Queen Zama

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itting the floor. Before I knew it, I was dragged outside into the backyard of my house. Without warning, I was drenched in freezing cold water, which shocked me and made me extremely angry. "What the f*ck do you think you're doing?" I yelled in frustration. They kept pouring water on m

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dn't like our surprise, at least we did something, what did you do on my birthday? You

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g straight to the bathroom to clean up. Despite my annoyance, I couldn't help

watching me as if I'm gonna go berserk any moment. My mom has been in the hospital for the past three weeks, and my aunt flew in from Nigeria to help out. She has a tradition of tormenting me on

breakfast was already prepared. "Mmm, pancakes," I said, inhaling the delicious aroma. Food is my happy p

married," my auntie said as soon as I sat down. I looked at Da

e him, and I'm quite fond of him too. So, what's wrong with that?" she asked, dismissing our l

cooks for you, takes good care of you like you're his girlf

ill live happily ever after." I said sarcastically and He just smiled and said, "Honestly, I never really thought about that. I've always seen Thea as my little sister. I'm just overprotective of her, He explained that after I saved his life in the woods two years a

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s friendships can blossom into something more," she s

making efforts. "Let's just focus on enjoying breakfa

d them. When I arrived at my mom's shared hospital room, she wasn't there. I asked the other patient in the room, who told me that she had been rushed to the operating room earlier that morning. Panic surged through me. I knew my dad would be devastated if he couldn't be with my mom during such a difficult time. I ran as fast as I could, desperately searching for the operating room. "Where is the

ous things were?" I asked. "I'm sorry, baby. I didn't want to worry you. You already have so much on your plate," he apologized. "We should tell each other everything from now

doctor finally emerged from the oper