When she was touching his hands, she touched blood and she was devastated, shouted "oh! my God" look at your body mark written by cane was everywhere in your body. She removed his clothes and saw his back injured. She sympathize with him and took him to her house, using hot water and rob to massage those places he had wounds with the ones that raised up.
After she has finished doing that she gave him food to his satisfaction.
Kelvin slept for one hour 30 minutes.
When Kelvin waked up, he narrated to Patricia how his parents persuaded him. he told Patricia that he does not know the kind of parents he had that made them not to do all that he wants.
He used Bryan one of his boyfriend as an example saying that his parents gave him enough money when going to school. "They buy him Cloth two times in a week. They bring him to school with car everyday, they package his food in flask which he came with to school every time.
If you see Bryan, his face is looking good and it makes girls to run after him like flies. If l look at Bryan face l began to ask my self questions like "Is it the parents l have that Bryan also have?".
My parents are not too poor but they can't do to me what Bryan parents do to him.
Patricia covered his mouth with her hand said to him "don't utter anymore" she said to Kelvin that he should know that all fingers are not equal that is how everyone is not equal.
"Parents of Bryan have money, they drives two cars. His parents are educated on time, that made them to look well and make money on time.
"Now compare parents of Bryan and your parents, you will see the different. Your father is poor he was not intentional, something caused it. your father was the only child his parents. His parents died when he was four years old, because of that he could not attend school when his mates are attending.
His father's brother took him and trained him according to his strength. they married a wife for him on time that he gave birth to you some years ago. l know he is struggling to train you in school so that you will be somebody in future.
Kelvin told Patricia that his father dealt with him, all this wounds are what he did to me but what l know was that l took this talks unserious. He also told Patricia that who ever that gives birth to a child should make sure the child does not starve.
"The person that gave birth to a child should provide clothes and shoes for the child.
It baffles Patricia when Kelvin told her that he spent his school fees at the restaurant of Mary's Mum.
She told him that she is disconted of him, if you continue to waste resources that will make your parents to stop you from schooling me that is Patricia will not allow you to be my friend because l can't marry an illiterate.
After their discussion, Patricia accompanied Kelvin to their house. it remained one week to start the examination of third term yet Kelvin have not paid his school fees. All his friends have paid their own, the school proprietor refused that Kelvin will not partake in the third term exam. He also made it known to Kelvin that whoever that don't partake in the third term exam with not graduate to the next level.
Kelvin cried and meet his parents asking them to gave him another school fees. His father tried his best to get the money before one week but it seem to much to get.
What he and his wife were able to get was one hundred and twenty naria. they took it like that and went to the school to see the proprietor.
The name of the school where Kelvin was schooling was success international college (SIC) uli.
The name of their proprietor is Prof Kingsley. Kelvin is a native of uli in newi south anambra. Anambra is a well developed state, it is one of the states which our colonial came through in our country that is why the state is developed. It is the colonials that owned the school before it was name SIC. it is in newi that all the villages in uli goes to school and church none of this things are found in uli.
We know uli people as farmers and fisher of fish. there was one big river at uli named Casio river. they get huge fishes from the river that kills especially foreigners.
How the river identify foreigners was what we don't know till today.
When they arrived at the school, they pleaded with the proprietor to accept the amount they have but he refused at all. He said all the money must be completed.
Kelvin school fees was one hundred and ninteen naria. it remained Adrian the father to Kelvin to shed tears where he was pleading with the Prof Kingsley to accept the one hundred and twenty naria they came with.
He pleaded that before the term comes to an end he will bring the remaining balance.
All his pleading was no avail, their coming did not rescind the Prof decision they went home in pains.
When it was two days for the exam to commerce, the proprietor of the school sent Kelvin out of the school he took his bag and cantered away.
Since Kelvin was sent out of school, his parents have not had peace of mind where they are looking for a way to get money and complete their child school fees. Some persons they met to ask for loan refused that they will not give them any money.
Why it is very difficult for Adrian the father to Kelvin was they have cultivated everything in their farm land. it was during the seventh month all this things are happening. Time for harvest is usually eight to nine month of the year. it was the same answer they got from all the people they asked for loan. There was one goat they are training at their house the pregnant goat is about to give birth.
When Kelvin's mother suggested to sell that goat. Adrian thought about it and said to her it is somehow to sell a pregnant goat that will give birth soonest but she said if we wait till it gives birth before we sell it things will got spoiled. Sincerely that was their only hope of paying Kelvin's school fees.
They parents where thinking if they should sell the pregnant goat or not day break.