The shocking thing was, on that shelf, I saw close to fifty of those action figures. That would mean that I had failed fifty times. I realized I was in a time loop. Made to go over the same week over and over. And the key incident was my movie date with Aisha. Every time I failed, I got turned into a doll. But how did I fail to show up on time fifty times! Well this time, I’ll get it right.
The day of the movie came and I was there since eight! Yes, eight in the morning. Couldn’t risk missing that moment for anything. I’m sure the shop owner would be sad that I cut his supply of ‘African time’ kids, but yeah, it was about time I left that loop.
Aisha came in a few minutes before time looking as pretty as ever. “You actually got here before me? I’m surprised,” she chuckled.
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