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ROSHIDA

I was about to lose it.

I wasn't a mother, well not yet anyway, but I could feel the burnt.

I thought Liam was a peaceful baby. He wasn't. As soon as he woke up later that evening, he cried his lungs out. I carried him, dropped him, snag to him, played with him but nothing could stop that mouth from crying.

Sophia rushed into the room and handed me his bottle.

“Just the right temperature. Here.”

As I placed the bottle in his mouth, the room instant became silent and I could hear myself think again.

“I guess someone is a little hungry.”

He was so focused on the bottle that until he finished it, he didn't even look at me.

“It’s just your first day and you look like you've had it.”

That's because I have. I have had it.

“What’s the time? I'm hungry.”

I looked outside but I couldn't see anything.

“Its two am. What time did you think it was?”

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