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ch colored gown with a scarf tied around her face.she wore a brown sandal with a matching bag .she was about to alight from the stairs when her foot caught onto one of the stairs.Rita fell down with a thud.Her mother came rushing towards her with a worried look”oh dear!”She said as she looked at Rita all over to make sure she was alright.”Are you alright?” She asked as she turned Rita around to make sure she wasn’t injured.”I have told you a thousand times to please watch your step when coming down the stairs.Rhoda tucked back a loose curl behind Rita’s ear as she made an attempt to help.Rhoda looked at her sister’s choice of clothe and raised an eyebrow .Rita s

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moved to meet other church members who were waiting to see him. Rhoda was talking to the Phillips,her would be in-laws .Rita stood by the car taking the full scenery before her.she looked at her sister who was glowing and hugging the Phillips as she said her good byes.Rhoda was one lucky girl Rita thought as she recalled how Rhoda fell in love with Dr Edward Phillip .they were visiting their father who was undergoing chemotherapy at the hospital where Edward worked. He would always be there to check in on their father.he would give advice on what is to be done to make their father comfortable.Rita envied her sister for finding love at the most painful period of their lives.she thought Rhoda should not be falling in love at this time.she hated herself for feeling that way about Rhoda while mama and her self were having a bad time.It was at their engagement Rhoda found out that her late father was in support of their relationship,in fact he set them up .he would always ask Rhoda to go look for the kind doctor who attended to him even on his off days to come see him .Dr Philip would come only for their father to ask if he was kind enough to get to know his daughter.Rita smiled at the memory .she looked at her sister who was walking towards their mother.Rita thought to herself, Everyone had a right to grief how they want.the fact that they were not showing it doesn’t mean they are not hurting. She remembered how she had seen her mother crying in her room as she sniffed their fathers clothe.she had heard Rhoda sniffing at night after the funeral.Othertime ,it’s was Rhoda crying on the phone with Dr Edwar