SOPHIA LANGFORD Nothing could be more embarrassing than this!! I bit my lips hard as I watched the shop attendant return all I'd shopped into the trolley to their respective places. First it was me spewing out the truth about my inability to afford a cup and now it's me telling them about a sudden debit which they might not even believe. Cold sweats trickled down my forehead as I dialed the bank manager's official line for the umpteenth time.. “Sorry, the number you dialed isn't---” I pressed the red button before the automatic voice could complete the same statement she had been uttering for minutes now.. All I had as life savings were gone!! Oh, this has to be a dream! I wasn't able to express my panic attack so well just because I wanted to avoid murmurs like.. “A hundred and

