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The old biddies lay on the river as the sun started to set. Clyde chewed on a little bit of grass. Aisha rolled her eyes.

“Would you stop that?” she asked. Clyde glanced over at her.

“Wut?” she asked.

“Honestly,” the rich old biddy said. “You have no tact!”

“Wut?”

“Nothing!” Aisha sighed. “Why are we even friends with her again?”

Clyde wrinkled her nose at her. “Tosser!”

“Guys, enough!” Lewis cut in. All three of her friends looked up.

“Something the matter?” Muriel asked. The farm woman rolled back her shoulders, sighing.

“My niece is returning to Brit-Wales,” she said. Her friends sat up, jaws dropped.

“What?” Aisha asked.

“You mean little Kat?” Muriel asked. Lewis pressed her lips together as she nodded.

“Yeah, that’s the one,” she answered.

“What did she do now?” Aisha asked. The farmer sighed and puffed up her cheeks.

“It’s another boyfriend,” she said.

“That bad?” Muriel asked. Lewis nodded.

“She came by the house in tears last night,” she answered.

“Oh…” the other three old biddies said.

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-Hours Earlier-

Lewis awoke to pounding on the front door. She frowned as she forced the pillow over her head.

“What?” she asked. “Go away! It’s two in the morning! What do you want?” The pounding grew louder on the door. Lewis gritted her teeth under her sheets and pillows. When the pounding wouldn’t give up, she sat up in bed, growling.

“What the hell do you want?!” she barked. Lewis made it down to the front door and peeked outside. Her jaw dropped and she opened the door. A young woman with dark hair stood outside with no shoes and ripped up shorts. She looked like she had been crying.

“Auntie?” the young woman whimpered.

“Kat?” Lewis asked. “Kat, what happened to you?” The older woman pulled her sobbing niece into her arms. Kat sobbed at her chest. Her aunt could barely make out what she was saying through the whimpering and moaning. She began noticing the lights turning on outside.

Oh crap! Lewis looked down with her niece. “Hey, listen. Let’s go inside, okay?” Kat nodded as her aunt walked her into the house.

“Here, drink this,” Lewis told Kat in the kitchen, handing her a steaming hot cup of tea. Her niece nodded as she took a drink.

“Thank you,” she whimpered. Lewis took a seat while her niece took a sip.

“Okay, what’s going on? What happened?” she asked. Kat whimpered out about another boyfriend and a fight. Her aunt put up her hand.

“Deep breaths,” she said. Kat whimpered and took more sips.

“He is such a wanker!” she cried.

“Yes, yes,” Lewis said, rubbing her back.

“I hate him!”

“Yes.”

Kat looked at him with big tears in her eyes. “Auntie!”

Lewis already knew where this was headed. She shook her head. “No.”

“Please, auntie?” Kat wailed. “He kicked me out of our flat!”

“Don’t you have friends to take you in?”

“No! Please!”

This exchange kept for twenty minutes before Lewis threw up her hands, sighing. “Fine! You can stay for a while.” Kat looked at her with big eyes.

“You mean it, Auntie?” she asked.

“Yeah, yeah!” Lewis said. Kat rushed forward and hugged her wildly. Despite the smile, Lewis was screaming on the inside. No! Please no! No, God! No! Noooo!

This year became the start of Lewis’ headaches with her niece.

Staying Alive

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