DESIRE
Today I arrived early to pick Tara from school. There's a saying about you getting good luck all week if Monday turned out to be a great start and it's definitely a great start. I finished the project I was working on today and was able to get off work early even though I got assigned another project that'll take up a lot of my time in the coming weeks– at least I won't be getting reproachful looks from Miss Obiageli for one.
I looked around the playground and spotted her on a bench away from the other kids playing, she was huddled up at the far end of the bench hunched over her lunch bag. I made my way over to her and as I got closer I noticed her uniform is stained with streaks of dirt all over it. She's not just dirty she's shaking as well.
Apprehension grabbed ahold of me an
