Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 4
Kimâs p.o.v.
âdad how are you feeling?â. I asked my dad and he looked at me sadly before forcing a smile. I touched his arm gently and even with my gentle touch he still flinched.
He is in so much pain. My dad has cancer,yes lung cancer. When I was informed he had cancer I was shocked because I thought it was a female disease,I know it is dumb to think like that but I couldnât help it but look at me now pumping money for hospital bills every month.
âAre you okay?â. he asked me gently.
I smiled at him genuinely âI am okay. Donât worry about meâ.
âI feel so lonely here, canât I go home already?â. he asked me.
I shook my head before moving closer to him âof course you will. just get well firstâ.
âBut I am already fineâ. he said again.
Sure he is fine with the visible pain in his eyes,with the painful look in his eyes when he smiles.
âNo you are not fine and moreover I try to pay you a visit everydayâ.
âyes you are right about that. But I am tired of staying here it have been 6 months already. I want to leaveâ. he said again.
I frowned before saying âsure you want to and I would be glad if you leave too that is why you have to get well firstâ.
âI just said I was fiâŠ.â
âdad!â I interrupted him âyou are not fine and the hospital is where you would be taken care of properlyâ.
âwhy are you here by this time?â. he asked.
I looked at my wrist watch. it was 12 noon. I looked at him before saying âwhatâs wrong with me being here by this time?â.
âthis is early afternoon,you should be at workâ. he said again.
oops,only if he knew I have been jobless since yesterday.
âis something wrong?â he asked with a worried look.
No,he would be worried again. He is already sick he canât compound his problem with worry.
âDad, nothing is wrong. I just missed you so much and I decided to pay you a visitâ. I said. I did miss him but I didnât pay him a visit because of that. I paid him a visit because I am now jobless.
âstop that Kimberlyâ. he said,his voice higher than usual. He should take things easy.
âDad I donât understand you. stop what?â I asked not ready to tell him the truth.
âI might not have been the best father but I remember me and your mom teaching you never to tell lies before she passed away. stop lying to me,you didnât come here because you felt like,I know how passionate you are about your job. Kim did something happen?â. he asked gently.
Now he was coaxing me to tell the truth,and I couldnât just find it In me to lie. that worried look in his eyes is telling me not to say the truth but my manners and how I have been raised never to tell a lie won over my logical side.
âDad I got firedâ. I said lowly and his eyes widened before he quickly concealed it with a small frown.
âwhat happened?â he asked.
âI made a mistake dadâ. I told him.
âeveryone makes a mistake Kimberly,you donât need to feel bad for making a mistakeâ. he advised.
yes it was a mistake but a costly one.
âDad I didnât intend to do thatâ.I said feeling so stupid and useless once again.
âdonât be too hard on yourself,it was a mistake. the deed is already done you should try to ensure not to repeat that mistake againâ.
âokay dad,donât worry about me okay?â.
âI canât promise you because I would always worry about youâ. he said sadly and I suddenly felt like crying.
I am so useless. I canât even pay the hospital bills again since I am jobless the bills would begin to pile up again.
âKimberly,I should probably go home with you nowâ. he said again.
âwhy would you say that?â. i asked him.
âI donât want to pressure you Kimberly,I am an old man already and you are still very young,I shouldnât pressure you with my problems and_â.
âDad you are not pressuring me,why are you saying all this?â I asked him.
âi know the amount of money you pay in this hospital isnât a little amount,look I even got a private room and the doctors treat me well,you pay other bills too. Kimberly the only way you pay those bills is because of your salary but look now you have been sacked and I know it is not easy for you so why should I bother you with my problemsâ.
âDad I have to take care of you because you are my father and who said I am tired?â.
âno,I should be the one taking care of you because I _â.
âDad enough of this worries,this is why I never wanted to tell you. Dad everything would be fineâ. I assured him even though I wasnât sure myself.
âKim_â.
âDadâ. I interrupted him âI would find a job,I promise you. You have to rest nowâ.
âKim if I canât go home I should check into a smaller room or a less cheaper hospitalâ. he said again.
âI already said no. I would be fine dad. We would be fine. Now get some restâ.
âKim_â.
âDad I am going to see the doctorâ. I said kissing his cheeks before leaving the room.
I took a deep breath immediately I left the room. I went to drop the flash this morning before many people came to work so they wonât give me this same pity look dad was giving me. Brenda have been trying to call me since but I havenât been picking because I didnât want her to pity me I might just cry.
I went to see the doctor and it was still the same story âthe cancer have hit your dadâs lungsâ he told me some drugs I had to get from the pharmacy,the price of the injections they always give him to reduce the pain have increased and they wanted to try another type on him. All what the doctor said required money and I was already running low on money and was waiting for my pay check before I got sacked. I paid the required sum of money and I couldnât help but pray that they wouldnât need more money for his treatment this month. I left the hospital after saying goodbye to dad.
When i got home and I placed some calls to the few people I knew before I got my previous job and inquired if they knew any place i could get a job but their answers were the same and I couldnât help but notice the fake pity in their voice when I told them I lost my job. They were probably jealous I got a well paying job but look I lost it now. I gulped down a glass of water when I noticed the vibration of my phone,I looked at the screen and it was Brenda. she was probably worried it wouldnât hurt to pick up.
âKim are you okay?â. she asked worriedly.
âyes I amâ. I replied.
âyou havenât been picking my calls and I got more worried when I learnt you have been fired and I was scared you wouldnât hurt yourselfâ.
âno I am fineâ.
âI am sorry Kim,I sincerely hope you find a job soon but if you need any help financially I can help in a little wayâ. she said again.
I needed help financially but I wouldnât want to compound my problems with hers,she had her problems too and I wasnât one to bother people.
âno I am fine thank you for thinking about meâ. I told her.
âI knew he would be mad but I didnât expect him to fire you immediately,he looked like he was content with the job you didâ.
âI made a mistake Brenâ. I told her.
âyes it was a mistake Kim. Actually when I saw him yesterday he looked so angry that everyone left his way when he was passing he also fired the financial manager yesterdayâ. she informed me.
âBren I knew I was gonna be firedâ. I told her honestly.
âbut it wasnât entirely your fault,you work your head out and you are bound to make mistakesâ. she told me.
âI wish he understood that but as usual he expected everyone to be as perfect as he is. he even called me dumb on two different occasions and I lost itâ. I told her.
âKim you promised not to talk backâ.
âI tried not to,I even apologised and told him it was all my fault. I even tried to tell him about it before we left for the meeting but he dismissed me and ranted about how much I embarrassed himâ.
âKim this is not entirely your faultâ. she assured. âI would have talked back if I were you the boss is a total a—–eâ. she said lowly.
âI totally accept with youâ. I told her with a faint smile that fell when i remembered I was jobless and she still had a job.
âKim,i have to go now I would talk to you laterâ. she said.
âokay,have a nice dayâ. I said before hanging up.
I was left with my own thoughts,I didnât regret talking back at him but I couldnât help but think I wouldnât have lost my job if I had kept quiet but I would have lost my voice to speak another time because he would take me as one of those girls captivated by his looks or something. But I really needed the job because it paid well and covered most of my bills but my mouth can never be quiet whenever I felt insulted and he insulted me. But I really needed the money if not for anything,for my dad.
I might be poor but I have a voice to speak when I feel insulted. I laid my head on my couch slowly falling asleep before the sound of my phone jolting me from my subconscious state. I rubbed my eyes before picking my phone and my eyes widened when I saw the caller it read âmy jerk of a bossâ what does he want? when I went to drop the flash he didnât even raise his head to look at me.
I scrunched my eyebrows what does he wants this time? I picked the phone before placing it to my ears.
âhelloâ. I said unsure.
âMiss Kim,come to the company nowâ. he ordered again and I frowned,I wasnât his worker anymore why would he still order me around.
âwhy?â I asked.
âcome to the company nowâ. he said again before hanging up.
what the hell? who does he thinks he is? I decided not to go anywhere when the rational part of me told me I still needed a job,this job in particular and the pay.
I didnât think about my pride or anything when I grabbed a coat immediately and I ran out of my house.
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