THE REVENGE

SEVEN

SEVEN

All my life I have never freaked out that much, my sister was lying there hopelessly fighting for her life. I don't even know how to explain because it got me so traumatized. Things happened so fast that day that I didn't even get time to think through everything. Life had just started taking another course and I wasn't liking it, nobody would

When turns out to be what you don't expect, you start asking yourself a lot of questions, sometimes you end up questioning God which I know is not okay but we left with no choice sometimes.

When Pedro drove me to the hospital, I was so tensed, I was literally shaking out of fear, what if I don't understand was why someone would shoot my sister, were they after her, or my whole family or maybe they were after me and after they didn't find they decided to shoot me? A series of questions were rushing through my mind and it seemed like I wasn't going to find answers to them so i just kept quiet the whole drive.

It seemed like those people were after us, my sister was s**t four times, two in her lower abdomen and two more on her chest, it was just my God's grave that she survived, she would be dead by that time and it hurt me that I want there for her, I was out there enjoying myself forgetting I had a sister I had swore my whole life to take care of

"You don't have to blame yourself for it you know? At least your parents were there to protect her, who knows maybe you would be dead by now if you were around too, they would have shot you, just thank God the both of you are still alive" Pedro said and it kind of made sense to me, what if they killed me in the process.

Talia was in the theater fighting for her life and I was just stressed, problem we didn't even know who the people were and what they wanted, it didn't make sense to any of us or maybe dad would know better. I hadn't seen him since I came to the hospital, mom said he had gone to take care of something back home and he would be back soon, I guessed maybe he went to deal with the people who were after our family.

Does it mean that maybe ever since dad got that wealth, we were to live in fear, maybe he went after the worth guys or maybe he did something that makes them down after him and what about uncle? I had left him when we went with Pedro to his home

"Mom where is uncle?" I decided to ask moment later

"I don't know my dear, one minute he was there the other one he was not, I can't actually know where he went since he was with your dad" mom said facing the other side and I knew there was something fishy with him, i had had my doubts about him and it was coming to confirmation. "Why do you ask?" She asked and o just brushed it off, I don't want to raise any speculations before confirming but I had to work my way out to find out what he was hiding

Minutes later, the doctor who was operating on my sister walked out of the theater room, i was anxiously waiting for his results

"Doctor how is the going?" My mom asked even before he could say anything

"Are you the mother to the kid?" He asked

"Yes I'm her mother"

"Well i have both good and bad news, so i don't know which ones you'd like to hear first?" He asked and mom looked at Pedro and I

"I think you should start with the good news first, it can make us hopeful" i said and they all agreed with me

"Well, before i tell you anything, let's go to my office because the matter is kind of sensitive" he said and we all followed him to his office

"Your daughter is fine, we managed to remove all the bullets, her ribs were a little bit fractured but we worked on that, the bullets narrowly escaped her heart and I might say she is one lucky kid " he said and that made me hopeful. "But there's one problem, your daughter is suffering from enlarged heart or cardiomegaly in other words, it's not a disease but some kind of a condition which when detected early can be treated" he said and my mom's moth hung open, she was surprised just like i was

"What!? And what can possibly cause that, she has been a healthy kid for as long as I can remember"

"Well it doesn't have exact signs and symptoms but it can be caused by a conditions that cause your heart to pump harder than usual that can cause damage to one's heart muscles , sometimes it enlarges and becomes weak a condition known as idiopathic. A heart condition you are born with (congenital) damage with heart attack, or an abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia) can cause your heart to enlarge" he said and I was just staring at him like he was from another planet, all he was saying was new to me but i was glad my sister was okay, at least she was alive, that's all that mattered. He went on to explain to us how high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, anemia, pulmonary hypertension and heart valve diseases were also cause to the said enlarged heart.

We went to see Talia, she was sleeping innocently with tubes connected to her body, i had missed her stories and the cartoons we use stop watch together before she was shot, mom tried talking to her but the doctor advised we let her sleep because the drugs she was given were heavy and a taking a toll in her body system

Dad walked in twenty minutes later looking confused an devastated ah the same time and I knew there was something wrong

"Hey dad?" I said immediately he came in and he gave me the murderous look for the first time since I was born, he was mad at me but why? I had actually forgotten about the Pedro's incident of assaulting a police of officer.

"How could you?" Was the first question he asked and I just looked at him blankly

"Do what dad?" I asked innocently

"Oh don't act like you don't know what you have done, where is that stupid boy you call a friend? He asked and I immediately knew he was talking about Pedro, he had just gone home to get some sleep.

"He went home" I answered facing down, I was ashamed of myself too

"What did they do? Don't you know this is a hospital and your daughter is fighting for her life and you here bothered with sometimes that happened with the kid? You should make Talia's health a priority here, what happened where you want?" Mom asked and I was glad she was trying to save my ass that day, I had never see my dad so angry before, he was breathing fire and I wasn't ready to face his wrath yet

"You should ask this daughter of yours" he said angrily

"What did your o Danny?" Mom asked and i just stared at her not knowing what to say"

"They assaulted a police officer earlier today that's why she wasn't picking up my calls, Danelya i raised you well, i don't know why you are trying to prove to me otherwise" dad said looking disappointed

"You did what?!" Mom asked surprised and i just stared on the floor ashamed although I knew it wasn't me, it was all Pedro's fault and at that time i kept wondering what he was doing

"I'm sorry mom, it wasn't me it was Pedro" I said trying to plead not guilty but dad was all over me with insults and accusations

"Ooh but you were with him, I told you not to take a lot of time but did you listen to me? You instead followed that boy, I don't want to see you with him again, have you heard me?"

"Yes dad" I said and before he could say anything the door was opened and two officers walked in

"Miss Danelya, you are under arrest for assaulting a police officer, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law" one of the officers said and handcuffed me, I looked at my dad but he was facing the other side, my mom was giving me that sympathetic look and I knew I was f****d up.