chapter 10

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The first rays of the sun touched my eyes and l woke up instantly. I found Francis packing some stuff in a bag .
Francis. You are awake  early
Me. Yah Uhm gud morning
Francis.gud morning
Me. What are u doing
Francis. Well since the car is out of fuel....
Me. Oh boy l forgot that
Francis. The only solution left to do is to walk
Me. Walk really
Francis . Well you try thinking of something
Me. Fine lets go then
Francis. Yeah let's

We started walking
Me. This is going to be a long way
Francis.  It's not very long just a four hour walk
Me. Fo....fo...four hours lm already tired
Francis. C'mon really don't tell me ur lazy
Me. I won't u'll just see that urself
Francis. C'mon let's just walk

We walked for 2 whole hours and my legs couldn't stand the pain anymore

Me. Break please

I fell on the ground

Francis. Wow really it's only been two hours
Me. Only two hours really.
Francis. Yeah .
Me. Im hungry and tired

Francis pulled out some food from his  bag
Me. Ohh thank u

I moaned as l sank my teeth in the warm soft bread .

Me. Where did you get this food
Francis. Grace gave me
Me. Ohh
Francis. What did you just lose your appetite
Me. Noooo ( l said through a mouthful of bread)
Francis.( Giggling) lm joking okey
Me. I don't care
Francis. Ofcourse you don't
Me. Yeah l don't

Now stop sitting and let's get going

Francis. Wow l should say Grace more often seems like you suddenly get energy whenever l say her name
Me. Blah blah blah less talking more walking
Francis. Yes ma'am

We walked for 2 more hours  till we arrived at the farm

Francis. Seems like this is good bye huh
Me. Wait what!!
Francis. I can't live with you at the farm , remember am white
Me. Ohhh didn't think it was going to end like this
Francis. What was going to end .
Me. Our friendship
Francis. It's not ending it's just ....
Me. Just what
Francis. Look l promise l will visit you each and every chance l get
Me. Fine
Francis. ( Smiling) Grace will accompany me offcourse
Me. Bye
Francis. See you soon .
Me. Bye then
Francis. Wait here you go
Me. What's this
Francis. It's a very rare sea shell cost a lot of money
Me. Wait are you giving me this so l can sell it or....
Francis. Nooooo, it's a treasure to remember me by
Me. I love it
Francis. I knew you would

There was a silent moment for a while as we stared deeply into each others eyes

Francis. ( Clearing throat) bye
Me. Oh yeah l better go
Francis. Sure Byee
Me. Thank you for the sea shell
Francis. No problem
Me. See u soon?
Francis. Definitely

We parted  our ways
Well l guess my adventure with Francis ends there huh

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I arrived at the farm and made sure l didn't get lost but before l went to Clarrisas place . I had to see my mother
I met the same doctor l had seen a few days ago and she did not hesitate to let me see my mother l went to the glass prison and watched her as she sat there on the floor in deep thought
Me. Mom!

She looked up at me
And a big wide smile appeard on her wrinkled face
Mom. Kathy is that you .....oh yes it is you
Me. How are you doing mom
Mom.well lm bad here everyone won't let me see you here but l am glad we had that talk a few days back
Me. What talk
Mom. That talk we had about you leading our people remember

Wait that was real but how ...
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