The Cover Up

~09~

Ms.Terissa In MM

Aniyah's P.O.V

I don't know what to expect as I'm walking down to this room. I reached the room and took a deep breathe before entering.

"Can you guys give me a moment first?" I asked as everyone nodded and went back to the waiting room to wait.

I prayed silently and quickly and quietly threw the door open. Her head was turned looking at the TV as she had tubes running through her fragile body and almost pale face. I guess she hadn't noticed that I entered the room because she didn't say a word or even look in my direction. I haven't got emotional yet, so I seen that as a good sign, as everything is going to be okay because I wasn't worried.

"Mom." I said quietly

She then turned her head towards me and the water works came. Her face was swollen with scratches and bruises.

"Oh my god, what happened?" I cried as I rushed to her bed.

"Don't cry but I want all of you in here so I won't have to repeat myself baby girl because it's really hard for me to speak."

"Mom please, why are you in here? What is it? No I'm not waiting to get no one tell me right now." I said clearly angry with tears falling down my face.

"Niyah not right now please go get everyone. I cant argue with you right now."

"Mom I can't believe this! What's wrong? You can't leave us mama. You can't, you just can't leave, its not fair, it's not right. I can't wait, I need to kn-."

I was interrupted by her coughing uncontrollably. I ran over to her and gave her a drink of water.

"Ok you're right it may not wait." she giggled

"Ok, it doesn't matter anymore. Whatever you want. If you want me to get them I'll go get them. You just wait right h- but I mean where else could you go. Imma be right back they're just in the waiting room."

"No Aniyah just listen."

"No mama you want to tell them so imma go get them they need to hear this." I got up to go to the waiting room

"Aniyah I'm dying, and have been for the past 12 years. I've had cancer for a really long time but I just had no way to tell anyone." She said as she stopped in between words to catch her breathe.

I stepped closer to the bed and sat at the edge.

"What? Mama stop I don't even want to know anymore. It's okay just get some rest and stop talking." I said walking a little more to the door to get the others while trying to understand what I just heard.

"No Aniyah sit down," she said in her voice that we knew she always meant business. "I never wanted you to find out like this."

"Well it's okay everyone has to die one day you know." I said while silently crying and looking at the wall.

"Not that Aniyah, just be quiet and listen for once I'm not really your mother, your mother died while giving birth to you and I was married to your dad so he had no choice to bring you home."

"Mom please stop!" I said as I felt myself get dizzy. "I can't this is too much to handle."

"Aniyah I'm sorry please don't be mad it was just there was no easy way to tell you, even if I wasn't laying in my death bed it still wouldn't have been a easy way to tell you. "

"Don't talk like that mama it's okay because I'm not mad at you but thank you for everything. You didn't have to do it. No matter what I love you and will always love you but still one question."