am but reality and I had to face the hard truth. I went to check up on papa and I saw how shattered he was , I assured him everything is going to be fine and we are in this

p in a black gown, we had to finally come to face the fact that we had to say goodbye. The funeral went on smoothly and soon we were at the cemetery, we buried mama and nothing could stop the tears flowing down my cheeks and though relatives tried to calm me down but

e last time . I really had to be strong for papa and I had a lot of things ahead of me. I started packing mama's clothes and I took the ones that give me some memories of her and i also packed her photographs into one box and soon I was done . I went

as surprised when Melvin walked slowly to me and told me he was sorry about what had happened to my mum . He really felt sincere about it . I told him that it was fine and I'm okay now. While In class I couldn't focus on anything else than the fact that my mum is no more and it really hurt. Preparation towards the external exams was being made and I still had to make my dreams come to pass and make mama proud where ever she is but on another hand I was wondering if my brother heard the news about mama's demise. I was lost in my thought and I didn't even reali

o return, I still wasn't in the mood to be having people come visit and bring in their condolences so I ignored the knocks on the door and tried to be as quiet as I could be. After learning, I took in some rice which was leftover from the previous night and ate