When her aunt had remained adamant, Ade had run off with Dele to Lagos and only returned 2 years later with Demola in tow. Having no choice and despite her obvious displeasure, her aunt had agreed for Dele to come and do the traditional wedding which he did very quickly. They followed it up with a court wedding in Lagos and had their two other children.
Things hadn’t been perfect, in fact, they had been far from perfect at the beginning. What with Dele struggling to earn a living and she getting pregnant so quickly. But somehow, their love saw them through. Things had improved after Dele got a job with the state government, paid her bride price and opened up a tailoring shop for her.
At first they had to make a lot of sacrifices and
they depended heavily on Dele’s parents. His
parents had been kind and supportive and his
siblings had pitched in to help as often as
possible. Their actions always made her feel
nostalgic for her own family that wasn’t anymore.
She remembered the inevitable fights between her and Dele and how he always had someone to tell his side of the story when she had no one but her children.
That feeling of loneliness and not having anybody else in the world were what had prompted her to open her heart and arms so freely to Femi. She promised herself that while she was alive, Femi would never need to doubt that she had a home and a person who was willing to put her first.
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Tiwa was having a very good day. There were
times when she felt like she had a personal
guardian angel always watching over her. It was enough to have her whistling as she entered into the male ward to begin her daily rounds.
Tiwa: “Hello, Mr Salman” she greeted the man
lying prone on the bed with oxygen tubes
attached to his nose, “How are we today?” She
asked cheerfully.
Patient: “Good morning Doctor, I’m fine, thank
you, my daughter came to visit me yesterday
and……..” Tiwa barely listened, she just kept
nodding and smiling as the older man continued talking. Carefully she checked his blood pressure and was glad to see it had reduced, she also checked the gash on his head and noted it was coming along fine.
She noted that she would remind the nurses on
her way out to change his oxygen tank in an
hour. The man had suffered a heart attack a few days back and fallen down the stairs, cutting his head in the process. His daughter, a long time patient of the hospital and a commissioner in the state had immediately rushed him to the hospital where she believed he would get the best possible care.
Saint Havers was well known all over the nation for employing specialist, for putting patients care ahead of anything else and for their superb international standard Laboratory recommended all over the nation for tests in any ailment. Their recently opened Cancer Research Institute had nailed them a class of their own above any other hospital in Nigeria.
Tiwa knew how lucky she was to have landed a
job in a hospital like Saint Havers and to also
meet the man of her dreams in the same place.
She did not doubt that she was the subject of
envy of the other female doctors and nurses in the hospital. She knew they talked about her behind her back but she didn’t care. She had worked hard to get where she was and she wasn’t going to allow anyone demean her success professionally or personally.
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