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Chapter 17
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*1½years ago*
“Hello bro...”
George calls me one Sunday morning.
I'm already in the office putting some things in place. I don't usually work on Sundays but today I had to.
“Hello.”
I reply with disinterest..
I know what he'll say next and I just hope he says it and gets done with it.
Money has been his greetings, vocabulary, speech and everything since he came back from abroad.
“I need a favour.”
Aggggrrr! Not again!
I whisper within myself, banging my palm on the mahogany table.
“What is it now?”
I ask with irritation.
“Can we meet in town in the next thirty minutes? It's urgent.”
“George, I'm not lending you any money today! Not again!”
I blurt out.
“
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