NINE

Nine tells of a year to remember. A year that sees a happy family crashing with a loss. Nine is the year 2009, eventful till the last moment.

"Mummy is dead but there's no problem".
What does that even mean? I kept wondering as I remembered some of our neighbours that had died and I never saw them again. Does that mean I wouldn't see mum again? I asked myself over and over again. In no time, Auntie Marvel was wailing while the other adults admonished her asking her what Sandra (me) would be doing if she couldn't control herself. I willed the tears to come even though I did not understand fully