Author: Aniebiet Ekong
Date of Creation: 06th March, 2025
Him
I came home to the sound of music and celebration. At first, I thought it was for me, but it wasn’t.
It was for my brother.
I was angry. I had stayed. I had worked. I had served faithfully. Yet I had received nothing like that.
Then my father said to me, “My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.”
And in that moment… I understood.
Me
You understood?
I’m sorry, but it’s hard to trust words like that. Who’s to say he won’t still give part of your inheritance to your younger brother?
Your father is kindhearted… almost too kind. How can you be sure?
Him
Why does that trouble you so much?
Why can’t I become like him?
Why can’t I grow to have the same heart?
And if one day I choose to give my younger brother something of what I have… wouldn’t that simply mean my father’s heart has become mine?
At this point, it isn’t my father you should be worried about. It’s me.
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