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<h4 style="text-align: center; "><sub>So Anita sitting in a room tied with ropes</sub></h4><h4 style="text-align: center; "><sub> tears dropping from her eyes </sub></h4><h4 style="text-align: center; "><sub>reminiscing the times she spent with Eric </sub></h4><p><sub><br/></sub></p><h4 style="text-align: center; ">She thought of him as an escape from her reality </h4><h4 style="text-align: center; ">Her life, </h4><h4 style="text-align: center; ">Now dreaming was the only escape from her reality</h4><h4 style="text-align: center; "> It seemed that with Eric, </h4><h4 style="text-align: center; ">with Eric, </h4><h4 style="text-align: center; ">Everything would be okay, </h4><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Eric was honest with her, so honest she wondered why</p><p>His honesty was remarkable like how he said his work exposed him to sexual activities which was true and how he would tell her that he would find her wherever she went because she was life,he told her how much he earned and he would always send her half of his earning since he felt she was his better half.</p><p> He respected her wish to leave him but he never gave up on her memories. </p><p style="text-align: center; "><sub> (Everything about life reminded him of her)</sub></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>So Anita Quit Eric</p><p>Anita let him go first.</p><p>She chose herself.</p><p>Or at least… she tried to.</p><p><br/></p><h1>Two years later<br/> </h1><p>She quit LOUD</p><p>(the street word for weed) , </p><p>and after losing her father,</p><p> Well practically he abandoned her, </p><p>her mother left her with her step father and his new wife, she called once every year because of "work" 🙄, </p><p>Luckily he mother left her with a restaurant to manage with her mom's sister (aunty) and retired uncle who's always stayed in the restaurant with them </p><p><br/></p><p>The restaurant became home to her and everyone she called home </p><p><br/></p><p>Then one day </p><p>Her mother called , </p><p><br/></p><p>Beeps, a railway and with a fragile voice </p><p>Hello Anita </p><p><br/></p><p>“I am leaving… but I am leaving something for you…”</p><p>The line crackled.</p><p><br/></p><p>Silence tried to take over.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Something that will…”</p><p><br/></p><p>A train noise passes</p><p><br/></p><p>I am leaving something for you...</p><p><br/></p><p>Line starts to break </p><p><br/></p><p>The call cuts</p><p><br/></p><p>To be continued... </p>
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