6 Chapter 6

Henry ..

I had a weird dream last night, I mean people do dream but in reality ! Everything is just the same. I woke up on my bed , brushed my teeth , washed my dirty clothes and went to my little kitchen to make some tea .

I walked out of the house when I was done taking my breakfast and went to school . I was so exhausted , and tired but I would never neglect my responsibilities. This morning I woke up having high spirts , " I didn't wnat to go home at all at this point"

I just wanted a peaceful life .

After two hours of our math teacher in class ,I yawned loudly like a cow making people chuckle and I to be embarrassed. I felt my cheeks heat up but I smirked and walked out of the class to the bathroom.

It was just an old bathroom, dirty and full of stinky manly urine. I didn't dare even open my pants to urinate even if I wnated to do . It was scary as because anyone who enters inside the bathroom knows that the condition is life threatening.

I washed my face and went outside and entered in the classroom again, I listened to the teacher but after some time I knew I didn't want to listen to her anymore. My seat was beside a window, I took ky time admiring the sky and bothering thinking about how I was going to overcome this kind of poverty I was in .

I knew sooner or later when mom will find out about my little hut, she will take it forcefully away from me ,she will tell her sons to move in with me and I am not interested to live with lazy asses. I work long hours but if I even want to tell my brothers to follow my footsteps, they would never want to .

Sometimes, it's their fault to not work hard fir what they want, they have lived in the poverty enough to understand that this life is not for those who sit at home and wait for food but mother keeps on pampering them like they are new borns .

" I wish I were them ,being pampered and being showed love by your parents, u would be honoured " I mumbled .

Before I averted my gaze to the blackboard , I felt something thrown at my face ," ouch" I groaned and looked straightly at the teacher and coincidently she looked at me ." Mind of your thoughts Henry, ?she asked me with stern eyes ."

" sorry ma'am , I just zoomed out " All the students burst out laughing hearing about my hobesr excuse, i mean what's the point of lying while you were being caught red-handed? "

I am sorry ma'am, I tell her and she looked away from me , Nefire she said anything, the bell ranged indicated school was over. I sighed heavily and pat my head , it ached like I was banged on the wall .

" Henry, follow me now after class ,the teacher told me with anger" Typical me ,I murmured.

I reached in her office and she told me to sit down ," what the hell is wrong with you Henry? Why di you like to disrespect the teachers? I'm not the fusrt teacher which you have been disrespecting and everyone is complaining about you," I wasn't able to look at her eyes as I averted them on the ground ," I am sorry ma'am , I manged to croak out but she stayed silent.

Is there a problem Henry? As a teacher I could help you she told me with now about voice , I chuckled lightly hiding my grief and gave her agwkw smile that looked so genuine ,I am fine ma'am and this will never happen again, I tell her and she nods her head with a straight face.

" You are one of the brightest students in the school, you just have to work a little hard and to make sure your grades stay stable and your respect to be seen with the teachers, I am sure that you are going to reach in higher depths " Shw tell me with a smile .

I smiled at her genuinely for the first time and she took the que of letting me go ." Thank lord," i murmured and went out .

I walked slowly outside the school but I halted my movement when I saw familiar faces, " my brothers?" What are they doing here? I mumbled but I walked straightly pretending not to see them but they caught me .

" what the hell do they want that they had the audacity of following me at school? "

" Henry, Henry! One of them called me ,I pretended to look where the voice came from and when I saw him I fought the urge to smirk, "

" Mom's calling you , he announced to me ,my heartbeats quickened, "

I almost got excited whj I heard that, is she going to tell me to go back home?

Is she going to tell me sorry after what she had done to me ,I had high hopes to be honest," who doesn't want to be taken and accepted with open arms with their parents after a lot of years of hate?.

" nobody, my subconscious replied "

After few minutes of walking we reached home ,I was excited to meet her and to be held even for a second by mother .When I reached the house, I opened the front door while my brothers stayed outside, " Mom, I called her softly, "

Mothe-- before I finished the word she was infront of me , " come " shw told me rudely before I even wnated to smile at her.

Well I guess ,she is still holding an unknown grudge against me , I sighed knowing it was not going to turn how I wanted.

She reached on wooden chair and sat but before I sat she spat words at my face again " Sit down before I change my mind and let you stand forever when talking to me from now own at this moment "

I gulp and stood up challenging her , " you ungrateful son of a bitch, do you take me as your bitch or something? She aksed me woth anger evident in her voice but I said nothing but just stayed silent, "

I am so sick and tired of her taunts, this time I am going to put my ego infront if me ,let's see ..befire I even thought about anything she slapped my face but I said nothing to her..

" how did I even give birth to a filthy asshole like you?" you are nothing like your brothers...she spat and I clenched my jaw .."

Is it my fault that I was born different?

Shw stayed silent like she was thinking if the right words to tell me , where the fuck were you last night ? Where the ehll were you she asked and took a whip on her hand .

I respected this woman called my mother so much, so I stayed silent..Answer me !? She told me sternly, I wanted to ask her what made her care after all those years which she did not care if I came home or not but I looed down on the ground holding ky bag on my arms tightly.

You sick punk, she gritted and hit me with what it was on her hand , did I care to this point ? No I didn't, I let her do whatever she wanted and soon she was breathless, " I looked at her with blank eyes "

You son of a bitch, she yelled at me , get out if my fucking site ,she declared , I didn't waste time as I walked out but I halted my movement when I heard her voice again , " where the hell is the men you got from work today ?, I turned and looed at her plainly "

Don't look at me like that you !! I am your fucking mother, she spat out .." so?" I wanted to ask her but i stayed silent.

I am talking to you Henry, where the fuck is the money? My house needs to be renovated , where is your fucking money !!!

I lost it, I took the que of turning my heels and left her house . " I warned you" my subconscious tells me and I smiled bitterly walking out the house not even trying to give my so called brothers a glance....