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154. COME AND SEE YOUR FATHER
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2021-07-19 16:28:39Ben was fast asleep when her phone began to ring out loudly, she groaned and stood up forcefully to pick up the call.
"Hello." She said tiredly without looking at the caller on the screen.
"Hello my daughter." She heard her mom's voice and widened her eyes.
Her mother could sense that she just woke her up from sleep from how her voice sounded. "How're you this morning?" She asked her.
"I'm fine ma." Ben answered with respect laced in her voice this time.
"Are you still sleeping?" She was surprised, other days Ben would have gone to work and when she tried to speak to her in the morning, she will complain that she was busy and would call her later but she was still sleeping that morning.
"Yes, mommy." She replied her mother. "Your call woke me up actually."
"Are you not going to work?" She asked Ben and that moment, she knew she had messed things up. Her mother would ask her why she wasn't going to work and different other questi
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