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Crystal
I am a software developer, a writer and a student @ Federal university of technology Minna niger state
I am a software developer, a writer and a student @ Federal university of technology Minna niger state
CHAPTER TWO: TWO PINK LINES
<p><br/></p><p>It began with tiredness.</p><p>Amara had been feeling weak for days. She struggled to concentrate in class, and the smell of food sometimes made her uncomfortable.</p><p>At first, she blamed it on stress.</p><p>Then her monthly period failed to come.</p><p>She counted the days.</p><p>She waited.</p><p>She prayed.</p><p>One Saturday morning, she went to a small pharmacy far from her neighborhood and bought a pregnancy test.</p><p>She hid it beneath her wrapper on the journey home.</p><p>Her hands trembled as she followed the instructions.</p><p>When she finally looked at the result, she couldn't breathe properly.</p><p>Two lines.</p><p>She stared at them for a long time, hoping they would disappear if she looked hard enough.</p><p>They didn't.</p><p>No!! she whispered.</p><p>She tried again to convince herself that it was a mistake.</p><p>But deep inside, she knew.</p><p>Amara was pregnant.</p><p>She sat on the bathroom floor, covering her mouth with both hands as tears rolled down her cheeks.</p><p>Her mind raced through a thousand questions.</p><p>What about school?</p><p>What about my parents?</p><p>What about my dream?</p><p>What will people say?</p><p>And then she thought about Daniel.</p><p>Surely, he would help her.</p><p>Surely, the boy who had promised to stand beside her would not abandon her when she needed him most.</p><p>She called him that afternoon.</p><p>Daniel, I need to tell you something.</p><p>What is it?</p><p>I'm pregnant.</p><p>Silence.</p><p>For several seconds, she heard nothing but the sound of traffic in the background.</p><p>Then Daniel spoke.</p><p>Are you sure?</p><p>I did a test.</p><p>Maybe the test is wrong.</p><p>I don't think so, Daniel. I'm scared.</p><p>He sighed.</p><p>Amara, this is serious.</p><p>I know.</p><p>I have my own problems. I'm not even working properly. How do you expect me to take care of a child?</p><p>She began crying.</p><p>You told me you loved me.</p><p>"I do, but this isn't what I planned."</p><p>What are we going to do?</p><p>He didn't answer.</p><p>Instead, he said he would call her back.</p><p>He never did.</p><p>For three days, Amara called him repeatedly.</p><p>His phone eventually became unreachable.</p><p>When she went to his house, she learned that he had left to stay with a relative in another town.</p><p>He had disappeared.</p><p>Just like that, the person who had promised her a future became a memory she could not escape.</p><p>Amara was alone.</p><p>And her life was about to change in ways she could never have imagined.</p>
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