Reality: A Quiet Hell
Salima:
My estranged father died in November and requested that I not attend his funeral.
My reaction didn’t go according to plan. This was quite annoying. I’d concocted several Hallmark movie versions of how I, the unlikely yet oddly lovable heroine, would respond in grief.
I had rehearsed this day in my head many times. My most favourite version was me r…
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