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98. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
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2021-04-11 22:01:32Ben got back home late that night, she enjoyed every second she spent with Roshan and she wished for more.
She knocked at the door and Ademide came to open up, "Where have you been all day?" She asked Ben. "Mom have been looking for you, we all thought you had gone to jump down the third mainland bridge when you refused to pick her calls."
"Ade, don't be so mean." Ben hit her head, she shut the door and led her sleepy sister to her room. "Is mom still awake?" She asked.
"I don't know, go check her room."
"Go back to bed." She tucked her to bed and left for her own room minutes later.
She brought out her off and scrolled through the pictures she took with Roshan, she smiled as she checked through.
She was still engrossed in the pictures she was looking at when she heard someone call her name softly, it was her mother's voice. She kept the phone and turned to look at her. "Mom." She called as she sat up to create space for her mother to
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