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triggered those memories. Memories I h

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talk behind people's

say something?" One

business. Especially some loud mouth cowards who know n

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. Then creaked open. I started o

I for

ack towards

when someone else will be speaking

crazy woman!

groan and cus

nor did I bother g

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s doin

he agree

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ed inwardly. All that mattered was that I w

and continu

him around?" Mr Bradpit, the informatio

s,

u showing him around. For a moment back there we thought

his voice at the la

erations manager and he was eq

you both know from somewhere?" Miss Clara, the

ole time," Miss Joke added cheekily. She

pped open in

are you al

ed into work, grateful to Sam fo

ns, I still felt their suspicious eyes on me for some t

*********

't you leaving?" Mi

her bag across her shoulder. Miss Clara and the

evening. The pile of files I still had to look through sta

before I go. You guys

r Jackson called behind b

went back to work a

t realise the even

felt like I was m

grabbed my bag and da

I had forgotten to pick he

de straight t

classroom teacher in the secu

y baby. Mumm

to her

m really sorry for keep

pick her if you were going to be late. Shawn has had a rough day a

arried her into my arms

, Miss Rose. This w

d said the sam

ur word this time. For the sake of Shawn. She can

keep my word this time. Have

See you at sc

" Shawn waved Mi

sweet pea,

ight? You could have let Grandma come pick me. " Shaw

to the ground and ben

that it slipped my mind that I forgot I had as

ht mummy. I

rown up. My little baby was all grown up. She really grew way too

and actions and the way she easily grasped situation

y...com

er in and

hoke me," she groaned u

Mummy got a little bit emo

r hand and we

e waiting for us with a su

she will be w

as there for me. She had been my mother and my father. In the midst of it all, she

from me, Mother stepped up and took it up wi

mind and stil

ith me and together

mpletely alright with it and I was nev