Redemption - Episode 21

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Benedicta:
The closer this taxi gets to dad's gate the more anxious I feel. It has not been longer than two months since I left this place but I miss it fiercely.
The taxi comes to a halt in front of the gate but I can't seem to summon the courage to leave this car.
"Are you okay?" My lifesaver who took it upon himself to get me to my doorstep whisper from beside me and I sigh loudly.
"Just excited. I really want to thank you for these helps you have been rendering me . You are a Godsend."
"No worries dear. Come on." He says then get out of the car to open my door. He offers me his hand and smile reassuringly.
"Here goes nothing." I whisper under my breathe before taking his hand and alighting the taxi.
"Wait here while I__" My attention is taken from his statement when I see Favour come out of the house carrying two suitcases. Is he going back to school? Few seconds later, Philip join him outside with two other suitcases. Did the strike get called off?
I see Philip say something to Favour but I can't hear him because I am still waiting beside my lifesaver while he settles with the taxi driver.
  Something strike me as odd with my brother's demeanor and I know something is wrong for sure when favour drops his suitcases and hug Philip. Okay, Favour doesn't do that.
My legs starts carrying me to where both my brothers are

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. Favour sees me first and I see the surprise on his face.
"Benedicta!" Favour pulls away from Philip and hurry down the few steps to get to me. He slows down when he reaches me before engulfing me in a fierce hug. This is the first time Favour has ever hugged me. Emotions overtake me and I wrap my hands around his waist and breathe in the smell of home.
"Don't cry Bennie." He pulls away from me and wipe my tears. I look forward to Philip who is just standing up there without coming to meet me.
"Is he angry at me too? What about dad? I am so sorry. I need to speak to him. Is he inside?" I ramble to Favour who shakes his head.
"You can't speak to dad."I hear Philip say and he sounds cold.
"Umm is he at the church? Maybe I should just go there and talk to him." I say to Philip who just shakes his head solemnly. Is dad really that angry with me?
"No" Favour says.
"What do you mean no? Should I wait for him to come back from church? I really need to see him. To tell him I am sorry. That I love him."
"It's too late for all that Bennie. Dad is dead! Your leaving gave him a heart attack!" Philip spit out and it's like the world just stopped rotating. No no No. I didn't hear that right? I look at both my brothers and that's when I notice the black on black clothing they are spotting.
"No. No. No!!" I yell and push through my brothers to get inside the house.
"Dad!" I yell as I rush inside the house. I can hear my brother's footsteps behind me but I don't stop. I race to my dad's room with lightening speed.
"Dad. I am here. Your daughter is here. Dad! " I barge into his room and when I find it empty, I move to his bathroom and I know I would find it empty.
"Dad! Come on. Don't hide from me. I am sorry!" I yell into the empty bathroom. Hands grab me from behind.
"Benedicta. He's gone. Stop it." I hear Favour sob from behind me and my knees go weak. I collapse on the bathroom floor and cry my eyes out.
"Daddy. Please, don't leave like this. I am sorry. Please. No. No. Favour, help me tell him I am sorry. Maybe he will come back to me" I tell favour who crouch beside me and hug me to him. I hold him tight and cry on his shoulder.
"I am sorry. I am sorry. I am sorry." I sob into his shoulder while he just rub my back soothingly.
"Don't worry. We will get through this. I will protect the both of you." Favour assure me.
I feel another hand c*ress my hair and I turn around to hug Philip.
"He's gone, Phil" I sob out.
"Am sorry baby sis." He coos into my ear.

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Lucas:

"Nurse! Nurse! Where's my brother? He was rushed in here last night."
"Calm down sir.  We had a few patients brought in last night. Can you be specific?" The nurse at the counter tells me.
"Calm? How can I stay calm when my brother tried to kill himself last night? Tell me?!" I bark at the nurse.
"Oh sir. You are related to the suicide survivor?" Another nurse ask me and I turn to this nurse who seems to know more than that ignoramus at the counter.
"Yes. Where is he? I need to see him." I ramble.
"This way Sir." The tiny nurse leads me pass different doors till she finally opens a door and gesture for me to go in. My legs carry me inside the room and I see Luis hooked to so many machines. The sight is enough to make my knees weaken. My brother was alright before he met that woman. This is all her fault. I tighten my hands into fist and I grind my fist.

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. I really want to make her pay for doing this to my brother but I just push that out of my mind.
  I slowly walk to his bed and hold his motionless hand.
"He's in a coma right now because the oxygen supply to his brain got cut off when he hanged himself. You have to prepare yourself for the worse. If he gets out of this coma, he might still have some disabilities due to the trauma to his neck." The nurse tells me.
"Would he ever get better?" I ask the nurse.
"We have done our part. The rest depends on his will to live. I will take my leave now." She tells me before exiting the room.
"Luis. You are a fighter. You can get through this."

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Benedicta:

Five months later

"One more push okay?" The doctor tells me but I am beyond tired. It hurts like hell.
"Come on, Benedicta. You can do this." Favour who is with me in the labour room encourages. I rub sweat off my brows and take in deep breaths through my mouth, gathering all the power left in me.
"Arrrgggghhhhhh" I scream out as I push with my last strength. The cries of my baby filters into my ears before I lose consciousness.

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