Chapter twenty-five

Mia

The following day, after the endless search of a job, I finally secured one at a bookshop. Although, the payment was very little, but it was worth putting food on the table so I accepted it. I had trekked till my foot hurt and I was sweating profusely, with big fat patchy designs of perspiration on my under arms. At a point, the pain in my chest grew worst and the knots in my stomach tightened like I was having period cramps. I increased my pace.

I was now few blocks away from my steet when I spotted a black car with black tinted glasses trailing after me. At a point, I stopped and feigned as if I was resting, and the car stopped too.

Afraid it was who I thought it was, I carried on walking very fast, like a mother who was hurrying to go home to nurse her crying infant. I made the decision to hide behind a stall where elec