Looking Glass

Old African Woman
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Ma Pwamoreno knelt to pray. The cracking sound in her spine told her it would be an uphill task getting up from this position. 'She might as well take her time’, she thought. She couldn't possible cause any more harm to her 70 year-old body.

Dad, Mum...You Failed Us (2)

Family Praying in a Church.
Image: The Catholic Sun

To get acquainted with the Jatau family, flip to the beginning; 'DAD, MUM…YOU FAILED US!'

She returned with chilled glasses of orange juice for everybody. ‘I diluted yours, Dad, Mum. Y’all are too old for such sweetness.’

No one but Oliver seemed ready to take their drinks.  Oliver gulped his and reached out to take Annabel’s. The look she gave him would have quelled a more sensitive man. He shrugged and reclined further into his seat.

Dad, Mum…You Failed Us!

Mrs. Jatau saw the light on her phone before it began to ring. She was almost sure it was her first daughter calling. She was not wrong.

'I am just putting the last touches to my makeup. I will soon be there', she rushed before her daughter could say anything.

'Okay Mum. We are waiting for you.' Annabel responded as she dropped the call.

Mrs. Jatau sighed. She could not put it off anymore. She took her keys and purse, sent a prayer to heaven and left her house. 

She was going to her daughter's wedding introduction.