Alai wakes up again with sweat all over her body,her body shaking tremendously. Another dream again. My mother asked me? She nods looking very exhausted. Alai had tried everything to stop the dream but to no avail. She had visited so many doctors but it kept coming. This dream has been persistent ever since my daddy left her. Alai mind recalled as if it happened as if it was yesterday yet it was 20 years ago. It was the saddest part of her life. She could remember that they were eating they were eating peacefully that night when my mum Amelia asked my father Davis what was wrong with him and just like that my father said he wanted a divorce. They were so admired in my neighborhood and I remembered there was no argument. He did not even care that I was there.
I tried begging him,not wanting to be trained by a single parent. I saw how much my friend's daddy's death did to her mother. I remembered I was 7 years old and every evening I would beg my daddy knowing that he had never refused anything by me. I cried and pleaded but it all looked like I was wasting my time. As I thought about it, I wondered if our relationship was ever real. All the love stories, he and mummy would share and everything. All was just pretense. I asked myself the same question I always ask anytime I recall that incident. The thing that made me angry was how open and carefree he was about it. I knew some of my classmates whose parents were divorced did not know,some of them even heard it from others but instead he chose this path. He even stopped picking me up from school and came back very late and most time drunk.
Our once sweet lovely home became a place of nagging.It was like everything my mother did irritated my daddy.He would provoke at even the slightest mistake. My mum had nobody. She is an orphan and the only child of her parents. She met my daddy Davis on the road while coming back from work as she was a waitress. since she could not finish her studies due to her parents death. Davis was lying on the road very injured and half unconscious. My mum carried him to hospital and he recovered quick. My mum paid his bills and took him home. They were friends for three years and that's when she found out that my dad was a werewolf but she accepted him.
Six months later,they started dating and got married three months later. One day, I remembered my mummy begging my dad Davis. You can't leave me. My mother said You are all I have. This is not what you promised me, Davis. 3 years friendship and 7 years relationship and you betrayed me like this.
What did I do? My mum Amelia said? Tell me, I can change but instead my dad shouted You did nothing? I found my mate and it's more than what I felt for you.
Tears slipped my mummy's eye, The love, The story, Family love, admiration, dreams and all were nothing to him. I remembered all the pinky promises, our bond. Just like that he was abandoning everything and existing like we were never anything before.
One early morning, I came out hearing voices and pleadings, I ran downstairs on recognizing that it was my mother and father. When I reached downstairs, I saw my mum begging my dad, she knelt down begging him trying to stop him. I also begged my daddy crying loudly please daddy stop but instead he pushed me away. My mum and I kept dragging my dad Davis back but then he pushed my mummy and she hits her head on the floor with blood dripping from her head. I called daddy shouting to tell him but instead he looked at me, carried his bag and go just like that. I was 7 years old not knowing what to do, I started calling my mummy begging her mummy don't leave me like daddy. I sobbed for like 5 mins till I remembered 911 and rushed to call them. Within few minutes,the ambulance came and took my mummy to the hospital. I cried myself to sleep everyday and look at the door expecting that I will see my dad walk through the door and tell me that's it's all a prank. I lived like an orphan for months.
Sometimes my neighbors would dashed me things. I hated their house because their children were rude and insulting. Just like that my father left us, without looking back knowing what he had done. So all the love and story was fake and that's when my hatred for my dad started. I hated everything that had anything to do with him. His people, the werewolves, his land viron and more especially the word mate. I told myself that if the mate had not arrived, we would still be a one big and happy family.
Months later, Mom woke up but not fully. I also had to drop school to be able to take care of my mummy. It took a while for my mum to fully recover. In all these times, I had no one to cry to, no one to console me and I was the mother and father of myself. Few months later, we were discharged but with lots of debt to pay. Luckily for us, we were given 50% discount which has been paid by the government. Even with the discount it was still very heavy. We had to sale most of our belongings to pay. My mum even had to borrow money to send me back to school.
Meanwhile , Alia also hawked to help her mother. She pitied her mother so much who was looking so depreciating. This made Alia to think that she was a curse. To make matters worse, Alia had seen so many rich men tried to ask her mummy out but her mother refused and insisted to take care of her. At that time, she was 15 years old. She hated herself so much and this issue reflected so much on her results and grades. It made me look weird as I hardly talk to others. I was also taunted by my classmates and made me a laughing stock .
I did everything to make my mother hate me after all I was the product of the man who has caused her pain but instead it fueled her love for me. After seeing that she was determined, I gave in to her love and decided to do all in my power to make sure she smiles again. I will be her one in a million daughter.
With this new found determination,Alai picked up in her studies little by little that by the end of the term she came first position. Everyone in the school was surprised since she has always be known as a dull child since she registered. Alai became very vibrant in sports and her academics. In 2 years time, Alai graduated from high school bagging so many awards. Among these awards, she was able to secure a scholarship to any desired course and university.
I got admission into one of the best university and my tuition fully paid. During my free time, I would work part time to meet up with personal needs. I was a medical student but found time for gymnastics and Martial art.
I promised myself that there would be no need for man. All I need is a sperm donor for my child. So, I prepared myself for every responsibility that comes with that including beating any fool that tries to molest me or my future children and this was why I started this martial arts.
Alai dedicated herself to it so much ,creatively combining it with her studies. She was able to attract the eyes of the martial arts teacher that he also taught her how to use arrows, spears and swords. She passed all her exams from first year to her final year. She finally graduated from school getting so many awards which were in total 25. She was the best graduating student. Alai was so happy that she had finally overcome the obstacles of school and now in for the battles of life. To crown it all, her room mate promised her to get a good job for her once her father is a known person in the medical world .