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SIPHOSENKOSI LUTHANGO

Morning hit me like a slap. I woke up with that heavy feeling in my chest the kind that tells you the day ahead is going to drain you before it even starts. I lay there for a moment, staring at the ceiling and muttering to myself,

"Yho… today is going to be a very long damn day."

I hadn't called Ziyanda's family. I couldn't. I wasn't strong enough for that kind of conversation.