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MY SILENCE CAUSED PAIN

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The aroma of th e usual spaghetti sauce my aunty  prepares for lunch filled the room as we entered the house. Getting home, I was filled with so much happiness. I was just in primary 4, but I  hated school ,  maybe it’s because I had  lit tle or no friends.  I only stare at the wall clock, praying for 1:00PM and the sound of the bell signaling time to go home.  Entering the house was satisfyingly   until I was called  to deliver a bottle of c oca cola  to our neighbor . You see, my aunt y  was a house wife with side hustles. She loved to live  the life , buy fancy wrappers, dresses, and her  light skin maintaining  creams but since her husband never indulges her, and the daily money  he drops  for food not being enough, she began to sell drinks and snacks. I hawk the snacks at the market close to the house after school, while she sold drinks to the neighbors.             Th...