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*Version 1:
Some tears need to be written_
Ronald is 28, a respected medical doctor, head of his department, and father to two little girls. From the outside, he has it all. A good job. A house. A family.
But inside his home in Gweru, everything is falling apart.
His wife, Munana, is tired of being "just a mother". At 6 months old, baby Nina is still breastfeeding, and 2-year-old Tara still needs her. But Munana wants parties, friends, and a life outside the house. She's going to Harare for a wedding and she's leaving the kids behind.
"Kids need their mother's love, not a nanny's. But their mother is always at parties."
Desperate, Ronald starts looking for a teacher. Not a maid. Someone educated, clean, trustworthy. His best friend Max promises to help. But the first candidate shows up in a mini skirt and bubble gum, and Ronald knows immediately: not her.
With no other option, Ronald takes his daughters to his parents in Gutu. His mother's words cut deep: "What kind of mother is this?"
Back at work, life doesn't get easier. A stage 4 cancer patient is mishandled by his colleagues. As head doctor, Ronald has to clean up the mess and carry the weight of other people's lives in his hands.
Then Max brings him another option for a nanny. And on a quiet weekend morning, while jogging, Ronald bumps into a serious girl with headphones and a wedding ring on her finger.
He's married. She's married. Both of them are drowning.
But what happens when the doctor who saves everyone else... can't save himself from falling?
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*Version 2: Short Hooky for Social Media ∼900 characters*
He's a doctor. She's his wife. And she chose the party over her 6-month-old baby.
Ronald never thought marriage would feel this lonely. At 28, he's saving lives at the hospital in Gweru, but he can't save his own home.
His wife wants freedom. His kids need their mother. And the nanny he hires shows up in a mini skirt.
When his mother asks "What kind of mother is this?",