The city of Johannesburg

iness will soon end. She called Alice the next day to inform her of her return. " Hello Alice, baby, I am now in love ,I will be getting married soon" she said as she showed her g

lf, ready to listen to the story. " Babe, how could you believe the lies of that guy over what I say, not all that glitters are gold so they say, this man won't come back, I can bet my business and all the men I have with it", Alice said. The room was silent for two minutes before Tamar burst into laughter, she laughed for 60 seconds while Alice was wondering what was wrong. " dear Alice

e away for a while. She still remembers the scent from his t.shirt that night as she cuddled her self close to him at the hotel. She bel

e lives her apartment, she was known for that and that was the only way she could attract men to herself. She shamefully left the street quickly so as to attract side talk. While others were gimmicking and laughing, some were asking themselves about her sudden change, some even said maybe an angel had visited her the night before. As Tamar got to the Supermarket, she wasn't allowed to enter because everyone knew her and wouldn't want her to cause commotion, she told them her desire to work at super market and promised to be hardworking. " this is not a hotel or a disco party, we buy and sell here,we work here miss, here isn't for you" one of the workers said. Tamar tried to explain her reasons for coming to work with them but they all turned deaf ears to her, for the first time in many years, tears flowed out of her eyes. Some of the workers mocked her " That job is the best for you, no

aid. But as she was about getting ready for the first night with her client after a month break, she didn't feel alright, she felt weak and wanted to throw up, Alice told her to try and

now so you can attend to him" Alice said. Tamar needed some more time to think, she knows the child belongs to Claire, she touched the surface of her tummy and felt Claire back to her, she knew Claire was still alive somewhere but wondered why he hasn't come back to her. She wanted a good life but she doesn't know how to survive herself without Alice, and since she couldn't get any job around rather than being humiliated, and nobody was ready to patronise and buy from her,she decided to terminate the child. But she was told that the nurse who had attended to her earlier has signed out for that evening, and the person in charge at the moment cannot conduct the termination without the consent of the doctor. But she told Tamar to come back the next day as the nurse who attended to her would resume. She had a superior position and was capable to conduct the termination even without the doctor's permission. So , Tamar and Alice left and decided to return the next day. They cancelled their meeting with the client for the next day. As Tamar lied down that night still contemplating on her decision,deep down she didn't find at peace terminating the child, she wanted to keep the chil

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