JANICEThe supermarket incident happened two days ago, and the weight of everything still sat heavy on my chest like a stone I couldn’t remove.Aisha had been amazing—patient, protective, and funny in her normal dry way that made even the worst situations feel slightly less terrible. This morning was a different thing entirely. I needed air… real air, and I needed it alone.“I’m going for a quick walk,” I shouted, slipping away before anyone could say anything. Aisha was busy with Nancy and Jamal in the kitchen, anyway. Nancy, my wonderful baby sister, and a loving support system, had taken to some fancy way of baking with Aisha as her teacher. All Jamal did was steal batter and tease Nancy.“Those two like each other,” Aisha had whispered to me one night, which caused me to choke on the nuts I was eating at that time. “Maybe they’ll date.”There was no way I would let her do that nonsense. She wasn’t allowed to date.Hypocrite.I took a cab to the park on the outskirts of the city. I
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