10:00AM
It not even up to 2 o'clock but I started feeling hungry and I have so many things to deal with. Literally today is Arfat day, I had to cook for uncle for the firsts time and yaya give a later notice to cook 1bag of rice with chicken for the poor and needy. What the fucking heck.Right now am in the kitchen with binta and Aisha chopping vegetables for the food, like seriously we are the only ones and still had a lot of work to do and the maid mama sent has not arrived yet.
2:00PM
I waited hours for them to come but still no new of them, then I call Nana to come help me. I been calling mama but she's not answering, gosh something like I was just copping but am super sick ever since the medication I take, as I was thinking of going back to the hospitals again.
Right now am outside the backyard preparing firewood with my half cap hair open, wrappers and shirts.
All the ingredients have been bought from the market and still nana didn't arrive yet and I had to finish my work inside which is kunu gyada, grilling potatoes, soup,pepper chicken with am making it all outside.I already wash the chicken with the help of binta and set them on fire to Cook and Fry.
4:30PM
Am done with the pepper chicken already remain the jollof rice.
I was set the pots for the rice, I decided to cook 8mudo of rice instead of the bag, I alone can't do it talk less of binta or Aisha.
I take 4mudo while I give them two mudo each. My back and lower abdominals feel like sharp knife cutting.
7:30PM
Finally we are done with the works fast iftar time. I quickly send binta to derliver the food to main house.
I went in after taking a shower,I call them to have food together. We are eating when nana came in my lying position.Umaima am very sorry please, the time I went in, mami told me amani isn't feeling well, so I had to call ya Khalil and inform him.
Right now she's in the hospitals on admitting, fact I came to tell you ne wlh.How is she feeling now? She is fine hakorine. Okay Allah ya kawo sauki. Amin.
Umaima why are you behaving like this please. Babu komai nana and am not referring to you, am not feeling well shisa.
Okay should I call mami for you? No, am going to be fine. Maman unborn your husband want to talk to you.Yakirani mana why will he be calling you, INI baki nan fa?
Allah ya baki hakuri dama masu ciki masifa.
"I heard you and won't call you"
I can't believe nana call him when she know my mouth won't keep quite. I look at her and hiss.I look at the phone again which is on video call mode, is my job complete?
Eh. Give the phone to nana.
I pass on to her and they speak for 15min with her husband before she hang up.Umaima am sorry, I don't know ya Khalil pass the phone to him already.
I look at her good night am going to bed. What did you means you're going to sleep, I mean all alone in this house? At least if am going to the hospitals you should stay with mami. What if you needed something at night please.
I heard what she said but am not in the Mood to talk to her completely working away.
10:00PM
I decided to call addah after first rang I told her about how am feeling which she promise to be here tomorrow morning before eid prayer starts.
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EID AL AHAD..AL KABIR 5:15AMIt was hard before I wake up to the toilet, coming to prayer I couldn't stand on my feet. And it was only me in the room while binta and Aisha are in the opposite room to which I told them to stay cases I needed anything.
Immediately am done, I sleep thinking to wake up in the next 50 to 54 min to bath and Wait for addah to come after the checks up we go to the mosque if time didn't accurate.
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Hitting feel like dreams, I slowly open my eyes to see addah but was unable to speak to her. And the last word I heard before I painted was.......Umaima wake up you're bleeding!!!!.
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HOSPITAL... ROOM 108
Nana you're very stupid, how could you help her do thing when I told you not to? Look at what your action cut now!.
Mami you very well know how Umaima can be and am very sure yaya known about it because he ask me to take the phone to her and what she told me was only your food she's going to cook nothing from.
All setting in the room when the doctor arrive and inform us the very sad new which affect our life.
Am sorry to inform you hajiya that we have to abort this pregnancy because of the last medicine she take already has impact on her placenta, to with after abortion it we are going to wash it due to early contraction she start and I think these happen due to the works she did, lifting heave things proof she had small ovaries. But she will convent again because she has the change of convention soon if not she or the baby will loss their life at the times of delivery to with I gave you 24hours to make a decision. If she prepare to loss her life then fine. The stating of bleeding already cause more damage to her placenta and ovary.
Okay doctor will such it out and get back to you.
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4:30PMFeeling of hook on my body is what made me open my eyes to see drip attach to my hand that realize me is a hospitals.
Alhamdulillah this evening things were good for both me and amani. I ate and prayer my missing salah.
mama came to me with hug, the tear am holding all come one because the mama that's upset with me now pamper me.
Mama yaya mugune he made me works, the smile in mama's face relaxed into series of laughter.
Shikenan don't mind him we are all here for you. Ki fada agabansa INI ya kawo. Ina ruwanki banza.
Khadija stop that.
Sorry anty Umaima.Apparently amani was discharge. The pain am feeling all now vanishes with only slice left.
It been three days since I being in the hospitals. Immediately mama told me what the doctor said, I told her that I will never abort this pregnancy no matter what am ready to sacrifice my life for my baby.
Everyday mama try to get me to agree but I refuses. I been on admitting since Tuesday and it one week now.
I feel completely fine, the doctor came and explain what to do after that he discharge us.
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Spending whole week in the hospitals was never my plan or anybody among us. Mama already told me to stay in my house since we are going back to London in a week or 2.5:00PM
I take my bath and wore one of my sewing boubou since it's still eid, thank to mama my meat and dambu has been done.
Anty hafsa(addah's mother inlaw) organise a party at zazu restaurant. Apparently we are all getting from there they will drop us at home.
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So many cars at the party, I wanted to feel comfortable and do my things but mama and mami has been giving me red card eyes for moment.Anty hafsa was so happy about my pregnancy no matter how I try to hide it but she seen it.
Hajiya Umaima an hau line kenan?.kice Ahmad saida ya wakin rashin kunya yayi ajiya. Toh masha Allah, Allah ya raba lafiya.
I just smile hiding my face in mama's back.
I sat beside nana before others arrive while the rest are opposite facing us.No matter how busy or tired I was, the perfume smell on my nose will never lie and shock at the sometimes
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Poor Umaima did all the work by her self. Whole Eid in hospital?Yaya mugune?
Pregnancy risk of life or dead?
Who will do that??
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