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Chapter 7

Author: Christabel Adiele
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Lucy

I got home that night thanks to Mr. Velvet's driver. I made sure my doors and windows are locked before I brought out the dollar notes to count them again. This is more than enough to sustain me for the whole week even for the whole damn month.

The door knob rattled and I froze 'am I getting robbed?'

The sound stopped before I heard jingling of keys and the door opened. Vivian my roommate walked in but stopped abruptly when she saw me sitting on the sofa with cash on my hands.

She eyed me "I thought you are working tonight?"

"I was given one week to heal properly"

She eyed the money "is that your salary or a get well soon money?"

Ignoring her question, I took in her appearance. I noticed her torn cloth to her smeared lip stick "are you okay? What happened to your cloth?"

"Mind your fucking business" she hissed

I looked at her one more time before standing up from the sofa "I was just being a concerned roommate Vivian. Do have a good night"
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