CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

NORA

Nora lays on the bed fantasizing about Spence, they have spoken that day yet it still feels like a dream, she wonders if this is how her mind will keep being preoccupied with his thought "Is this love?" Well, she loves it, at least she has more than work and what to cook to think about now. Her mom knocks on her door and walks in "Nora, how are you?" Nora sits up as she sees her mom's face "I'm fine mom, what's wrong? You look troubled"

"Nora, help me talk to your sister, they are through with their exams but she doesn't want to come back home" Nora shakes her head as her mom speaks, she knows what it feels like being policed around and she is glad her baby sister wouldn't accept that, at least she is braver than her "Mom let her be, she is not a baby anymore, you don't need to watch her like a mother hawk, she is twenty-five mom! Let her do what she wants, she will come home when she feels like" she advises her mom who immediately flares up

"Mbanu! I won't tolerate that, her mat