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RAYS OF HOPE PART 3

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I and the Smiths. "I'm sorry about your Mum...” she said. Forty minutes later, I sneaked out of the hospital to the nearest ice cream vendor and bought two large cones for us.  I hid the ice cream in my cloths when I got to the reception and pass the Argus eyed nurses on duty.  Immediately I got back into her ward, we closed the door and we began licking them. "Thanks Rose" she said, devouring the ice-cream as quickly as she could with all the wires and tubes attached to the body "I have been begging mum for ice cream for almost three months now but she wouldn't let me touch it, she keeps saying it is doctor's order that I shouldn't touch ice cream" I laughed at this. "Eat everything then if you can" I encouraged “if you need more, I'll get it because I have magic and the nurses will never see me when I walk past them in the reception." I said conspiratorially. We were still licking the ice cream when her par

KIMBERLY PART FIVE.

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Kim grieves after Maxwell's death. “ Chinwe, Chinwe, Chinwe !” “So you cannot even draw those simple shapes, yet you were there at the back, talking?!” Mrs. Grace asked angrily. “I’ll teach you a lesson. Your turn, Kim, draw those shapes” Kim collected the chalk and drew the shapes with flourish. After that day, Kim and Chinwe became close friends. Kim learnt over time that Chinwe had come from a broken home with five children, all of whom were dropouts. Chinwe and her siblings were being raised by her mother alone who hardly had time to devote to her children. “Don’t worry, I will help you as much as I can” Kim said after listening to Chinwe’s story. During break periods, Kim devoted her time to teaching Chinwe what they had been taught earlier in the class. Although it was harder than Kim had anticipated, Chinwe knew nothing, yet Kim was patient in teaching her and she was gradually picking up. The duo studied at every available opportunity, this closeness was