Standing in the middle of the street fully soaked and with the heavy rain washing away my tears that never seemed to stop, I can't help but ask myself "Diane Louis how did we get here?" I begin to wonder how I got to this point of my life.
I flashback to how it all started 1 year ago..
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Babe, bad news my friend shouted as she entered our shared apartment, I was surprised and began to wonder what she meant, I walked up to her and asked what she was talking about and she explained that our school examination has been brought forward to that week and the condition to sit for the exam is that we must pay all our fees in full.
Immediately I heard that I started crying because I really didn't know what to do at that point of my life, my elder brother was ill and we have been battling with his sickness and the hospital bill for the past few months and then my elder sister just got separated from her husband because her husband accused her of adultery claiming that her twin daughter were not his, she was currently leaving with my mum in our 3 bedroom apartment that our dad managed to complete before he died.
At that point I really didn't know who to go to for help, definitely not my family because we were already in the midst of financial crisis and about to sell the house to raise money for my brother's hospital fees. I was super desperate because I couldn't afford to miss my final examination after 4 years of being in school, I needed to graduate do I could get a job to support my family and missing the examination would be the worst thing that could happen to me.