Celia's POV
I felt weak to the bone, I moved aside to let her in which she did. She saw the kids and asked
"What are they doing home?"
"Sent out if school because of the arrears owed"
"Oh God, when will things return to normal in thus house" mom said
Suddenly I remembered what the principal said
"Mother, did the principal ever propose to give me a scholarship?"
My mum's eyes widened
"How did you know?" she asked
"so it's true?" I asked to which my mother's eyes shot to the ground.
"Why mother? I could have made it to college, why did you do this to me?"
"it was your father, he said no daughter of his would engage in sports, that's why I turned it down"
I felt annoyed, if I said another word I might say hurtful things, hence I turned to my heels and entered the kitchen.
As I returned to the kitchen, I decided to make Pb&J since there wasn't much in the refrigerator to cook when my phone rang
I lazily walked over to the counter and picked it up, the number wasn't registered so I answered should incase it's my agency
"Hello" I said
"is this Mr Garcia's daughter?"I rolled my eyes immediately
"What do you want? Is my father also owing you too? You have to know you are not alone, he is owing about a hundred others and when it gets to your turn I will pay you"
"No ma'am, I am Nurse Franklin calling from The city medical health center, your father was rushed in here his morning, he was hit by a car and is currently unconscious. Please come as fast as possible, he is in critical condition"
"WHAT!! I am on my way" I said
I rushed back to the sitting room to find my mum re packing Adelina's hair as Abel played with his phone.
"Mum, dad is at the hospital" I said
"What happened?" she asked letting go of Adelina's hair.
"The nurse who called said he was hit by a car earlier this morning"
"Let me get changed, we have to go to the hospital"
"Abel, take care of Adelina, mum and I will head out first, we would come get you both when everything is settled"
"I don't care about him Sis, so I don't even want to go see him" Abel said
"Don't say that Abel, he is still our father. Let me change and go with mum. You both should take care, don't let strangers in"
With that I went up and threw in my usual Jean and check shirt and went back down to see my mum dressed better than I'd seen in years
"Let's go?" my mum said to which we headed out
I called a cab and we got in and headed for the hospital upon arrival, we rushed in to the reception
"We are here for Mr Garcia"
"The doctor will soon be out to meet you, please take a sit"
My mum took a seat while I paced up and down wondering if the strings of bad luck had finished. In just one day I'd experienced so much. Was someone out to get me or I just didn't have the best of luck.
The doctor came out in a few seconds
"Who are the family of Mr. Garcia?"
"We are, she is his wife and I am his daughter" I said
"Alright follow me to my office, we need to talk"
I and my mum followed behind him as we headed for his office. When inside we sat down and he said
"Your father suffered a serious head trauma from the hit, luckily he was brought in on time, he lost a lot of blood, hence we would need a blood transfusion but we found a heavy amount of Nicotine in his system though we are in the process of flushing it first so that we can commence with the transfusion. we need his health insurance card immediately"
"We don't have health insurance Doctor" I said
"Then I would need you to make a deposit of $30,000, so we can start treatment immediately the Nicotine is out of his system"
"Doctor we don't have that kind of money" my mum bloated out
"Unfortunately, if you can't come up with the deposit in two days, I am afraid your father would slip into coma and might never wake up"
My mum started crying to which I rushed over to hug her. It dawned on me that if nothing is done I and my siblings would become fatherless.
I knew he was a deadbeat father but regardless I loved him, he was not like this when I was a child, he used to be loving, he cared for my mum and I. But when Abel was born he got laid off work unjustly and because of that misunderstanding he couldn't get another job.
I didn't want him dead. I couldn't let him die. At least for my mother's sake, I had to do something, then it struck me, the $500,000 Cheque Mrs Adriana gave me was still in my room.
I could use it and then become the surrogate to make more money to care for my entire family.
We went out to the lobby to sit and wait for the nurse to give us a run down of deposit fees, so I turned to my mum and said.
"Mum, I have the money, I will be right back to make the payment"
Before ate could say anything I rushed off into the road.
On getting home, I met Adelina sleeping on the couch and Abel asked
"Is he dead?"
"Abel, don't say that, he is our father"
Witt that I sprinted upstairs, ransacking my purse I found and took out the complimentary card from it. I dialed the number she asked me to
"HELLO" Her voice stern and firm
"It's Celia, I will do it"
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