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Submitted to Contest #103
As Samantha began clearing the effects of Mr Johnson's library , she thought kindly of the old man who had become her neighbour only 2 short years ago . She suddenly looked down and found at her feet a big box of photographs she had not noticed before … She had arrived in the village of Hilton in the South African Drakensberg foothills to settle into her new life, back in South Africa. Mr Johnson had greeted her with open arms and a dry but tasty stew for her first night. He was obviously lonely and often stopped by to talk , together they ...
Submitted to Contest #95
Due to Covid, my hospitality recruiting business, in South Africa, had died and I had to rely on my previous caring experience to earn foreign currency. As I boarded the plane for my new job in the UK , I wondered how my daughter would be. At 23, she was still living at home, had 7 months previously had a child and now was going to be on her own. We had not been apart at all for more than 12 weeks; I am a single parent, and we have a beautiful bond. We are the kind of mother and daughter, that despite the huge gap in ages are friends too. ...
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