Chapter 14

Shopping was bliss because we got along (thanks to Billy’s credit card) and we got exactly what we wanted. I was buying a lot of swimsuits with different colours, forgetting that they would sell me out to Anna, especially because I didn’t want her to know about my excursion to Durban. Anna was two years older than me, so she felt a great deal of responsibility for me. She often told me that I am now her little sister, the sister that she never had. She had this paranoia about Billy sleeping with me and then leaving me. Hence that’s why I didn’t want her to know about our plans.

‘Petunia, what exactly are we shopping for?’ Anna asked without looking at me.

‘We are shopping for the fun of it. Isn’t that what girls d