“Is Nira not your daughter? At a time like this, a mother considers both her children”
“My daughter is in there fighting for her life and when the opportunity presents itself, you’re saying that I should walk away?”
“The doctor also said that it might also stop.”
“And what if it happens in the future?”
“Maggie let’s handle this responsibly, both our daughters lives are at risk”
“So what? we should wait for a miracle” I cried more.
Remi pulled me into his arms.
“It’ll all be fine” he whispered while I cried silently. I’m going to loose my daughter. OMG what should I do now?….
I sat down In the living room scanning through the channels.My heart was beating very fast. Thudding against my chest, I glanced at the clock then back to the door but nothing. Not a
sign of them. I was really feeling scared now. Oh Lord what will I do now? I stood up and walked to the window. I peeked through but I didn’t see them. I walked back to the couch and
sat down.
Nina is such a witch, she is just an attention stealer, a spotlight thief. A bedbug that bites, she just couldn’t stand seeing me happy with mom so she did that to get mom away from me. I hate her, I hate her so much, gosh damn it! I angrily stood up. I paced round the room. suddenly I heard a drift into our compound. The screeching from the car told me they were back.I walked to the door and opened it. I smiled at mom but she didn’t return it.
“Mom you’re back” I said giving her a warm hug but she didn’t hug me back.
“Mom are you hungry?” I asked “you should probably eat something” I said but nothing
“Mom I… ” she cut me short by pushing me to the side, she walked up to her room, her face looked pale, I guess she was worried and had been crying all these while.
“Mommy” I called but she didn’t respond. i covered my mouth with my Palm as the tears fell down my cheeks, mom is doing it again. She’s really doing it again.I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was dad, he knelt down in front of me. Taking my hand in his.
“Hey sweetie don’t cry” he hushed me
“Dad is mom really my mom?”
“Why would you say that baby?”
“She doesn’t love me” I cried more
“No don’t say that, the thing is that your sister is very sick and mom is worried”
“But dad, why do I feel left out? I feel like with every passing minute, I don’t belong here”
“Shh it’s okay.”
“It hurts dad, it really hurts”
“Your mom is going through some pretty rough time, she’ll come around OK?”
I nodded yes.
“Can daddy have a hug now?” he asked smiling
“Oh dad” I sniffed hugging him
“Have you had dinner?”
“Yes, i ate the left over Mac and cheese in the fridge”
“OK”
“Aren’t you hungry? there’s some chilly in the fridge as well”
“No baby, daddy is fine. Should I tuck you in?”
I nodded yes, he carried me to the bedroom. After tucking me in, he gently k!ssed my hair and switched off the lights.
“Good night princess”
“Night dad” I f0rçed a smile, he closed the door and walked away to his bedroom.I woke up in the morning, I had my bath and went to the
dinner table. I saw mom seated there with dad.
They were talking but stopped immediately they saw me. I sat down, all through breakfast, I noticed mom picking her food.
“Morning mom”she raised her brow “morning Nira. sleep well?”
“A little bit”she nodded slowly
“Morning dad”
“Morning baby”
“Where is, Nina? why is she not here for breakfast?”
“Your sister needs to be checked out at the hospital?”
“Why? is she sick?”
“Don’t bother about that…”
“You know we’ll have to tell her sooner or later” mom ch!pped in.
“Maggie she’s too young for this” dad scolded
“So I should let my daughter die?”
Die? did I just hear correctly?
“Who is going to die?”
“It’s nothing Nir… ”
“Nira sweetheart” mom called holding my hands in hers, I could see the tears glistening in her eyes.
“Please save your sister, she needs a kidney transplant and we need a donor”
I pulled my hands from hers
“So you want me to die in the process of saving your precious daughters life”
I’ve watched ànd heard about operations and it really freaks me out.
“Nira please. Nina is your sister, you have to help her out”
“How does it feel mom? How does it feel to want something so bad even when you can’t get it?” I felt the tears build up.
“I was always the one begging to be noticed. I spent my life trying to make you love me but you never did. So how does it feel?”
“Nira you know I love you very much”
“You don’t. You’re only saying this now because your daughter is sick and you need my help.
For goodness sake mom, you only say you love me when you need something.”
“Nina Is on the verge of dying and…
”And I won’t help you, I will never donate ànything to her, she should die. She deserves to die, she took everything away from me so why does she deserve to live?”
“Nira sweetie” dad knelt down in front of me. I hugged him so tight letting the tears pour. He took me to my room.
“You don’t want her dead right dad?”
“She’s your sister Nira”
I couldn’t help it. My mind went back to everything, she really stuck by me even though I pushed her away.
I walked past dad to the living room.
“I’ll do it” I told Mom. she stared at me in disbelief
“As much as it pains me, she’s my twin and even though I hate
her, she still needs me”mom hugged me but I didn’t return it.
“Thank you Nira”
“I’m not doing this for you?” I snapped “I’m doing this for humanity. After all, I’m only here in this house just to be used, it’s my fate so I accept”
I ran to my room and locked up the door. I thought of everything and I couldn’t help but cry the more. I sat on the bed crying uncontrollably.
This part made me shade tears, I feel sorry for Nira.
