Chapter Twenty-Four
Sometimes when you’ve been waiting for something for so long and you’re seconds away from getting it, a rush of anxiety would start to bubble from your chest and the feeling increases with every second and your skin would go cold and a tingle would run down your spine. That is exactly what I’m feeling right now and to make matters worse Auntie Jo decided to take an exasperating pause before she could begin her story. She left my room with the promise of coming back in a few minutes giving the excuse that she wants to ‘powder her nose’ and I scoffed at her lame excuse when I already knew she was trying to call my mom to join the little story telling. Just like I predicted they both walked into my room with sober faces like a doctor who is about to tell a family that their loved one
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