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Chapter 18: A cure for mum

"Keep what you know to yourself, one word and Ruth pays the price," she said and opened the door to leave but came face to face with Ruth who was standing at the door.

"You are back," she said looking nervous as her heart skip multiple beats.

"Yeah, why what happened? Is mum alright?" Ruth asked seeing how nervous Chantel looked

She entered the room walking past Chantel who remained at the door looking at Ruth heading towards the bed

"Sis, what happened?" she asked reading the fears in her mother's eyes.

"Nothing, I went to use the bathroom, I think mistakenly kicking the bed on my way out may have frightened her," Chantel said

"I am sure she was having a nightmare," she quickly added hoping it would be convincing enough.

She was glad Ruth didn't hear anything she had told her mother.

"Get some rest, Mum," she said and examined her swollen cheeks.

The swell was going down. She covered her with the sheets and exited the room with Chantel

"What time are you leaving for your job?"
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