C1 POWER OF LOVE
Life has a beginning and an end, and in addition to life it still fails to be called a day, a time that is always replaced by something that leaves history.
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This ... this is the day I have a beginning and I have a history of what I look forward to and the end of, what will be my end?
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When I was seven years old, in my first year of primary school, we lived in Rwamagana, which is where my history began because that's when I started to store everything that has been around for days, and in this world,
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In the morning my mother would get up and prepare and take us with her because she had a shop near our school and we were living near the center, her dad left her at home because she had nothing to do but drive a car to pick up our groceries, of course we didn't do that every day. home.
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In the evening I would leave school and go to see Mom at the store and wait for her to come home, we would go home and find Daddy absent and ask her and she would tell me that she had gone to where the other men were.
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The days went by one by one, only one day at about three o'clock in the morning my mother and I were sitting in the salon, the food was burning early waiting for Dad to come back for dinner because it was a rule he had made, my mother had to abide by it and I was used to it though i was young
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Moments later she thought she was going to come here and put a hat on her head and cover her well, she had noticed that I was living in a bed, any sleep.
He leaned back and stared at me, and for a moment I saw him stand up, grab a plate, grab a bite to eat, and he would tell me,
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Mama- "Heal my baby crying, I'm not going to die of grief when I see you stab yourself in the face so that we can wait for him to come home, there weep for him"
At that moment, someone knocked on the door and entered.
Mom- “Ayiweeeee! Ahwiiiii! ”
He was a homeless Dad, he looked so bad as if he was sitting on the floor, his shirt was torn and he had a bottle of beer in his hand and he was shaking,
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Mama- “Yes God! But wouldn't we have opened the door for you without knocking? ”
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Papa- “Suuu! I say shut up! That's the decent thing to do, and it should end there. Am I knocking? Am I Gerome knocking on my door? Or have you forgotten that even though this house was not built, I am a man at home? ”
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Mama- "No comfort, I respect you and I know you are a man at home, but then a good man, you should come and knock and open it and give it to you in the proper respect."
At that moment, my father opened his eyes and sat down with a plate of food on which I had not leaned and spoke in anger.
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Dad- “What do I see or do I dream? Eeh! eeh! What did I tell you? So what did I tell you? ”
Dad said he would walk over to where I was, but he was swaying and swaying
Dad- “Puuuu! Get out of here! And again, these would mean that you have to spend for these processes.
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Mom- "I'm really sorry but good man, get up and go to bed, don't you think you're happy?"
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Dad- “Listen! And his wife is looking for me in this eight! Did you tell me I was drunk? Are you ashamed of me for breaking my law and insulting me?
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Mom- "I'm so sorry!"
Dad- “What do I forgive you for? Let me too ... ”
Mom, "But what is this? Oh my God! Well! Please, my cousin, I'm sorry, maybe even if you start to feel sorry for your child, you won't be able to express your grief?"
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Dad- “To ... your child? You feel like your father is yours ... so let me go to bed, and don't keep licking the lion's tail and hurting you ”
Dad immediately leaned against the wall because he was not sure what to do with his drunkenness, went into the locker room, and Mom came to my room with tears in my eyes and wiped me away for a while and said,
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Mom- “But really my God why did you choose to try me so far? Why did you ignore the fact that you once gave me eternal happiness, and now that you have left the devil and calmed me down in eternal sorrow, what have I done to you, O Lord? Maybe if I sinned against you you would have mercy on my Bruno for being a saint? ”
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A little while later,
Me- “Mom! Who are you talking to? ”
Mother- “Son of! Take it easy! Be patient and go to bed, right? ”
She used to tell me sadly, because when I was young I didn't understand why, only you know when a mother is upset with a child she hates it so much that even if she is still in her mother's womb.
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The meal was over but Mom kept begging me to eat a little and we went to the downstairs room because Dad was locked up and we went to bed in the morning and woke up, as usual we were getting ready to go, when we got to the door of the pantry we heard someone knocking and shaking,
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Mom immediately opened it, she was just a very fat man I didn't know, she was with another guy coming in quickly, the man immediately spoke angrily,
We- "What about Mada?"
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Mom- "How are you?"
We- “What are we up to? I want your husband! ”
Mom- "Is it safe for you to turn to me?"
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He said, "No, I'm not saying that. I want your husband to pay for everything he did last night in my bar. If not, I'm going to call the security guards and come and explain to him."
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Mom- “Ayiweee!”
The young man who was with the man immediately exclaimed, "No, come on, come on and pay me all the debts I have with the Boss.
Mom- "But really now ..."
As he was saying this, Dad immediately went out and found the bar owner wanting to go back to the house but he discovered him,
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We- “Here it is! Where are you going? Stay tuned! ”
Dad- "But ... will one man turn to another?"
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He- “Behold, he is bought! Hurry up! Come on in, take a look and enjoy yourself!
The young man, who was with his Boss, once again exclaimed, "No more calculations, broken bottles, glasses, television, fridge, he gives us five hundred thousand cash, which I have calculated well!"
Mom- “Ayiweee! Ahwiiiii! ”
He went on to say: Hmm! That you don't even have someone who has a broken head and is hospitalized, but give us ours before they lock him up and we lose. "
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My mother turned to face Dad, and I saw tears streaming down her cheeks again, and she began to cry but they refused to listen to her and they went to call the security guards,
Papa- “Mada! You know, the dangers to men, and really ... you know that ... and the money ... instead of being imprisoned, start with me, am I not your husband? "
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He returned to my mother in a low voice,
Mama- “Hmmm! Thank you for everything. ”
Dad- “So do you agree with me? If you don't have one, you can take it and give it to them at the store, but they won't close it. "
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Nothing else happened, we took the man in his car and dropped me off at school, and Mom went to pay for it.
The days went by, and we lived in that sad state of life, when I got to the third place where I was starting to calm down and talk to Mom, and I often asked her why Dad comforted us but refused to tell me,
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when he is gone we join the battle.
At dawn he told the Pope that he had not changed but that he had intensified once again and that when he came home drunk he would not do it but lamented it,
It became more and more mysterious for me to see things in the store and my mom selling the car and the car that was making the mark, in the store only cartons were left in the store and all the customers no one came back,
At home we forgot about the tea and went to the cup, sometimes even drinking it there and it never happened, I kept asking Mom but she took revenge and told me that she didn't know why either.
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One day when I left school to see Mom at the store to come home, we were getting ready to go home with a mother the size of a Mom who came in and rolled her eyes at the grocery store with almost nothing in her mouth.
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She kept coming and greeted Mom, pulled out a chair and sat down, and after a while everyone was stunned,
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Mama- “Leah! How do you remember me? ”
I immediately learned that the mother, Lea, may have been acquainted with my mother, perhaps imitating or raising her, after calming down ...
Lea- “My God weee! It's been years since we last saw each other, isn't that what I see or dream? Did they plant it? ”
Mom was quiet for a while,
Mama- “Leah! I'm sorry I have nothing to say, but how did you get here? ”
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Lea- “Sha I had come to work here, I say let me go here before I go back to Kigali, but I am really disappointed! Tell me, what happened? You are thin, your face is dark, let the scars be full of you ... My God! ”
Mama- “Hmm! Lea! Mine is long ... ”
Lea- “Didn't you tell me you were in danger again? How do you get along with a new man? I hope he has brought you tears of sorrow from the deceased even though I see the business as unhealthy as before? Yooooh! Disi and kakana are grown up! ”
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Mom- “Ayiwee! Really quiet! ... ”
They were silent at one point but I didn't care, I didn't even think about what they were saying.
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While we were still in the room, I saw a young man and I knew him. He used to come and water us at home when he was missing. He came and cut down the trees and stones. He did not greet us.
