Be Our Rose

The visit

"How is my daughter?"

"I'm good but mum can you please tell me why your husband called me?"

I asked, going start to the point.

"Oh this husband of mine wasted 5 million Rand"

"The 5 million that I was bought with?"

"Yes that one"

She said.

"And how is that my problem?"

"Oh my dearest daughter, please help us"

I heard my dad's voice, so now I'm his 'dearest daughter'.

"You've got no shame do you? You sold me and think I will help you"

I asked.

"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME IN SUCH A MANNER?"

I heard him shout through the phone.

"I can, what are you gonna do about it?"

It was silent for a while.

"Now can you please hand the phone back to my mum so I can say goodbye?"

"Wait, it's not only me who needs your help"

He said like I would be interested.

"Ok and...?"

"Your brother too needs the money, we can't afford his school fees anymore and we can't feed him"

"So your starving my little brother?"

I asked.

"We can barely afford any food so I was wondering if he could visit you for a while?"

I thought about what my dad said. It will be risking, letting my little brother visit but I also wanted to spend time with him.

"Ok but he can only come next week"

I said knowing that Leonardo and Fernando won't be around then.

" For now you have to send him to my sister, I will pay for his school fees and food"

I said then hang up the call.

"Rose!"

I heard Fernando call.

"I'm on my way, just wait!"

I said exiting.

So my dad only calls me and considers me a daughter when he needs my help. He really thinks I will forgive him that easily. In his dreams.
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The next week

I fetch my little brother at the airport and was so happy to see him.

I went to hug him but he seemed hesitant before hugging me which was odd but I let it go since he hadn't seen me for quite some time.

He was so kind and cute at first but then after one day he changed.

I found him shouting at one of the maids so early at the morning, like he was the man of this house.

"WHY DID YOU MAKE MY TEA SO HOT!"

I heard him say when I was walking downstairs and the maid took his cup away.

"Um hello, you have no right to talk to her like that"

He rolled his eyes at me.

I stared at him in shock, who did he think he was?

The maid came back and gave him his cup of tea again, he took one look at it and said that he didn't want it anymore.

The maid walked away with the same full cup of tea that she had bought a second ago.