Novels by Careen Ndoke

On that day, Mrs. Kate got a beautiful outfit for her daughter and dressed her up. She was done, Lydia was looking beautiful than ever in her hairstyle and her outfit."Wow mum, i never knew you were good at hairstyling""Dear do you know why i didn't put any make up on your face?""No mum, why?""That's because your smile is your best make up, so please always smile because you look graceful and beautiful; I bet you, your patients will get well soon. Oh how time flies, my daughter is now a nurse""Come on mum, all thanks to you"They got to the campus and everywhere was beautiful. Lea saw her friend_ "girl you look good""thanks girl,You too"Lea intoduced her parents to her best friend and Mrs. Kate."Lydia, you look beautiful" said Mrs. Cabrel, Lea's mum."Thanks ma'am, but all the credit goes to my mum"The ceremony began and the certificate, award and honor roll were given. Lea recieved her cert

"Hurry dear""Please mum, give me a few minutes"They went to the mall and did some shopping. Lydia began school a week later and as she admired the university she whispered_ "wow! Life here is quite different""Indeed, it is" replied an Angelic voice from behind.Lydia turned and she saw a beautiful slim young girl with short straight hair and blue eyes."Hello, I am Leana Cabrel from Norway but you can call me Lea""Hi Lea, nice to meet you, I am Lydia Evans from Australia, New South Wales to be precised""Lydia, it's a pleasure meeting you., so what level are you and what field do you study?""This is my first year as a nursing student""Wow girl, same here. Can we befriends?""Of course"After school Lydia returned home_"Hello mum, how was your day?"Hello dear, my day was boring. Thank God you are back; so how was your first day in the university? What did you study?""Noth

The advanced level results was finally out. Lydia panicked_ "mum I can't go get it, I might freeze. Please can you help me?"Smiling; "okay dear"The next day: "dear I will be going out, do you want to come along?""No mum, I rather wait for you here""I will come home in the evening, take care"In the evening, Mrs. Kate returns, and Lydia welcomed her feeling more nervous than before. Her reaction was so funny that her mum began laughing_"Lydia the earlier you calm down, the better. Now I want you to relax and anything you see, give God thanks because he says in his word 'in every situation, give him thanks'Lydia began sweating hearing these words; she opened the results and she made it in all her subjects with excellent grades_"Mum, I made it... At last i did""A big congratulations darling, you deserve it"Mrs. Kate took out a bottle of champagne from the bar and they celebrated. She took

The break was over and Lydia was prepared for studies. At school her teachers congratulated and encouraged her for her results. When she gots home home, she ate, went into her room and began reading preparing for her final exams. Every day when the young girl got back, she will spend most of her time in the room studying.One month to her exams she fell sick and her mum sent for the doctor. After examination, it was confirmed she has a fever and headache due to insufficient rest."Doctor you are right because every day when she returns from school, she will go straight into her room and fall on her books; she will read without taking a break to rest her head"The doctor prescribed some drugs to calm the head ache and fever and also put her on bed rest for a week _"Drugs are just to relieve the pain and bring to normal the temperature, what you actually need is enough rest""Doctor please, I can't get a bed rest for that long, one full

It was a Wednesday morning and Lydia woke up to get ready for school but she noticed something unusual; it was almost 6 am. but her mum was still in her room. She went to Mrs. Kate's room to check on her and met her shivering on the bed_"Mum you are burning with fever and we need to go to the hospital""Dear please call the doctor"Lydia got the doctor's number and gave him a call.20 minutes later: the bell rang and it was the doctor. After some examination, it was confirmed Mrs. Kate has a fever, constant head ache and fatigue, a symptoms of stress."You have to come to the hospital for proper check up, meanwhile get these drugs"Lydia walked the doctor out and rushed to the pharmacy to get the drugs.Later she returned with them, prepared some food and served her mum making sure she eats and take her medication.Two days later: Mrs. Kate felt much better so she asked Lydia to go to school since she has been abs

It was week end and Lydia was used to working; keeping the whole place clean. That day she woke up a little late so she rushed out to start up her chores but surprisingly the whole place was arranged but she didn't see her mum. Lydia searched everywhere but no trace of mum so she called out in a loud voice: " mum..... Where are you?""Yes dear, I am in the washing room""Where's that?"Mrs. Kate walked out to the parlor where Lydia was _"Here I am""Good morning mum, sorry I woke up late and let you do all the chores""That's okay dear, I was doing laundry""Okay mum, where is the washing room?""Follow me"They went through a little corridor which lead to three different doors. Mrs. Kate opened the first door on her right_"This is the store where I keep some things which are useless for the moment and some memorable stuff"The store was well arraned and clean, it looked more like an interest