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2024-10-29 19:42:56~Uthman~
And once again, our house became lively like it once was.
It became loud like it was once was. It was impossible for it not to be loud considering my sister's chatter every now and then. The girl keeps talking. Over the last two weeks, she had filed me up with every single details of what I missed when they were not in the house.
'And do you know the most important thing you missed?'
She asked me one evening. We were both in the varender. I was reading my chemistry textbook because our Neco already started and I had Chemistry in two days time.
The Almighty Chemistry.
'What's that?'
I asked her, not looking up from th
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