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Chapter 2
It was dawn already; I could hear the sounds of vehicles, rapid conversations of the people outside. I had my bath and brushed my teeth, waited for Maggie to check on me as she usually does, but for reasons unbeknownst to me, she didn’t come.
I set out to the living room and the whole house was so quiet , even so I could easily hear the sound of water dripping from the hose in the garden.
“Maggie! Maggie!!...” I yelled out but there was no response. Well, I guessed she was still mad at me over yesterday's spat. But, was I really a thief?
I switched on the television and sat to watch, my brain was dormant at then, I couldn’t think well. As the clock ticks, tick-tock-tick-tock, I slept off on the cushion.
“Natalya…” Maggie screamed out.
I fearfully stood up from the cushion, bowed my head in shame. She noticed how timid I suddenly became; she moved closer to me, held my two hands and spoke calmly to me
“For how long do we have to fight about this? I know you aren’t a thief, you don’t look like one who could steal” She said calmly to me.
Her tender words had the effect of fresh oxygen forcing it's way into my blood stream, I was a bit relieved knowing she was no longer mad at me.
She brought out a poster from her handbag and showed me; it was actually the same poster we saw at the police station.
”This is you here…” she points at me… “You must have had a comfortable start to life, look at you, dressed so gorgeous”
I wondered what other better way to live life than what I’m living now.
”You are Natalya Davis; Natalya, you are Natalya, you'd better start getting conversant with your real name”
Natalya Davis, The name doesn’t suit me, I prefer being called Tara rather than Natalya.
“I was at the station today to complete the payment; I can’t just watch you go to jail in your condition”
I couldn’t hide my emotions, tears rolled down from my eyes. She hugged me and whispered into my ears
“You’ll get your real self soon”
Those words made me cry uncontrollably, I really didn’t want to get my real self, I love my present self.
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… She angrily barged into my room, she removed the frame on my wall and hit it on the head of the person lying beside me, she attacked me and tried strangling me, I pushed her down to the floor, picked up the keys to her car and ran out……
I screamed , jolted from my dream. Maggie was already beside me, she cuddled me and whispered softly into my ears ”I’m always here with you Natalya, we’re in this together”.
She must have been a loving and caring mother, it's no wonder everyone respects her, her use of magic words leaves everyone in the room happy all the time.
Since it was the weekend, Maggie decided to stay at home.
She taught me how to cook and arrange the house. I wondered why she decided to live alone and do things by herself as wealthy as she was: The house was big enough to contain dozens of people.
Few hours later, there was a knock on the door; the guest came in after knocking. It was the laundry man and the lady who cleans the house for us during the weekends, I really didn’t know who the third person was.
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General Fiction"She slept with her step-mother boyfriend, now her stepmom wants her dead as she gets constantly hunt by her in her dreams"
