Tragedy Strikes Again

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Things had been going quite well although Taylor had not been able to return to school. Every single dime she earned, she spent on providing the absolute best for Coco. She never wanted Coco to grow up missing the presence of their mother. Sadly,about a year later,tragedy struck and Grandma Rose took I'll and soon died some months after. Grandma Rose had needed a surgery which cost a fortune but she never told Taylor so she wouldn't worry herself to death over the money. Taylor shed tears losing the only person she had known and seen as family for the past two years. But as they say,life just has to go on,Taylor become more concerned about her future and sold the few tangible properties left in the house and used the money to buy an oven,flour and various other baking materials. She had already negotiated with Mrs Carrie who owned a pastry shop. She would bake the pastries and sell them to Mrs Carrie at a cheap price and combine it with her babysitting and household jobs to earn more money. She wanted to go back to school and also provide the best for Coco. Taylor worked tirelessly everyday of her life to make both ends meet. She enrolled herself in a new school and had Mrs Carrie stand as her guardian, going back to her old school would give rise to so many questions, plus she would have to repeat the class she missed. Two years quickly elapsed and Taylor got used to her busy life. She was in her final year in high school and hoped to gain admission into a prestigious university. Taylor's day started at 4AM in the morning. She would wake up, make breakfast and start off on making the pastries. After she was done,she would clean up the house and wake Coco up. She would bathe and dress her, feed her and wash the dishes before she would take her own bathe and get dressed. She would then deliver the pastries to Mrs Carrie and then take Coco to school. After which she would hurry to her own school, always with excuses and earning death glares from her teachers. She usually missed a class or two but always worked extremely hard to make up for it. Her regular lateness was reported to the principal who called her to his office and looked into her situation. After finding out the circumstances of the poor girl, he had sympathized with her and called a meeting with the teachers instructing them not to be harsh on her. Due to the many responsibilities, she had,Taylor barely had time to study but she kept her really good grades which earned her a liking by her teachers. She mostly read at night when she was supposed to be asleep,this had it's consequence on her by making her eyesight weak subsequently leading to her usage of glasses.
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