CHAPTER 56

For half a day, I just helped Mama do the laundry. When lunch came, I cooked our lunch first and continued helping again. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, I was hanging clothes at the back of the house. I lost track of time because I focused my full attention on what I was doing. And while I was busy hanging the clothes we washed, I suddenly heard Mama calling my name from the front of our house.

"Leigh, come here!"

"Why, ma? I'm still doing something," I shouted back because I was in the back of the house while Mama was in front.

"Go here first; hurry up."

"Oh, fine! I'm going now."

I left what I was doing and then went to the front of our house. I was immediately stunned when I saw Wayne standing in front of Mama. His car parked outside our gate did not escape my sight either. He was carrying my bag in his other hand while I also noticed that Mama was carrying boxes of bread; Wayne must have given it to Mama. I fixed my slightly messy hair and felt a little e