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body laying inside. I was there with them though,

sh out of her eyes whilst she wasn't even aware of herself crying. She was holding onto Kiara, who looked a lot older, seventeen, l reckon, who wanted

pected much, but she was looking down at some documentation with her mother, smiling to herself as she kept on pointing at a certain something on the paper.

on. He kept calling the woman, who was now brushing her big belly, "mommy, mommy, where's daddy?" She would brush on his tiny hand and

nding alongside someone l felt l knew but couldn't recognize his face. My mom wasn't her

y back that l woke up. That wasn't me waking up act

out of your damn mind?! Kairo is asleep and you are screaming your lungs

, like a s

saying because of your loud noise! What's that?

Abi

here near my house in the next 6 or so hours. I'm going to be having a serious

ea

e are

ing, she turned on her footsteps and threw a deadl

?" It came out

cross the room and before she could

thanking you for you

ngue and placed he

as sayi

ed out of

l could admit that, and when l did, dragging myself to the doctor was the only option l had. Not that there was anything els

and placed it on speed dial. My heart wa

ma.

his woman, that was one thing l so badly adore

w are you th

mes

s a beautiful ridicule thou

u want to finish in our house is our food but

mil

thing

home baby, come

iki?" That was my dad in

ng over so I'm suggestin

re if she's no

your grandchild more than

ES

so used. A

t me prepare a little som

in a few.

limped to Kiara's room. Her mother was downstairs, shouting her lungs out in her deep, husky voice, conversing with someon

ing to Gog

jumping up and

springs on your bed, do y

n. How does a person wake up

come give dad

to me and sa

by not s

t still

so much. How

you were there, Gogo and Mkhulu w

es

are we going to go to

and kisse

go to Les

nodd

h Le

ther will say yes

f her mom she

aug

ho punched her on the face.

went to kick and punch

k bath so we ca

go's h

odd

U ARE WASTING MY TIME!" A

or her. I bathed her quick, and she put on her clothes. She even ate her breakfast i

unted? Is it the girls you go around sleeping with

when she said that. She's crazy

, and drove out of the yard. We s

n Dersely, and home, home was Ivory Park, where the heart is

limping lik

next to his wi

r granny's open arms. She

ps with girls without protecti

ared

ve?" She

id

t's what

to was Kiki and herself, and daddy

smi

something to

nd and rushed inside the house with her granny ch

on

ps.

rage. As always, two camping chairs with a crate in the middle and a bottle o

ook dr

igh

's sweet voic

velas

ase come with my big baby so he

ghed. I

'm old

ll are m

had an early lunch in the dining room. Apparently she had said she was going

ed me, of course, however it was whilst we were halfway through our meal when

and scratc

r not talk a

t was that which

Every family has its own

ook he

t be that every time you guys come to visit Kiara mentions such

ways have such quarrels with you every time we meet and it's always ab

on't care how old you think you are but you must nev

up the plate

s not fight abou

ou limping

is quite overwhelming. I had a drea

dining room. I shared my dream with them. Every detail of

l narrated what happened. "Sometimes, funerals represent weddings,

ght, my lo

son why we should go

igh

o we can go to church

, and co

to the docto

e limpi

y. The doctor sent me a message on my way

's be

is, I'm going t

rrange with him,

ng in the dining hall, some laying on the beds, some sniffing the walls... a lot was going on. It was a huge festival.

se and it was these people that were all over the house. Her mo

y, however you wish, but it will all depend on its stay here in the house. It ge

eck. They've never s

the one Abigail kept hidden behind the huge trees and weeds. Red and black candles, alternating with each other, were placed in the room. She was in a black gown, her fingernails painted black, with a black coffi

e coffin with black soot. She heard them sing, mix things, and just then, the ground below them begun to shake. It sho