MIAI stayed there and waited patiently. It was difficult to breathe, and the stacks were itchy, but I didn’t have a choice.I began to thank God for the little swimming lessons I had years back. I couldn’t get any in school because my mum couldn’t afford it, or she didn’t want to pay for it, but when I started working, my workplace had had a free pool.“I don’t think I want to ever get in the pool,” I had told the pool keeper.“Why not?” He had asked me. “Everybody loves the pool,” he had added.“I did too, because back then in high school, I envied all the kids who took swimming classes, but now, I don’t want to do it anymore. All that is gone. I am just more focused on doing my job and getting paid,” I had explained to him.“You sound like you are a woman in her late twenties, Mia,” he had said pitifully. “You are the youngest here when you should be having fun with your friends, partying, getting a boyfriend, getting pierced, or even losing your virginity, but here you are, wastin
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